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Hedgehog on death’s door makes miraculous recovery

After a miraculous turnaround, the charity hopes to release Honey back into the wild this weekend.

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Honey as a hoglet before recovery. (Katy South via SWNS)

By Ben Barry via SWNS

A hedgehog on death's door has made a miraculous recovery after being found weighing just 97g - the same as a deck of cards.

Honey arrived at animal rescue charity Prickles and Paws in August 2022 as a hoglet - severely underweight, and battling pneumonia and long worm.

Staff feared Honey wouldn't survive a week after being rescued due to her weight and dehydration - she was a FIFTH her expected size.

But the tiny critter has miraculously been nursed back to health in just four weeks - going from 97 grams to 500 grams (1.1 pounds) and is barely recognizable with her new spikes.

Katy South, 28, animal care and operations manager at the charity, based in Cubert, Cornwall, England said: "Honey the hedgehog has done brilliantly.

Honey as a hoglet before recovery. (Katy South via SWNS)
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"She was in such a poor way when she came in, we didn't think she would make it in the first week - it was real trouble stabilizing her in the first 24 hours.

"She has grown into her ears, Honey has done brilliantly, she has reached release weight and will be going back to the garden where she was found."

After a miraculous turnaround, the charity hopes to release Honey back into the wild this weekend.

Volunteers found hoglet Honey with no sign of siblings or family and indicators of prickle loss - caused by ringworm.

"Her body condition was awful, she was really underweight - she was cold on admission and really dehydrated," Katy said.

"When she first came in she went straight into an incubator, she spent about a week in there in intensive care.

"She had a course of antibiotics as she had pneumonia, she also tested positive for long worm."

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