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Two hedgehogs founds themselves in a prickly situation after falling down uncovered drains in County Durham, before being rescued by the RSPCA.
RSPCA officers were called to the property in Newton Aycliffe on May 21 and days later, were called out again to another address around 17 miles away in Gilesgate in the same area in an identical incident.
In both cases, an adult female hedgehog had fallen and become wedged face-down in an uncovered drain.
The charity is hopeful that the incidents will remind people to check that drains in their gardens and streets are blocked off or properly secured with covers.
According to the charity the first hedgehog, rescued by RSPCA inspector Krissy Raine, was lodged around two feet down in the drain, before being rescued safely and released in a nearby location.
The second was dehydrated and covered in ticks. It spent two days being cared for by staff at Stanhope Park Veterinary Hospital in Darlington before it was returned to the wild, near to
