Rescue Hedgehog Deflated by Vet After Ballooning Up to the Size of a Melon Due to Trapped Gas
Photo: Kennedy News and Media A hedgehog who ballooned up like a football due to trapped gas is on the road to recovery after being “popped.” A concerned member of the public recently found Bubbles the hedgehog, named because of his condition, wandering around a busy road and realized something was amiss. The Good Samaritan brought the prickly patient to Henlow Veterinary Centre in Bedfordshire, England, where vets “popped” the animal three times with a needle and syringe as he kept re-inflating to the size of a melon....