Staff suspect he must have been fully covered up until shortly before he was found to have survived into adulthood. They have no idea why Nelson's hair or prickles will not grow and suspect he may have suffered a trauma or stress in the wild that triggered the alopecia. Center manager Tonia Garner, 52, said: “We've had hundreds of hedgehogs but we have never seen anything like Nelson before”. (Photo by Jeremy Durkin)
