MORON Animal-lover rushes sick baby hedgehog to vet -- only to find out she's been caring for a hat pom-pom

Macgyver

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Animal-lover rushes sick baby hedgehog to vet -- only to find out she's been caring for a hat pom-pom​



A tenderhearted animal lover spent an entire night tending to what she thought was a sick baby hedgehog — only to find out it was nothing more than a faux fur pom-pom.
The elderly woman had rushed into action when she spotted what she believed was an abandoned critter on the side of a road in England.
The elderly woman had rushed into action when she spotted what she believed was an abandoned critter on the side of a road in England.
The elderly woman had rushed into action when she thought she spotted a hedgehog on the side of a road in England. Kennedy News and Media

After a night without witnessing the puffball move or eat, the good Samaritan rushed it to Lower Moss Wood Nature Reserve & Wildlife Hospital in Cheshire.

“It was the first admission of the day. The lady came in with a box, she said she had found this baby hedgehog on the pavement and it was cold and she picked it up,” wildlife hospital manager Janet Kotze recalled about the bewildering incident.

“I was alarmed as it’s very early for baby hedgehogs so I was a bit concerned. I took the box from her and took it through to triage, which is a separate room.

“I opened the box and, well, I couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing. I thought: ‘It’s definitely not a hedgehog, perhaps it’s some other kind of a fluffy creature.'”

As soon as she picked up the fuzzball, Kotze realized that’s precisely what it was.
“I realized it wasn’t animated at all and I picked it up and obviously with the weight I could feel that it wasn’t a hedgehog or any animal at all,” Kotze said.

After a night without witnessing the puffball move or eat, the good Samaritan rushed it to Lower Moss Wood Nature Reserve & Wildlife Hospital in Cheshire. Kennedy News and Media

“I put it back in the box and came out and said to the lady, ‘It’s actually a bobble off a bobble hat.'”

The animal lover was very embarrassed, according to Kotze, asking whether the manager was “joking” before shuffling out of the hospital with her box and bobble.
“She was very sweet. Bless her, her heart was in the right place,” Kotze said.

According to the hospital manager, the animal lover had made the mistake by simply not looking closely enough at the hat embellishment.

She had swept what she thought was the baby animal into a cardboard box, which she lined with newspaper and stocked with cat food.

The hospital manager shared that the animal lover had made the mistake of not looking closely enough to see it wasn’t a hedgehog.

She tried to keep her distance during her regular checks on the animal throughout the night to allow it to recover, never allowing herself close enough to realize that it didn’t have any ears, eyes, legs or other animalistic features.

The weight of the bobble didn’t seem to tip her off, though it was Kotze’s first indication that she wasn’t dealing with a hedgehog.
“I would have immediately known from the weight — a bobble weighs nothing but bless her heart was in the right place,” Kotze said.
“I don’t think she’ll make the same mistake again, I think she’ll check next time.”

The Lower Moss Wood Nature Reserve & Wildlife Hospital shared the hilarious tale on Facebook over the weekend, saying the woman’s overly good nature melted the hearts of its staff.

Kotze reminded other animal lovers to follow in the woman’s footsteps and rescue a real hedgehog if spotted wandering around during the daytime, which is a sign that the animal is in distress.
“It’s a golden rule that hedgehogs shouldn’t be out in daytime, especially little ones like that, but she did absolutely the right thing – aside from the fact that it wasn’t a hedgehog,” she wrote.
 

summerthyme

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She is likely a lonely elderly woman that saw an opportunity to help.
Yes, and she actually followed all the recommendations for when you find a sick or injured wild animal. Put them in a safe, dry place. Provide appropriate food and water. And DO NOT handle them or do anything to reduce their natural fear of humans.

If she hadn't observed those rules, she likely would have noticed it wasn't actually a living creature.

Summerthyme
 

Yogizorch

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Reminds me of the old joke of the old lady with terrible gas. She goes to the doctor and tells him of her ailment but she says since they are silent and don't smell they really haven't posed too big a problem. She says she would sometimes stand up in church and toot right along with the choir. He gives her some pills to take and she comes back in a week. She says the gas hasn't gotten better but now they are now still silent but stink to high heaven. The doctor says well now that we've cured your sinuses we'll work on your hearing.
 

zeker

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what a stooge

unlike, myself.

I bought an invisible parrot, at a yardsale.

it didnt eat or drink, but I thot "its prolly just sacred from the move"

It never answered back when I talked to it.

finally, I left the door to the cage open

in hopes it would explore the new surroundings.

I think it escaped.? :shr:
 

willowlady

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I have to wonder whether the woman was afraid to "handle" the "critter" when it continued to be non-responsive. There's so much propaganda/information about not touching animals, how dangerous they are, etc. But she probably just needs a kitty.
 
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