Tag: Sugar


Patient Update November 7th

Bear

Patient Update November 7th   Seals:             Jones Jones has done very well in DJF, one of our larger seal tanks. As a result of the spread of the Unusual Mortality Event down as far south as Virginia, we were no longer able to release these healthy animals without further […]

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Patient Update October 26th

Bear

Seals:             Jones Jones is doing well without any significant health changes. All three of our current harbor seal patients have reached release weight, but due to the Pinniped Unusual Mortality Event, we have had to hold on to these three individuals for longer than is typical. With cases indicative […]

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Patient Update: October 10th

Androscoggin

Seals:                         Androscoggin “Andy”, Chicopee, Pawcatuck “Tuck”, and Piscataqua “Cat” Andy, Chicopee, Tuck and Cat were released on October 4th, 2018. Due to the declared Unusual Mortality Event, these animals were held back from release in order to undergo testing for Influenza A and […]

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Patient Update October 3rd

Androscoggin

Seals:                                             Androscoggin “Andy”, Chicopee, Pawcatuck “Tuck”, and Piscataqua “Cat”   The Tank 2 Crew is doing well without any significant health changes. This past week they received a pre-release examination to determine their […]

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Sugar Undergoes an Eye Procedure

harbor seal

On Tuesday, September 26th, Sugar – one of our maternally dependent harbor seal pup patients – underwent a minor eye surgery. This was decided upon after multiple courses of treatments for ocular lesions in her right eye showed no signs of improvement. The primary lesion was likely caused by a viral infection, Phocine Herpes Virus […]

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Patient Update: September 26th

Androscoggin

Seals:                               Androscoggin “Andy”, Piscataqua “Cat”, Chicopee, and Pawcatuck “Tuck” The Tank 2 crew are all doing very well with no significant changes to their health. They are all steadily gaining weight, Cat (bottom right) and Andy (top left) weighed in […]

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Patient Update: September 12th

Androscoggin

Seals:                         Androscoggin “Andy” and Piscataqua “Cat” Andy (Bottom) and Cat (Top) are both doing incredibly well with no recent health changes. We at the National Marine Life Center have taken additional samples for testing to determine whether or not our animals have been […]

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Patient Update: September 5th, 2018

Androscoggin

Patient Update: September 5, 2018 Seals:                         Androscoggin “Andy” and Piscataqua “Cat” Andy (bottom foreground) and Cat (top) are doing exceptionally well with no recent changes to their health. Despite meeting all requirements essential for a release to the wild, they are still in […]

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Patient Update: August 23rd

Allagash

Patient Update: August 23rd Seals:                                             Charles, Parker, Allagash, Magalloway, Nemasket, Moose-These six rehabilitated harbor seal pups (in order from the top: Charles, Parker, Allagash, Magalloway, Nemasket (left), Moose (right)) were released on August […]

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Patient Update: August 9th

Allagash

Patient Update: August 9th Seals:                             Charlie, Parker, Moose, Nemi-All four of our seals in DJF (in order from the top: Charlie, Nemi, Parker, Moose) are doing very well, as they have all reached the weight necessary for release, and they have […]

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