This dear little baby is Keto.
He's in a very sorry state, suffering from malnutrition, ringworm and a broken leg.
But he managed to get himself not only here, to the hospital, to admit himself for help, but he actually hobbled into the winter cabin and the pen where Anya and her 5 babies are still living.
Perhaps he was looking for a mummy, too.๐ฅน
He started tucking into the family's food, while Anya's babies gathered round him, busily self anointing with his odd new smell.
Then he got into bed with them, for the first comfy sleep I imagine he's had for a long time.
I only noticed him on the pen CCTV when he came out to eat again, and saw not only was 'one of Anya's babies' limping badly, but was half the size of all the others!
Keto is the same age as Anya's babies, but is half their size at only 370g.
The break in his leg is stable and should heal well, now he has some good pain relief, but his poor skin is in a terrible state from malnutrition.
As he's not skinny, just small, I would imagine someone has been feeding him with either a so-called 'hedgehog food', or a cat food that doesn't have meat as the first ingredient.
Hedgehogs can't process cereals, so if that's the first and main ingredient, they can't extract any nourishment from it, and will literally starve, even while eating their fill.
When food lacks absorbable nutrients, the body saves what it has left for the heart and brain, starving the skin and hair follicles.
Fur and spines are made of protein - without it spines become brittle, fall out easily, and fail to regrow.
And essential fatty acids keep skin moist and elastic, so a shortage leads to dry, flaky skin and matting fur.
And in a fatal domino effect, this poor nutrition lowers immune defences, making the hedgehog prone to skin infections, internal parasites and mites.
Keto is now happy and snug in his own hospital bed, getting the treatment and diet he needs.
As for Anya's babies - I just hope Keto's smell was all they took away with them.๐ค
@glenn_tunes People are stupid what else can I say. I don't see the attraction either. But then again I NEVER saw the attraction years ago when he was "the (self proclaimed) richest man in the U.S". Also personally his voice is worse than nails on a chalkboard.
@churaran18 Sophie surprised me today when the guy came to check out our air conditioning system. It's been sweltering . SHE stayed like on my desk, & she even let him get in a few pets. Usually she heads for the hills when someone knocks on the door.
Cats go figure.
GOOD POINT๐๐๐
To all the Supermarkets and big commercial stores that operate 'Self Check-outs'....... You are heading towards almost exclusively self-checkout now. Yesterday I went shopping at one such store and the lady checking receipts at the exit was stopping everyone.
I didn't choose to participate in that nonsense, I had already filled my trolly, emptied my trolly and scanned the items, refilled my trolly and so I just skipped the exit line and left.
I heard her saying "Umm - Excuse me โ as I kept walking and raised the receipt above my head, leaving the store.
You can either trust me to do self-checkout, or you can put your cashiers back in place like it used to be.
โข I'm not interested in proving that I did your job for you.
โข If you want me to be a cashier with no training then that's your problem not mine.
โข Keep employing young people and give them job opportunities.
YOU DON'T PAY ME TO SCAN MY OWN SHOPPING.
YOU DONโT GIVE ME STAFF DISCOUNT FOR WORKING FOR YOU.
Signed ......All of us
People we need to share this statement its basically about PROFIT to the stores AND putting People out of a JOB....!!!