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Henderson,NZ:"Albino getting dose of the Good Oil" - 2006/01/23 21:47
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3549290a11,00.html
RARE FIND: An albino hedgehog was found in Henderson and is being nursed back to health.
FIONA GOODALL/Western Leader
Albino getting dose of the good oil
24 January 2006
By RANI TIMOTI
A white hedgehog with pink eyes is slowly growing back its prickles after being found in Henderson suffering from mange.
The placid albino female is recuperating at the home of Wildcare coordinator Lyn Macdonald, who is dishing out dollops of baby oil for the skin disease and feeding her loads of cat food.
It is the first white hedgehog Ms Macdonald has had in more than 20 years of looking after birds and animals in Henderson.
"There are not many of them around," she says. "I didn't know we had white ones here. The last I heard of them was in Tauranga."
Ms Macdonald is still deciding where to release the hedgehog once it gets back to full health.
It is just one of a number of animal patients resting up on her property after being rescued.
Others include blue penguins from the west coast, some ducks and a number of swallows.
Kelly Sosik-Hamor
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