The tiny badger cub was found 'frozen solid' in woodland by a dog walker.
End of twitter post by RSPCA East Winch Wildlife Centre
Now, several weeks on, the centre posted on Twitter to say the cub was "growing well, gaining weight and headed in the right direction - we are doing our best with her". Evangelos Achilleos, centre manager, said: "The little badger cub is doing well so far and gaining weight and is now over 900g ."We are not sure why our badger cub was found alone, one thought is that the mother was injured and the cub crawled out of the sett to find her, or potentially the sow was inexperienced and abandoned the cub.
"She - nicknamed Bertha - is still fragile given her age, but she has just opened her eyes - we are of course doing all we can to give her a fighting chance."The RSPCA hopes if another orphaned cub is found, they can grow up as companions According to the RSPCA, badger cubs are typically born from the beginning of February to late April and stay below ground and do not emerge from their sett until they are eight to 10 weeks old.
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