Interesting cases 4
A sticky mess....

Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006

A hedgehog was found by a member of the public, with what seemed to be glue all over his abdomen, face and legs. His spines were free of glue, but he'd obviously crawled into a puddle of glue and become covered in it. When he rolled himself into a ball to protect himself, he became stuck together and couldn't un-roll!

He was anaesthetised and various substances were used to remove the glue, before covering him in wound powder to ensure he didn't stick back together when he woke up. He seems to have recovered well from his ordeal and is now rolling and un-rolling to his heart's content!

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