Dormouse gets trapped in bird feeder after eating so much it got too fat to escape

After a large meal, things that used to fit perfectly can suddenly feel a little tight.

Ask this hungry dormouse, who got into a bird feeder and ate so much it got stuck.

The creature spent two and a half hours in the plastic cylinder after gorging itself on millet and sunflower seeds, unfazed by the birds pecking around it.

Cheryl Hewins, 72, believes the dormouse spent two and a half hours feasting with millet and sunflower seeds inside her bird feeder on the Isle of Wight.

Cheryl Hewins, 72, who found it in her garden on the Isle of Wight, said: ‘I was surprised to see this chubby dormouse in my bird feeder.

I’m glad you enjoyed your meal.

Catherine Holder of the Hampshire Dormouse Group, who helped rescue the animal after Ms Hewins contacted her on Facebook, added: ‘Cheryl was a little scared to find it in her feeder.

Dormouse expert Catherine Holder said it was “ unusual ” to see one of the creatures sitting still, but said she had to laugh when she saw an image of the “ absolute chunk. ”

“I couldn’t believe it when I saw the photo.

“It is good that it was a dormouse because many times people think that they have seen a dormouse and it is not.

I also thought it was very funny. It sat there like an absolute piece.

Dormice generally does not enter gardens, but if they did, he would do so at night, Holder said.

After spending hours on her bird feeder, Ms Hewins said of the dormouse: ‘I’m glad you enjoyed your food’

“I went back to her very quickly and confirmed that it was a dormouse and told her to take it to the nearest vegetation cover in the garden and try to let it out as soon as possible.

“Generally they are not a kind of garden and if they come to the bird feeders it will be at night.

“ It is quite unusual for someone to see them sitting up and blinking. ”