{"id":2009,"date":"2015-01-01T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:19:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T12:19:11","slug":"spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2009","title":{"rendered":"Spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/P1040270-Edit-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"A Wild Hog!\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Spike\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/P1040270-Edit-2_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">A welcome visitor to the back garden.          <\/p>\n<p>When a small and underweight Hoglet turned up in the back garden towards the end of November his chances of surviving the winter hibernation appeared bleak.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/P1040268.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Back garden Hedgehog foraging amongst the leaf litte\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Back garden Hedgehog foraging amongst the leaf litter\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/P1040268_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Despite snuffling amongst the leaf litter looking for a tasty morsel the chances Spike would see another winter were looking pretty remote. However it became clear he was spending most of his time under the bird feeders so we decided to leave a few mealworms out.&#160; They were quickly devoured.&#160; <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/P1040271-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hedgehog\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Hedgehog\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/P1040271-Edit_thumb.jpg\" width=\"298\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/P1040269-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Another photo of Spike\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Another photo of Spike\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/P1040269-Edit_thumb.jpg\" width=\"298\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">The next night we left a few more mealworms out.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">The night after it was mealworms and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petsathome.com\/shop\/en\/pets\/spikes-hedgehog-food\">Hedgehog food.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/P1040267.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spot the snout - Spikes formidable defence against the local cats\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Spot the snout \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/P1040267_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">4 weeks later and our young Hog has grown into a right Christmas Pudding. 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