Species : Common (harbour) Seal
Date Admitted : 30th June 2011
Sex : Female
Found : Snettisham Beach
Like the other three pups, Katy was separated from her mother. She was found very high up on the beach, and it was a very sunny day.
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Katy was a very skinny pup, and only weighed 9kg when we brought her in, which is not a lot for a pup that is 10 days old!
Photo left: Doris rescuing Katy from Snettisham Beach!
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The animal care team kept a close eye on Katy, and she´s responding well to her precautionary treatments. She also thoroughly enjoys the milk we´re giving her!
Photo right: Katy is very skinny when she first came in, but is progressing very well!
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Update : 5th July 2011 - Katy had her first fish today! We will start to wean her slowly onto whole fish, and eventually stop giving her multi-milk.
Update : 8th July 2011 - Katy hand-fed today for the first time (photo left). She has only been with us approximately one week and she is already hand feeding, this is good progress!
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Update : 21st July 2011 - Katy now weighs 12kg, only another 3kg to go before we start to encourage her to feed for herself. She has put on a lot of weight since being with us, and has responded really well to all the treatments we gave her.
Photo right: Katy is progressing really well in her second week.
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Update: August 2011 - Katy has been moved to the outside seal enclosure to learn how to compete for fish with other seals. Kate´s flipper tag number is 04 (white).
Update: 28th October 2011 - Katy along with the other six rescued seal pups are going to be released in November 2011!
They are fully rehabilitated and the animal care team are certain that it´s time for these little ones to go back to the wild.
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Update: 18th November 2011 - Katy along with Lisa, Robbie, Vicky, Linda, Simon and Tracey were returned to the wild on 16th November 2011 at Snettisham beach as featured on ITV´s Daybreak programme. Click here to watch the video on Daybreak.
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Help Us to Help Them.....Each pup can cost up to £1,000 to rehabilitate, if you would like to adopt a seal pup or make a donation towards a pup´s rehabilitation, please Click here for more details.
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