Hedgehog rescued after getting head stuck under fence

East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service were called out on Tuesday morning to a hedgehog with its head trapped under a fence on a footpath between Lewes Road and Shelley Road in Ringmer.

Trevor Weeks, the founder of the service says, “The hedgehog was well wedged under the fence and I had to use a hammer as a lever to help raise the fence in order to free the hedgehog whose spines where making it difficult to free the prickly mammal."

On examination Trevor noticed that the hedgehog had a rather rounded tummy so once back at WRAS’s Casualty Centre at Whitesmith an ultrasound was used to check to see if she was pregnant.

“The ultrasound showed that she could well be pregnant which our vet later confirmed, so after a check over we couldn’t find any signs of injury or illness so decided to bed her down for the day and release her in the evening” explained Trevor.

The hedgehog was later released back into the wild where she can hopefully give birth in her nest.