New Arrival - 16th December - Holly

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Just before lunch on Wednesday we had one of the locals knock on the hospital door and tell us there was a skinny looking pup, about 200metres up the road on Skarskerry slipway. Off Tracey and I went with a seal box and bag to take a look, and sure enough as soon as we turned the corner, there it was trying to shelter behind the little boatshed at the top of the slipway. It was very obvious that it needed to come in as it was as good as weaned with only the last remnants of white coat around its rear flippers and lower back but was very, very thin. A quick pick up and back to the hospital to give a thorough assessment.

We found we had a 3 to 4 week old female grey weighing in at a low 11.7kg.

She had puncture wounds on her neck and rear flippers. There were also three deep, bleeding more serious puncture wounds on her rear flippers and rear underside. She was very alert, though thankfully not too fiesty.She has been named Holly and will have the usual hydration fluid feeds before starting on routine fish feeds.

An easy rescue but a bit of a worry when they start coming to us.
Jamie