After curing the cute social fear hedgehog family, Tang Qinqin plans to investigate the source of the parasite.

It is common for one or two hedgehogs to get parasitic diseases, and almost none of the entire hedgehog family have been left behind, and all of them have been hit, which is a problem.

It indicates that at least one of the hedgehog's food sources is infected with parasites, and the key category to check is bugs.

"Little coward, what do you usually eat, can you tell me about it? Although you are all healthy now, if you don't address the root cause, you will still get sick if you accidentally eat infected food. ”

The little bag was the little hedgehog that Tang Qinqin picked up in the bushes.

Even though she was already familiar with it, the little hedgehog curled himself up at every turn, too shy to speak.

"Ah, I'll show you." When Xiao Bao heard that it was such an important matter, he didn't care about being nervous, and his four calves moved quickly.

"Our favorite foods are ants and termites, they taste so good. I usually eat all kinds of insects, worms, and sometimes birds' eggs, frogs, lizards, and I also like to eat some sweet and sour fruits for a change of taste. "Speaking of food, Xiao Bao is like a few treasures, and his expression is cheerful.

"If we want to say that we eat almost every day, it should be desert locusts and worms, which are our relatively stable food sources."

The worms that Xiao Bao refers to are a general term that refers to many rather small, somewhat elongated, earthworm-like naked and soft animals.

Worms have now been divided into three main categories, flatworms, carbs, and ringworms.

For example, parasites such as hookworms, tapeworms, roundworms, pinworms, nematodes, etc., which we commonly know, are all worms.

Normally, hedgehogs have a wide range of diets, and their body mechanisms are able to resist a variety of poisons, and these discolored bugs are ordinary appetizers for them and will not have much impact on their health.

"Little stone, wake up," Tang Qinqin thought for a moment, and slipped out the obsidian who had been extremely tired from dealing with stupid wolves recently, and was sleeping soundly at the moment, "The heavens will descend on you, and give you a difficult task, you go and investigate the nearby desert locusts and check their health." ”

Obsidian's wake-up breath was pierced by the last two sentences, and the whole spider became excited.

The existence of foodies is species-neutral.

Tang Qinqin had a calm expression that I had seen through, watching the obsidian glide with spider silk and disappear in a blink of an eye.

The little cowardly on the side had already widened his small black eyes, and his nose shrugged off the ground, as if he was considering whether the big spider just now was qualified to be on its menu.

After putting on gloves and masks, tightening cuffs and trouser legs, putting on short boots, and arming himself as much as possible, Tang Qinqin began to follow Xiao Qibao to collect the worms it pulled out.

These soft and slippery insects make people's scalp tingle unconsciously, and Tang Qinqin can't help but get goosebumps layer after layer.

"Little bun, is this thing delicious?"

"Well, it's delicious." Xiao Bao whispered, stuffed one into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed it with a look of enjoyment.

It's like sucking a noodle.

The corners of Tang Qinqin's eyes twitched, feeling that he was purely masochistic, and hurriedly lowered his head and picked up the insects on the ground.

After collecting almost everything, Tang Qinqin began to examine the worms.

With the blessing of "clear heart and bright eyes", she can see the condition in the body of these insects.

It was found that almost most of the bugs contained the parasites found on hedgehogs.

"Little coward, there's something wrong with these bugs." Tang Qinqin remembered the worm it had just gotten into, and was a little uneasy, so he threw a worm medicine at it.

"Chirp!" Xiao Bao was so frightened that he grabbed the pill with his little paw and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Have you noticed any difference between these bugs and what they used to be?" This situation should not have been around for a long time, otherwise the hedgehog family would have fallen apart long ago due to various serious physical problems such as malnutrition.

"It's no different." Xiao Bao looked dazed.

In the end, Tang Qinqin still got the answer he wanted from a few old hedgehogs.

"The taste is much worse, the bugs are bigger than what I used to eat, but the taste is not as good as before."

The old hedgehog smashes it, smashes it, and tastes it back.

"It's just a hibernation period, and that's how it wakes up." It added, its tone full of regret.

The hibernation period of hedgehogs is generally about four or five months, falling asleep in late autumn or winter and waking up in spring.

In other words, it has been more than half a year since the worm had problems, and if it weren't for the illness, the hedgehogs would have begun to hibernate this year.

But at present, we can only learn about these conditions, and Tang Qinqin does not know what causes the appearance of unfamiliar parasites in the worms.

She also analyzed the soil composition of worm activity and found no particular problems.

Maybe there was a new species of parasite in the soil that she didn't find?

However, I have heard that due to global warming, the permafrost near the Arctic Circle has thawed and thawed, and some ancient viruses and bacteria have begun to recover.

Could it have something to do with this?

Tang Qinqin has no evidence that the two are connected, and everything is just speculation.

"Little coward, when will you and your family start cat winter?" Tang Qinqin intends to proceed cautiously.

"Come on, I've filled my stomach these days, and I'm going to hibernate when I have saved enough strength." The little cowardly bag replied.

"Okay." Tang Qinqin nodded.

Now wait for Obsidian to come back and see if there is a problem with the desert locusts.

……

The long-awaited obsidian is playing at this end.

Lots of delicious locusts!

Because it is located in a desert area, the population is relatively sparse, and the human intervention in the growth of plants is relatively small, the green plants are basically green and pollution-free, there are basically no pesticide chemicals, the desert locust eats healthily, and its meat is also healthy.

In this era, who is not a delicate baby who pays attention to health!

So after making sure that the locusts exuded the aroma of pure natural food, and there was no problem, Obsidian rubbed his legs with salivation, and quickly set up a net to hunt, temporarily leaving Tang Qinqin behind.

When Tang Qinqin ran out of patience and was about to come with a small bag to find out, it burped and dragged a large string of bound booty in front of him.

Seeing this scene, Tang Qinqin was angry and funny.

Come on, looking at its posture means that there is no problem with the desert locusts, and the hedgehogs can eat with confidence.

Turning his head away from looking at the obsidian that was so happy, Tang Qinqin collected his loot into the companion space.

"Next, don't eat worms until you hibernate yet, the rest should be fine." Tang Qinqin instructed Xiao Qibao.