Magdalen is settling in to life at the rescue centre and doing well!
Magdalen
Patient Record
Species: Harbour Seal
Patient ID: PV2657
Admitted on: 2026/07/30
Collection Site: Saltspring Island
Reason for Admission: Maternal Separation, Emaciated
Weight at Admission: 12.6 kg
Patient Status: in care
Time in Care: 13 days
Current Habitat: In Quarantine
Every seal that arrives at the rescue centre is placed in a tub under quarantine. This is the first temporary home for each new arrival, where they remain for at least 14 days before they are moved to a larger tub.
Transfer History
Received from: IWNCC
Original Admission: 2026/07/14
Weight at Admission: 7.27 kg
Mode of Transport: Harbour Air
Symbolic Adoption
You can help us care for Magdalen and the more than 100 marine mammals we rescue, rehabilitate and release every year by symbolically adopting her today with a small donation to the rescue centre.
Patient Progress
Weaning Magdalen is still being fed a zoological milk formula, but as her teeth are beginning to erupt, her diet is being supplemented with fish. Soon, she will enter fish school where she will learn how to eat fish on her own.
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