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Posted: 27th July 2017

Cat adopts baby hedgehogs
A litter of baby hedgehogs has been nursed back to health by an unlikely surrogate (stock photo).
Orphaned hoglets nursed by cat at Russian zoo

A litter of baby hedgehogs has been nursed back to health by an unlikely surrogate after losing their mother in a lawn-mowing accident.

Muska the cat adopted the brood after they refused milk from a syringe, a bottle and a saucer for two days, according to Sadgorod Zoo in Vladivostok, Russia.

The feline had milk to offer as she had recently raised a litter of foster kittens. The hungry hoglets soon began to nurse, after reacting to her body warmth and the smell of the milk. She continued to feed the hoglets and comfort them at night for over a week, Russia’s Vesti reports.

They are now able to eat by themselves, but Muska is keeping an eye on them.




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