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FLIP FLOP was rescued on 5th October 2000 |
Flip flop, a 6 weeks old male grey seal pup, was rescued from Saunton in North Devon by the RSPCA on the 5th October 2000. The RSPCA decided that he needed to be rescued as his eyes were ulcerated and he had various wounds to his body so he was taken to West Hatch RSPCA wildlife hospital in Taunton for treatment.
Once at the hospital he received eye drops six times a day, was put onto a course of antibiotics and received pain relief for his ulcerated eyes. | 
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Although flip flop had a number of problems he was otherwise in very good body condition for his age, weighing 30kg when he arrived.
It wasn´t long before he started to feel better and he quickly took to eating fish for himself and progressed to their outside pool when his eyes were clear from infection.
As the RSPCA didn´t have any other pups for flip flop to socialise with, he was transported down here to the sanctuary on the 1st of November 2000.
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Here at the sanctuary flip flop will soon be learning to socialise with other pups and also our adult seals in the convalescence pool. As well as social skills he will also learn how to compete for his fish with the adult seals who are often very quick and hungry!
If flip flop manages well in the convalescence pool and continues to put on more weight he will be going back out to sea after the winter.
His flipper ID tag number is 46. He was released back into the wild on 15th February 2001 at Porthtowan.
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