Video: British veterinarians treat another hedgehog for obesity
2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00
Most British women go on a severe diet well in advance of the Christmas holidays. And British veterinarians at a wildlife clinic in Buckinghamshire had to put a hedgehog on a diet. And not only for aesthetic reasons. An unusual albino animal named Snowball weighs three times more than its relatives. According to experts, excess weight seriously threatens the health of the animal.
Recall, this is not the first such case in the practice of British veterinarians. The year before last, experts from the Wildlife Assistance Center put together a special weight loss program for a hedgehog named George, which weighed 5 pounds (about 2.3 kilograms) - almost like a newborn man. For several months the animal sat on the Atkins diet, and then the experts added physical activity to it. For six months, the hedgehog managed to lose almost a kilogram.
Snowball's body weight is 1.5 kilograms, while his normal relative weighs about 500 grams. However, there are times when adults reach a weight of 600-700 grams. According to experts, the animal gained weight due to the dog food, which the local residents feed the hedgehogs. Hedgehogs cannot stop and eat as much as they can.
According to British tabloids, the albino hedgehog was admitted to the clinic because the excess weight began to threaten his health and interfere with life in the wild. He was put on a diet of low-calorie cat biscuits, and also forced to run and swim in order to normalize not only weight, but also the work of the cardiovascular system.
However, progress in the treatment of Snezhka has not been particularly noticeable so far. In almost two months of treatment, the hedgehog lost only 38 grams. He will be left in the clinic at least until the summer, and then released into the wild.
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