Brian May has helped nurse a hedgehog back to health

26 November 2018, 16:03

And the Queen guitarist has documented the journey in the cutest way possible...

As if we needed another reason to love Brian May, here he is documenting an ailing hedgehog's road to recovery on Instagram.

It all began with a post introducing Phil the hedgehog to the world. Phil had a damaged leg that sadly had to be amputated, signed off "Fingers crossed. Bri"

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And here is the patient. Phil is really healthy in every way except his badly damaged leg is not healing. So Tom will remove the remains of this leg, and Phil will hopefully have a chance of a long and happy life. Fingers crossed. Bri

A post shared by Brian Harold May (@brianmayforreal) on Nov 20, 2018 at 3:49am PST

Then came the revelation that Phil is in fact a girl, now named Philomena. It was touch and go during the operation, but Tom the vet did a "rescue massage" to save poor Phil. In a following post Brian said "I didn't realise this was going to be so traumatic."

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Phil is now asleep - under the anaesthetic - and - guess what ? We discovered Phil is Philomena ! Bless her ! We had no alternative, really, to this procedure. Left with a non-healing leg, she would never have been out of discomfort, and how sad it would be to put her to sleep - to extinguish the life of a creature otherwise in such good health. But this is risky - the team noticed Phil’s breathing started to fail - and Tom did some rescue massage. Fantastic caring team here. Fingers crossed. Bri

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He shared with Instagram that Phil had made it through with a post saying "She's through! Hurrah! Bri" and shortly follows up with this adorable snap:

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Phil the three legged hedgehog - now snuggled up in recovery. Back home this afternoon for TLC. Thank you God !! And huge thank you to the amazing Tom and his wonderful team at Lyndon Veterinary Group. WATCH CHANNEL 5 next April to see this whole operation - on SAVING BRITAIN’S HEDGEHOGS !!! Bri

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And here's the latest – "GOOD NEWS! Phil is awake! And seems good!! Bless her!! Hogs rule! Bri"

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GOOD NEWS ! Phil is awake ! And seems good !! Bless her !! Hogs rule ! Bri

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Brian has taken to Instagram to share Phil's story in anticipation of “Saving Britain’s Hedgehogs”, a TV mini series he'll take part in, to be aired in April 2019 on Channel 5.