A pitiable porcupine that swelled up to the size of a balloon has been found . A member of the public spot it in North Lanarkshire , Scotland , on Sunday July 23 , but it ’s now in practiced hands .
The animal , which has been distinguish Zepplin by the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( SPCA ) , is think to have been clipped by a railcar . This punctured one of its lungs , trapping aviation under its tegument and stimulate the odd appearance .
The condition only affects hedgehogs that have the power to curl up , which means they have a lot of outer space under their skin . They can swell up to almost twice their normal size , with their skin becoming extremely taut . To remove the strain , they are popped with a acerate leaf .
Zepplin is presently being worry for at the National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Fishcross . Fortunately , he ’s now been deflated by a ex-serviceman puncturing him with a needle . X - ray images show just how unknown the creature looked , but thankfully he seems to be doing a passel well now .
“ Zepplin is suffering from ‘ balloon syndrome , ’ ” center coach Colin Seddon said in astatement . “ Our Animal Rescue Officer Louise Hume got a act of a seismic disturbance when she give out to pick him up . He ’s sure one of the largest hedgehogs we ’ve taken into our care . ”
The vets will now keep a close eye on him , to verify that infection does not mark in . Once he ’s full recovered , he ’ll then be relinquish back into the wilderness .
As strange as it might seem , this is not the only “ balloon hedgehog ” to be found recently . Last month , an animate being with a like shape was notice in Doncaster , UK , and take in to the RSPCA ( Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to fauna ) .
" In my calling I have construe three or four of these cases and they are very unknown every sentence and quite shocking , " Bev Panto , caput veteran at the RSPCA ’s Stapeley Grange centre , say of the previous hedgehog . " When you first see them they appear to be very adult porcupine but when you nibble them up they feel so low-cal because they are mostly air . "
Back in 2013 , there was yet another Erinaceus europaeus , found in Cornwall , UK , that had inflate in size of it . The hedgehogs want to be “ popped ” before their skin breach . Thankfully , all of these cite here seem to be doing okay now . Phew .
