The Choice Channel

“My daughter, noting that her one-eyed hedgehog Peter Prickles was suffering from sev ere energy depletion and a growth over his single eye ( a birth defect), panicked and so we took him f orthwith to a vete rinarian who had worked with rescue dogs after 9/11. We thought Peter was a goner but wanted to do everything possible to avoid being haunted by a guilt trip l ater if we had failed to act and Peter was no more. There was no sign of the cause, but after the vet focused a tiny camera on Peter and projected an image onto a large overhead screen, we saw immediately what was ailing him: mites. Countless mites were having their way with him, romping between his quills and tormenting him to no end. An injection and some aftercare ultimately cured him.” (09/29/08)