Submitted by Steve on 14:19, 18th Jan, 2017 |
On Saturday the first seal pup of 2017 was rescued and brought to the GSPCA from Jersey.
Jonathon as the young animal has been called is needing 24/7 around the clock intensive care due to his thin and very ill health.
Full of worms and with a number of injuries the vets and team at the GSPCA are providing this very poorly seal with all he needs to help ensure he survives at this very delicate time.
Sami who was rescued just after Christmas in Jersey is improving daily although months away from being well enough to be released back into the wild.
Submitted by Steve on 15:07, 14th Jan, 2017 |
Yesterday the first Channel Island grey seal pup was rescued of 2017.
Found at Petit Pot in Jersey the young seal pup at only 18kgs so extremely thin with a number of injuries was rescued by the British Diver Marine Life Rescue volunteers and cared for overnight at New Era Vets in Jersey.
This morning the young seal pup was transported with BDMLR Marine Mammal Medic Caroline Stockhill to Guernsey and is now at the GSPCA Wildlife Rehabilitation unit in the seal intensive care room and is next to Sami the seal pup who was rescued in Jersey just after Christmas.
Submitted by Steve on 17:04, 25th Nov, 2016 |
Last week an extremely young grey seal pup with no mum in site was rescued in Alderney.
Poppy as she has been called is responding well to treatment and has made it through the first 12 days at the GSPCA.
The are now clear signs of her losing her white coat and we continue to do all we can to ensure she survives.
The GSPCA working with local vets have been giving Poppy around the clock intensive care in a heated isolated seal room at the Shelter and we are pleased to say she is now receiving fish as well as other treatments.
Submitted by Steve on 17:53, 16th Nov, 2016 |
On Monday a 2 to 3 day old grey seal pup with no mum in site was rescued in Alderney.
Poppy as she has been called is responding well to treatment and has made it through her second night at the GSPCA.
Already there are signs of her losing her white coat and we continue to do all we can to ensure she survives.
Yesterday John Knight local vet and GSPCA President popped in to check her over and was pleased with her progress and condition.
Submitted by Steve on 12:01, 3rd Jul, 2016 |
A week back Friday a young lady from the Youth Commission North Youth Centre joined the GSPCA team on the Bumblebee boat to Jethou to release Bonnie the grey seal pup.
Bethany became a very lucky lady after the winner of a competition to join the release was unable to come and he donated it to a young deserving person.
Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager contacted the Youth Commission to see who they thought would benefit from this once in a life time opportunity and they asked Bethany to join the team.
Submitted by Steve on 00:04, 25th Jun, 2016 |
Today while many have been talking about #Brexit the GSPCA have had a busy morning preparing and releasing Bonnie the seal pup back to the wild.
Bonnie who was the thinnest seal pup the GSPCA had ever rescued has taken from January until today to build her weight, health and strength to be set free into the wild.
Submitted by Steve on 17:59, 23rd Mar, 2016 |
Nearly two months on and Bonnie the injured seal pup who was found close to death certainly isn't as skinny any more.
Bonnie since the GSPCA rescued her from the base of a cliff on the south coast towards the end of January despite an early struggle to get weight on her has now nearly doubled her size.
At just 14kgs when she was carried off the beach and up a steep cliff was extremely weak and emaciated. Today she was weighed and totals just short of 26kgs which the team at the GSPCA are overwhelmed with joy in her progress.
Submitted by Steve on 22:50, 18th Mar, 2016 |
Bonnie the seal pup today certainly seemed to be enjoying her lunch in the spring time sunshine.
Bonnie continues to put on weight and although now has access to two pools seems to enjoy the smaller of the two which was the first she was introduced too.
To see the latest blog on Bonnie please go to - http://www.gspca.org.gg/blog/update-bonnie-seal-pup-checks-her-room-upgrade-gspca
Here is her video from this lunch time -
Submitted by Steve on 23:53, 16th Mar, 2016 |
Bonnie the grey seal pup at the GSPCA continues to make good progress and today she received a room upgrade at the GSPCA.
Having been slowly introduced to a small pool in the wildlife unit at the Animal Shelter in St Andrews she now has a choice of two.
Both pools have viewing through reflective glass to minimise her contact and even a feeding tube to help reduce her interaction with people.
Bonnie is still more than 15kg in weight away from being released but the team are pleased with her rehabilitation to date.
Submitted by Steve on 16:04, 8th Mar, 2016 |
We are pleased to update that Bonnie the grey seal pup rescued over a month ago on the South coast of Guernsey continues to improve despite having a recent worm burden.
Bonnie was off her fish for a couple of days but is now back to her old appetite eating kilo's of fish every day.
It is not unusual for seals to be subject to worms and whilst in captivity it is easily resolved.
