Nope! If you can, try to feed your local hedgehogs all year long, including during the winter. Although hedgehogs do hibernate, they never fall entirely asleep but, instead, exist in a state of dormancy. If the winter is mild, their fat reserves become depleted, or they gave birth to a particularly late litter of hungry hoglets, hedgehogs will emerge from their burrows in the hunt for food, even in the depths of winter. As most plants will not be in bloom and likely will be dormant themselves, they won’t be attracting the insects that hedgehogs normally feast on. That’s why it’s particularly important to place food and bowls of fresh water outdoors during winter, just in case your backyard hedgies wake up and go searching for a snack. The best times of the year to place a bit of extra hedgehog kibble and water outdoors are winter, during the peak of summer heat, and in late fall and early spring when hedgehogs are just beginning to enter into and exit out of hibernation.