He outpicked other gambling animals like Leroy(RIP), and was quite the handicapper.
Including a 9-1 stretch.
Yeah, the dude just took his whole eyeball out.
But it has healed a little but he’s blind as a bat out of one eye.
He was fine for the past couple of months when this occurred.
He was down bad but he was still doing what he loved.
The dude didn’t give a fuck if he lost an eye.
To be honest I thought he was blind the whole time before he scratched his eye out.
Because I always thought he was totally blind.
So I was expecting him to probably lose his other eye sometime soon and be fine and blind.
Unfortunately, the one-eyed albino hedgehog received a new shocking diagnosis recently.
When cleaning his cage I realized Nostradamus couldn’t stand well was shaking and couldn’t swim.
His swaying did not allow him to move.
Really a discouraging site to see.
After a quick google search the writing seemed to be on the wall.
Wobbly hedgehog syndrome (WHS) is a progressive,degenerative, neurological disease of the African pygmy hedgehog.
[1][2] The cause is believed to be genetic.
This first appears as a wobble while the hedgehog is attempting to stand still.
[1] Most animals die within two years of diagnosis.
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The dude had Hedgehog Lou Gehrig.
Now Nostradamus was a one-eyed, wobbly.
albino, an African pygmy hedgehog with less than probably 6 months to live.
The prickly situation is do I let him deteriorate with one eye till nature takes him?
Or do I intervene and put him down?
I do not have the heart to put him down.
With a hedgehog you kinda wait until they stop eating I guess.
The guy can’t even do his favorite wheel running anymore.
Am I keeping this prickly dude alive for my own peace of mind?
Or is this dude got more kick in him?
The next coming weeks will probably show.
But this is the same hedgehog that corned a 120 lb bulldog.
Tuck tailed in the corner.
This is a very small decision.
Or should I let him go out on his own time?
kindly feel free to take this situation comically.
We got a one-eyed gambling hedgehog with ALS fighting through the back end of its life.
Because to be honest I can’t right now.
Hes still eating, that means he’s still got some will to live!
