An abandoned fox cub who got his head jammed in a wheel for several days has been rescued by RSPCA officers using soap to slip him free. The distressed cub was found with his sister in a garden shed after wedging his head through the middle hole of the rusty old wheel.
Liquid soap was used to free the little rascal's head after the RSPCA was called to the property in Orpington, Kent, earlier this week. Both cubs were born in the shed, but their mother had not been seen by the homeowners for sometime and they feared the worst.
RSPCA Animal Rescue Officer Rodney Kenny said: "This little chap had put his head through the middle hole of the wheel, but to his dismay, then found he couldn’t get it back out again. I knew that there was no time to spare. It is likely he had been trapped for several days without food or water, so the little fox needed to be freed as soon as possible.
