Balding hedgehog

In the UK, trying to cure the bald hedgehog

Doctors Hospital for Animals in British Aylesbury enlisted the help of experts in alternative medicine, after all their attempts to cure the lost needle hedgehog ended in failure.

Animals found and brought to the hospital in August 2008, with the unusual appearance nicknamed potatoes. He really looks like a potato, especially when rolled into a ball. It can not be set free because no needles hedgehog defenseless, moreover, devoid of natural cover, he may die of hypothermia.

Potatoes make daily moisturizing lotion massage for babies, because for some reason his skin is constantly dry. Physicians are still not clear the cause of loss of needles, it is also possible that the hedgehog was already born that way. As the founder of the hospital, the entire staff is very attached to the unusual patient, but it would be better if the animal was able to cure and to set free.

While veterinarians appeal to other specialists gave no results. Currently, the hospital in Aylesbury are on the treatment of more than 500 hedgehogs. The hospital also receive the necessary care badgers, foxes and injured birds.

via The Daily Telegraph





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