26/11/09
Medics from Stornaway were called out to a young grey seal looking very underweight.
The young seal was picked up by Sandy and Stacey and held overnight at Sandy's before boarding the morning ferry to Ullapool. Sandy did a great job of tubing the pup hydration fluid and monitoring its temperature through the night. She also made the round trip to Ullapool and back. A big effort, a long night and a long trip, thanks Sandy.
Once in Ullapool the pup was picked up for the next leg of the journey by Sue , who also made a huge effort driving from home near Aviemore to Ullapool, then taking the pup north to Lairg before handing it over to Andrew from Golspie who then drove the pup north to Helmsdale, from where Jim Thompson came the last leg arriving at the hospital around 2pm. Along journey for the little pup and a major effort from all those involved in getting the pup to us. Thank you all.
Now for the pup itself, upon examination we had a grey seal female, white coat at approx 8 - 10 days old. She was weighed at 15.4 kg. She was thin and had some deep lacerations to her underside. These lacerations were right in the folds of skin running across her stomach area. Very hard to deal with as her white coat was covering the area. Once cleaned and assessed she was started on hydration fluid for the first 24 hours to make sure everything was functioning, then she will be given fish soup rather then milk as she is not far off weaning and the transition to solids will be easier with fish soup rather than milk, which she will barely have time to get used to.
She is a fiesty and always alert pup and starting to look a bit scruffy now her coats starting to come off.
Jamie
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