Abandoned baby hedgehogs are too weak to hibernate
by DAVID DERBYSHIRE - More by this author » Last updated at 20:50pm on 3rd December 2007
These lame baby hedgehogs are casualties of the chaotic weather.
They should be asleep for the winter - but instead they are nursing their broken bones at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
The RSPCA says its rescue centres are looking after hundreds of abandoned hedgehogs born during the exceptionally mild autumn and who are too small or weak to hibernate.
The odd weather has also led to a shortage of their favourite grubs, beetles, slugs and caterpillars.
RSPCA wildlife scientist Adam Grogan said: "They need to gain weight before they can hibernate."
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