Bizarre - Hedgehog diet

28-04-2008 01:01

An overweight hedgehog has been put on the Atkins diet.George weighed 4.8lb when staff at the Wildlife Aid Centre in Surrey discovered him in a volunteer's garden.So he was put on a high protein diet in November before starting a daily exercise regime in February.He now weighs 3.7lb shedding 1.1lb on the strict low-carb diet. Becky Banning, General Manager at the Wildlife Aid Centre, said George had originally grown overweight due to eating high fat foods intended for birds.

 

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