Big Apple Circus porcupine Percy stands on the circus floor. He is in training and will perform in a year. He was diagnosed by a veternarian as having low blood sugar. VIDEO: Porcupine Saved by Bees Robert Miller
“He would have been dead within a matter of hours,” said Dr. David Bessler, senior emergency clinician at NYC Veterinary Specialists at 410 West 55th Street where the rodent was rushed. VIDEO: Porcupine Saved by Bees
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Percy was diagnosed with low blood sugar after the vet solved a prickly problem—the quills located everywhere on the 4-year-old, which were especially sharp on its back. VIDEO: Porcupine Saved by Bees
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“It took a few minutes to figure out how to approach him,” Bessler said. “Each quill could literally poke through a person.” VIDEO: Porcupine Saved by Bees
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They also couldn’t insert an intravenous catheter into Percy’s vein to draw blood and administer medicine because his very bumpy skin made it hard to find a vein. VIDEO: Porcupine Saved by Bees
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Percy is back at the circus now. His trainer, Jenny Vidbel, 35, is grateful to Bessler for performing ‘’a miracle.” VIDEO: Porcupine Saved by Bees
