Hedgehogs eating my patio???!!!

I wish I could give you all an update. I laid sand last Friday night and have not had a thing. I'm bemused by it all. At least there has been no further damage. I've done nothing different other than laid sand and wet it of an evening so it stayed damp over night. I've wet it every evening thus far. My friends are having a ball with it asking whether 'Luis Suarez' has been back?!
I'm glad it has stopped, but would of liked to of known what did it. My next door neighbour has said it could be one of the 2 rabbits that keep escaping the gardens of the neighbours up the street, but I'm doubtful. Semi glad I've laid sand and not bought the 'Cancam' I was looking at purchasing last weekend. I check it every morning before I trundle off to work and will continue to do so and if there is anymore news I'll let you all know.

 

interesting thread

 

Well, more damage and evidence of a visitor...
Heron feet. A good friend of mine told me last night that they eat the sandstone to help their digestive system and also aids the making of eggs.
Never heard that before, but at least I know whats doing the damage. It calls for a dummy heron to keep away the naughty one so going to purchase one this weekend. Hopefully this will stop any further visits.

 

Anyone know the best place to buy one? Fishing shop? Online - eBay perhaps?

All ideas welcome.

Thanks,

Andrew

 

Another mystery solved, thank goodness for that! Garden centres are likely to sell these particularly those that have a water gardening section.

Be warned, a fake Heron will not necessarily work, they ignored the one my mum had after a while and had stripped her pond early one morning of about fifty fish!

 

Hi Sheal, thanks for info. I may purchase the 'Cancam' after all just to be sure, but a heron seems very very likely. I'm also thinking maybe the 'scare-crow' would work also. I'd love to catch it on camera though!

 

A photo of ziggy scares most things off

 

In a little seaside village I know well, where seagulls can be a real pest, they use fake eyes set into a pic of a cat's face fastened to the walls. Apparently the seagulls don't like it because they think they are being watched by a predator. I have no real idea if it worked, except to say that the seagulls seemed to prefer places where there wasn't such a thing on the wall.

Might work for herons too I guess.

 

So if the cats eyes start disappearing from roads in SK1's area we know who's got them!

 

I 've just caught up with this thread,would you believe it...
If you've got an old large cuddly toy you could sit that on the patio over night,I used to have one sat next to my pond,charity shops are always selling them cheap too