Scrubbed up for Christmas: Spike, the orphaned hedgehog gets a festive make-over
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:16 PM on 23rd December 2010
This is a baby hedgehog receiving a good old fashioned rub-a-dub after he was found wandering in a garden, unable to roll into a ball.
Named Spike, the tiny creature has to be scrubbed clean with a toothbrush because of his delicate skin.
Bath time: Spike, an eight-week-old hedgehog has a wash at the Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre
Bath time: Spike, an eight-week-old hedgehog has a wash at the Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre
Rescue staff have been treating the youngster to a frothy bath for three weeks after the distressed hedgehog was discovered during daylight.
He was unable to curl up in a defensive ball and concerned locals took him to a vet in Somerset.
He was then transferred to the Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre, in Highbridge.
Care manager Sarah Cowen, 44, said: 'He was having problems rolling into a ball because the skin on his belly was so sore.
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