Hopefully if the rat doesn’t get any food, it will realise it … I have seen a big rat in our garden near a bird feeder and want to get rid of it. Probably the best thing I can do is direct you to other exchanges about rats, where you might find something which helps. “Unfortunately, rats seem to be a perennial problem. A lady in Rye Close Polegate had a shock when she found a seriously injured hedgehog in her garden attached to a rodent trap. A HEDGEHOG has been found seriously injured after getting itself caught in a rat trap. The RSPCA were called to collect a hedgehog from Cobs Field in Birmingham on Friday, 2 July. There is no maximum entrance size to these traps laid down in law. Hedgehog numbers have plummeted and I am always concerned about them getting caught in tunnel traps that are set ostensibly for stoats, weasels and rats. i.e. WILDLIFE HAZARD: T-Rex Trap. I am not sure about releasing a rat back into the environment as its vermin and probably illegal? ” He had been seen sitting under a fence for a few days and tragically his leg was caught in a rat trap. The starving adult hedgehog, as thought to be freshly out of hibernation, looking for a tasty meal has found a Rat trap with some taste food in it and unfortunately sprung the violent trap that became attached to one of its front legs. RSPCA Animal Collection Officer Simon Dix collected the hedgehog and took him to the RSPCA Birmingham Animal Hospital. The poor hogs didn’t have food the rest of the night, but they wouldn’t have done anyway if the rat had been eating it all and squirreling it away somewhere. Just be aware that hogs have been caught in humane rat traps. I don’t want to put anything out that may harm a hedgehog or hoglet so traps are out. only feed the hogs when I was around to scare the rat away. Now the RSPCA is warning people to take precautions when they are setting traps after the incident on Wednesday, August 13. Sadly the hedgehog’s leg had been so badly crushed that on veterinary advice he …