Meet Our New Patient: Lucky the Gray Seal
Lucky is a male gray seal weanling, rescued from Gloucester by the New England Aquarium after being monitored several days. Admitted on May 30th, he arrived with wounds on his flippers, severe dehydration and was severely underweight.
This past Tuesday he underwent his first weekly “rounds” exam. Although he is still in poor condition, through use of antibiotics, fluids and tube feeding, he has stabilized. He faced possible amputation of a flipper after being admitted, but for now, part of his flipper has detached on its own. The wounds are being observed and dressed on a daily basis.
It has been further observed that he is suffering from respiratory issues, including lung worm. After examinations, several other wounds were found on his back flippers. He is also suffering from increasing alopecia (hair loss), although it is likely that stress may be adding to this.
For this week's #turtletuesday we have some photos of our awesome volunteers helping us with a transport earlier this month! This dedicated team showed up
Our first release at The Farmhouse - Plymouth, MA! Nothing is better than release day!
Sam Eagle enjoying fish for dinner! Happy #sealsunday!
Hello, and welcome back to…you guessed it, #FactFriday! Now its time for the facts! As you know, sea turtles can become entangled in fishing gear
Happy #wishlistwednesday to one and all! The items for this week, that we are VERY much in need of, are water heaters for our native