{"id":3718,"date":"2016-11-15T21:23:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T21:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3718"},"modified":"2016-11-02T21:24:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T21:24:42","slug":"the-hungry-hog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3718","title":{"rendered":"The Hungry Hog"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8654\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/30383961881\/in\/album-72157626653304811\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5581\/30383961881_7107496caa_c.jpg\" alt=\"Hedgehog feeding on mealworms\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>With the\u00a0evenings drawing in\u00a0great to\u00a0see the return of Spike. In all probability its unlikely\u00a0he&#8217;s ever\u00a0been away.<br \/>\n Certainly hasn&#8217;t forgotten the taste of mealworms. After demolishing a bagful in less than a week we splashed out on a 2kg bag via Amazon and Maltby&#8217;s Mealworms. 2kg is a lot of mealworms, think about 3 large breakfast cereal boxes full. Really is a serious amount of mealworms. Hope he&#8217;s got a few hungry relatives living nearby.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8663\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29838018023\/in\/album-72157626653304811\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c8.staticflickr.com\/6\/5659\/29838018023_0f95c365af.jpg\" alt=\"Hedgehog looking for mealworms in garden\" width=\"397\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8665\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29840001344\/in\/album-72157626653304811\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/6\/5641\/29840001344_f22207bb3b.jpg\" alt=\"Hedgehog \" width=\"397\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Looking for mealworms hidden amongst the grass.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Normally 1 handful a night results in a happy Hog<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8693\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/30172493760\/in\/album-72157626653304811\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/6\/5656\/30172493760_b8bf2f5eec_c.jpg\" alt=\"Hedgehog feeding off mealworms in garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Since first appearing last Autumn Spike appears to have found a few unwelcome hangers on. Note the Hedgehog ticks above his eye. Supposedly just a few is relatively harmless as they&#8217;ll drop off when fully fed. Hopefully they&#8217;ll die\u00a0when the weather turns colder and Spike decides to hibernate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the\u00a0evenings drawing in\u00a0great to\u00a0see the return of Spike. In all probability its unlikely\u00a0he&#8217;s ever\u00a0been away. Certainly hasn&#8217;t forgotten the taste of mealworms. After demolishing a bagful in less than a week we splashed out on a 2kg bag via Amazon and Maltby&#8217;s Mealworms. 2kg <span class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"more-link btn btn-transparent\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3718\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[46,684,266,253],"class_list":["post-3718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mammals","tag-chorlton","tag-garden","tag-hedgehog","tag-manchester"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3718"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3724,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3718\/revisions\/3724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}