Hedgehog WEDGED inside plastic fencing joint!

We're often freeing animals from precarious situations, however, the site of this hedgehog had us stumped.
Having never seen a plastic object such as this, we just hoped that with a little gas to relax the hog, we'd be able to slowly wiggle him out, the way he went in!
See how Rita gets on...
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[@wildlifeaid]

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[@jocelynnelson246]

She was so floppy after the anaesthetic!

[@leandrobravo3319]

Poor hedgehog! She either went for a second career as a snail, if you really have to admire the determination of these little ones to get so stuck in that stuff. What made my day was "her" human comming to bring her home to the garden. Shows just how many carring ppl are out there, keeping eyes on the animals in their little corner of the world. Never knew hedgehogs look like spiky pancakes when they are drugged.

[@wildlifeaid]

Haha, because they have so much excess skin that allows them to ball up, they do look rather funny under GA

[@Milesco]

@@wildlifeaid : Yes, very squishy and floppy! 😄

[@slackerman9758]

Oh no, cute critter, you’re a hedgehog, not a wedgehog.

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

Best comment is Best

[@Nova7o9]

😆Lol! Adorable.

[@Mar-ft9xu]

Underrated comment 😂

[@RoninMilli]

Slacker Man cutest comment ever lol

[@dindinprivate3477]

Well said LOL

[@TheWereparadox]

Life lessons here. Sometimes in order to get out of a situation being relaxed is the only way to get free. The more you struggle the worse it gets.

[@60shippy27]

Hedgehogs are cool. Glad she got help.

[@55shocked55]

I'm glad you guys could help him

[@phanthidiem7352]

xzx

[@armpitfuzz]

There's nothing cuter than a sedated, floppy hog. Her "dad" looked thrilled to have her back.

[@animemusicluver1]

Poor Hedge! 😓 I'm so happy you were able to get it off safely Awww she was picked up by the person who's garden she lives in 😭😭 that's so sweet

[@animemusicluver1]

"she's a bit chunky" 🤣

[@Wendy-cj5yz]

Never ceases to amaze me the situations animals can get themselves into. Hopefully, the property owner will block these and cut a gap in the fence to ensure there is a hedgehog highway.

[@elsagreen1476]

I rescued a wounded hedgehog from a park yesterday. Watching your videos for years made me confident that I could help him. Thankfully, with some help, I found the perfect person to help him, an animal care professional who was trained in hedgehog care. I'm so happy to have helped him.

[@wildlifeaid]

Fantastic to hear! Thanks so much for getting help for the little guy!

[@garycard1456]

He's (or she's) one of the lucky ones. I imagine there are many hogs (and indeed wildlife in general) that get caught up in carelessly discarded objects and man-made obstacles without ever being found by a kind human.

[@wildlifeaid]

Sadly you are probably correct. If we all stay vigilant in our gardens and other areas, we can hopefully minimise the losses. 👀

[@gizzard2025]

Fyi the vet lady confirmed the hedgehog is a female

[@SuperKasper333]

Yep, back to the garden that she knows. How cute! Glad that she's okay.

[@nikikeya939]

I love that the old man came to pick her up and bring her back to his garden.

[@missyc13]

I love that the man came back to put the little hedgehog back in his garden, he didn't just go out of his way to safe this poor girl, he brought her back home.

[@wildlifeaid]

We're lucky that many people we work with are lovely!

[@ianwhite4821]

We have lots of hedgehogs in our garden. When we arrived over two years ago we had a two regularly visiting our garden, now we have about 8 and several babies have come and gone. I wouldn’t mind but it’s only a small garden

[@lone8869]

You are so lucky. I would love them in my garden.

[@ianwhite4821]

Schwalbe262: I remember seeing on @wildlife aid that hedgehogs are at risk of extinction in the future. They are such lovely creatures and I am trying my upmost to do my bit to help. We even took some babies in last year because we found 4 in November all weighing 100g each and there was no way they were making it though the winter. All survived:)

[@misspeach3755]

@@ianwhite4821 Thank you for taking care of them and providing them with a garden they actually enjoy. It's a great tribute to your gardening skills that they prefer yours.

[@tuffgirl922]

What a cute little chunker!🥰🦔

[@Potoum]

I like that they gave him his piece of 'fencing' back. hehe ;)

[@wildlifeaid]

It belonged to the neighbour :D

[@solitude9665]

I'm absolutely speechless, such a smart and clever vet. Lucky hedgehog to escape without any injuries.

[@rebeccarabbit3231]

"Those hips are not going through there"

[@Daniel-rd6st]

Fatshaming!

[@wildlifeaid]

🤭

[@sherrygorse9568]

This = my clothes due to Covid 19 induced comfort eating. :P

[@TheBlackbird82]

Hips dont lie :D

[@kathymacomber5115]

I’ve heard those very words before

[@NeoRipshaft]

Aw >.< cute little poglet - excellently handled by Rita and everyone else =D

[@pleochrome]

And yet, this still doesn’t beat the poor hog that got stuck in a garage door.

[@sharonharker9942]

That girl was a nice healthy hedgie. Glad she didn't have any serious injuries...other than to her dignity. Thank you Wildlife Aid for all you do.

[@DarTunwarm]

I don’t know about the animals, but I always feel so much happier hearing simons voice

[@wkd0wtch]

Goddess bless those that help the ones who need help.

[@TooTallGaming]

The little hedgehog sized snoot cup for the gas is adorable. Poor little hog.

[@Evadooker]

very nice of michael kaine to pick up the hedgehog at the end

[@sharonhenderson8956]

Aaaww what cute critters hedgehogs are: she looks like a scrube brush; poor sweety. So good to know she's free from that trap 😵.-

[@marcelhajnik7036]

I have a hedgehog house in my garden :) 💙 max

[@inkspec2.022]

That's a big hedgehog

[@featherlessbiped6586]

Prickly fluff

[@Kim-lc3fv]

I don't just like your videos. I love them! 🙂❤🦔

[@timothyj.bowlby5524]

Nice to see such concern for other living beings being shown. Notice, also, how the "sound track" in the background features pulsed music after it's determined that the hedgehog is going to be okay and released so soon after being discovered/helped.

[@tiapina7048]

I don't know why it took me so long, after watching 100s of you videos, to realize how many vets and nurses have been working at Wildlife Aid and learning how to treat animals that usually aren't part of the standard vet studies. then when they go and work somewhere else they have that extra knowledge. Everybody benefits from that.

[@TiffYG2133]

Glad the cute chonky hedgehog was fine!

[@nicoleng8024]

So glad you've given help to this lovely critter. Well done! 👍👍

[@wendysalter]

Thank you, kind people

[@somosgenel]

+WildlifeAid 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Good Job👍👍👍👍👍👍👍KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍ANIMALS IN THE U.K. ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO BE THERE FOR THEM 👍👍👍

[@mawi1172]

It took 3 minutes for me to get addicted to this channel!

[@janellehoney-badger6525]

It's so great to see people care for the worlds small critters. You can find beauty in any animal or insect no matter how insignificant. I've found personality in bull-ants.

[@amandah2866]

Great job! Hedgehogs are so cute! Those little feet are adorable.

[@andreapaul9832]

Your absolute Angels, thank you so much😊 Unfortunately I've not seen a live hedgehog for years now, so sad 🐾

[@anniemac3075]

I hadn't seen one for years then I cut a hedgehog hole in my 6' garden gate about 6 years ago realising there was no easy way for them to get into the garden otherwise, put kitten biscuits in a feeder along with water & they started visiting eventually & have been ever since. They hardly stop coming in winter & I put food & water out all year round as the ones too small to hibernate need a reliable source of sustenance & hibernating hogs often wake during hibernation needing a topup & they'll know where to go too. ❤️🦔❤️

[@mrflipmode]

Great work as always, we all love the help you give to these animals

[@StreetArtistsOfTheWorld]

You guys are awesome! I love when I get a notification that a new vid has been posted. Suggestion: Make your vids at least 5 mins, you will get some extra google revenue to help our little friends. Sending lots of love and hugs from Scandinavia to all there standing on two or four legs!

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks for the support!

[@juliepownall1063]

Such precious animals

[@sherrywebber4013]

Awwwww .... si glad to know Miss Sonic is well enough to be released!! GREAT JOB AGAIN Rescue!!!! Well done, well done!!

[@HelenaMikas]

Wonderful ..Long live hedgehogs ..Hope the gentleman has no more plastic bricks nearby ..I'm sure he'll check Well done WAF.

[@FacheChanteDeux]

That was one high sonic!

[@aucuneideejsp8891]

Good job ! Well done !

[@raynightshade8317]

Thank you for helping the Spiky Boi

[@judyvalencia3257]

Yeah, I don't think we have hedgehogs here in Texas. Armadillos and porcupines, but I've never seen a hedgehog. They are so cute!

[@vitorol2]

Well done Rita!!

[@Just-SomeGuy]

This is a lovely channel, I've really enjoyed watching your videos. I like seeing the staff at work as much as the animals too.

[@wildlifeaid]

Thank you very much!

[@16poetisa]

That is one CHNUKY hedgehog! Hope the weight keeps up for hibernation.

[@cavinjean-claude4765]

✌️👌Des personnes très bien 💞merci pour les animaux que vous sauver 🤗🥰😘🕊️👌

[@bloeckmoep]

Whats strange is, how did that one get itself stuck in this part. That plastic thing looks like it would topple over and lie flat on. Whatever, a safe remove without having to bring out cutters or angle grinders.

[@SignedOff402]

Blök Möp it may be part of a larger size, sawed off to take the hedgehog to the veterinarian.

[@IanPhillipsWildlife]

Good Job yet again!!

[@elizabethharttley4073]

Oh how lovely, the hog was freed and woke up to be released. I've heard hh have trouble with anesthesia.

[@wildlifeaid]

We always make sure every animal is full functional and back to good health before being released back to the wild :)

[@elizabethharttley4073]

@@wildlifeaid I realize you do, no issue with that. I also realize that hh have to be anesthetized for any thorough exam. Peace

[@AutumnFalls89]

It always amazes me how large those hedgehogs are! In Canada, we only have the pet hedgehogs which are African pygmy hedgehogs and are much smaller.

[@orcusdei]

Hedgehogs are geniuses in getting stuck in places.

[@eyokirvideos7400]

Somewhere, Dr. Eggman is taking furious notes

[@thespectator1243]

So... it is actually a.... wedgehog? o_0 . . . .... err, sorry, I'll show myself out. -_- Kidding aside, well done. Thanks for trying to fix what mankind constantly tries to break! :)

[@wildlifeaid]

Haha very good :D

[@TesserId]

Had the same thought but knew someone else would have said it first.

[@taminy2051]

His landlord collected him. How nice!

[@ForeverWinterandHope]

Great job!

[@tsunamis82]

Love hedgehogs, we have residents. They come in through the cat door and help themselves to the cat food. Here in New Zealand, they are considered to be native bird predators and are trapped and killed. We tested ours with an egg and they just ignored it

[@Lucywildlifeaid]

Ooooh I like Rita, very thorough, and very careful - nice work and look forward to meeting you one day soon Rita :D xx

[@ShangDiAboveGodhood]

Wedgehog saved !

[@SchlichteToven]

Ohhhh, that hedgehog is such a chunk monster!

[@wildlifeaid]

It was definitely rather chunky!

[@hazelb7218]

Aahh bless her x

So cute. The Hedgehog always come even in my garden

[@jaynesixx2185]

Awww

[@dawnpenner847]

So wish we had Hedgehogs in Canada

[@amandalindsey7256]

Great job guys!

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks so much :)

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

It's not strange he got stuck. Rodents have an instinct for squeezing through small spaces. It's in fact how you create a traditional squirrel trap for survival bush meat: you create a loop of wire just large enough for the squirrel's head to pass through connected to a wooden board, which you lean against a tree. The squirrel will instinctively try to squeeze through the loop, get its head stuck, and garotte itself.

[@jifi-0178]

That is one serious case of Hedgey Wedgey

[@marcelhajnik7036]

I love hedgehogs < _ > 💙 max

[@violameinander6009]

Love hedgehogs, haven't seen any around our new home but the old one had few big ones

[@stormyeffects4795]

It looks like that plastic could be HDPE Edit: Seeing a floppy hedgehog is one of the most adorable things I have seen in a while

[@martingrey2231]

"Where's my Dremel?" = 10 second video.

[@maryj2168]

I have hedgehogs every year in my garden this year had 4 babies 🙂

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

I see too many hedgehogs getting killed on our roads. What is it with night drivers and speeding in built up areas?

[@J-G-yi1rl]

My dog got hold of a hedgehog in our garden a couple of days ago. I nearly lost my voice shouting at him to let go. I got it off him and it was curled up and seemed unharmed, so I let it go out of reach of the dogs. It had gone out of sight before long. I worried all night that I should have taken it to somewhere to be checked over. Hopefully it has found a good home under the pile of fence posts where I put it.

[@citibear57]

She should have measured the size of the opening before trying to squeeze through. Seriously though, it is interesting to see the variety of cases that you have to deal with. Good job!

[@Phishkisses]

1:57 - Thats exactly how I sleep as well

[@strenggeheim6672]

Rita ist ne ganz hübsche. 😉👍🏻😘

[@jorjascorer]

Do you still have an Amazon Wishlist?

[@wildlifeaid]

We do indeed Jorja, if you'd like to have a look here's the link for you: www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/3MQX8VLJAMUXN

[@ikigai47]

@@wildlifeaid - You should keep that link on all your videos under the PLEASE DONATE section

[@pigcatapult]

the hedgehog became a wedgedhog

[@boss29622]

All the animals want to live and of course they need to be helped, When I lived in the village, I went to the forest every morning to collect mushrooms, and every time I saw a snake, a hedgehog, a wolf, a fox. They saw that I wasn't going to offend them, and they weren't afraid of me.

[@abnunga]

Aw, you even gave him back his piece of fence.

[@seigedrakonera5689]

My goodness I never knew hedgehogs got that *HUGE* !

[@salimachabi723]

🥺🦔

[@guessundheit6494]

Unlike the fox in the metal pipe, the corners left enough space to use the dremel on the plastic and not cause injury. I though that was what they'd do.

[@piotr780]

so floppy xd

[@sofieandersen9599]

That mask is so cute where did you buy it? 😊

[@featherlessbiped6586]

Probably a gift from happy rabbit customer 😁

[@allanegleston4931]

heres another fine mess i got myself into. humph. good outcome.

[@heathergustafson4237]

Was she stuck or did someone put her in this ?

[@pokerandphilosophy8328]

This looks like a common hedgehog but it's not. It's wedgedhog.

[@pokerandphilosophy8328]

Damn! I see a few other commenters beat me to it.

[@dindinprivate3477]

Good one!

[@edsoneanete9939]

Veterinária Rita Santos. Uma brasileira (?)

[@carschmn]

What a silly thing to crawl into.

[@gentlechaos5911]

Soooooo, how did you get into the business of hotboxing hedgehogs?

[@chief9938]

9 mutants.