The littler the animal, the more expensive it is when they get sick. My hedgie, who goes nowhere farther than the other side of his cage, somehow managed to fracture his spine. The vet isn’t sure if this is the cause of his partial paralysis, or if some other unseen malady is causing his little hind legs to run no more.

In the meantime I have to try to get antibiotic, antiinflamatory, and antinausea medicine in his mouth in the hopes that his little legs will run again.

But I still don’t understand how he managed to fracture his spine when he is only half an inch off the ground.