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A member of "Acorn": An albino hedgehog that suffers from scabies is in Ramat Hasharon - Walla! Tourism

2021-08-30T06:40:12.493Z


The albino hedgehog "Acorn", which participated in the "Lock Hour" series, raised awareness that there are albino sand hedgehogs in the country, even though they originated in Africa. It turned out that "Tzach", such a hedgehog found in Ramat Hasharon


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A member of "Acorn": An albino hedgehog suffering from scabies is found in Ramat Hasharon

The albino hedgehog "Acorn", which participated in the "Lock Hour" series, raised awareness that there are albino sand hedgehogs in the country, even though they originated in Africa.

It turned out that "Tzach", such a hedgehog found in Ramat Hasharon, suffers from scabies.

He is now receiving treatment and Safari hopes he will soon be able to return to nature

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Ziv Reinstein

Monday, 30 August 2021, 08:41 Updated: 09:38

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White Sand Hedgehog on Safari (Photo: Courtesy of Safari)

In the last days after his death, the story of the albino hedgehog "Acorn" that participated in the "Lock Hour" series made headlines again. The acorn hedgehog was an African hedgehog that is not a wild animal in Palestine and is not allowed to be raised in Israel except in zoos or through a special permit from the Nature and Parks Authority. In Israel, in our nature, there are very few albino hedgehogs that are very rare to see, one of which came for treatment at the Safari Wildlife Hospital and the Nature and Parks Authority.



The albino sand hedgehog has been in Ramat Hasharon since he was a child, and tests performed on him at the Wildlife Hospital revealed that he suffers from scabies. The skin disease caused him to arrive without thorns and only when the thorns began to grow did the caregivers notice that his thorns were very light and a few weeks later that he had grown them all it became clear that it was an albino sand hedgehog.



His condition was very bad and the chances of his recovery were small, especially when it turned out that he also suffered from another virus.

For two months, the veterinarians and caregivers worked around him and made sure to give him proper food, heating, vitamins and fluids and also take him out to sun baths.



Since this is an albino hedgehog it was important not to expose it to direct sunlight and to do so in a timely manner.

In recent days it has become apparent that he is feeling much better and all the symptoms are gone.

It has also grown and strengthened and will soon return to nature.



And as for the albino problem, his great fortune, that he is active at night and therefore also in nature he will hardly be exposed to sunlight.

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From the campaign for lifting cat food in Ramat Gan (Photo: Courtesy of the safari)

Come on "pick up"

This is an opportunity to once again raise awareness of the serious problem of hedgehogs, which frequently suffer from skin disease due to massive and uncontrolled cat feeding.

Safari officials and the Ramat Gan municipality led by Mayor Carmel Shama HaCohen recently launched an extensive campaign in which they asked city residents to "pick up" the cats' food and place it on walls, or areas where hedgehogs can not climb but cats can.



The safari stated that the city of Ramat Gan was filled with many graceful signs of hedgehogs asking for a "pick up" plea and we hope that the understanding of the issue will deepen among the residents of the city and all Israeli citizens. They will be able to eat the cat food that is not healthy for them. "



The safari hopes that the cute freshman will soon be able to return to nature.

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