News update 'Seals have been sucessfully released'
News update 1/3/2011 'Are doing well, and gaining weight and have been moved to the outdoor pool'
Kookaburra
Female, admitted Nov 1 st 2010, Estimated age was 3 weeks old, weighing 20Kg. From Pt. Erin, reason for admittance... Exhaustion.
Cormorant
Male, admitted 4 th Nov 2010, estimated age was 4 weeks old, weighing 14Kg. From Scarlett car park, reason for admittance... Abrasions and Exhaustion.
Foillan
Male, admitted 26 th October 2010, estimated age was 6 weeks old, weighing 14Kg. From Fleshwick beach, reason for admittance... Underweight and exhausted.
News update 21/1/2011 'Are doing well, and gaining weight'
Seal Update November 2010
With the high winds and rough seas that we experienced at the end of October and during November we rescued and admitted four grey seal pups all in a very short space of time. Two were rescued from the beach at Port Erin, one from the car park at Scarlett and the other from Fleshwick. All were exhausted and underweight, one had cuts to its body from being bounced off the rocks in the rough seas and high winds and one had a severe infection around the tail flippers. They were all seen by the MSPCA vet and put on a course of antibiotics and tube fed a special fish soup as they were too small to eat on their own. Three of the grey seal pups responded to their medication very well and put weight on rapidly. Sadly the seal pup with the severe infection did not improve and passed away. The three other seal pups are all doing well and are now eating whole herrings on their own.
