{"id":10619,"date":"2022-01-31T15:10:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T21:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=10619"},"modified":"2022-01-31T14:34:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:34:55","slug":"emaciated-mink-saved-from-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emaciated-mink-saved-from-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Emaciated Mink Saved From Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10620\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-resting-nwcc-20220131-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"mink looking ill lying on cloth\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-resting-nwcc-20220131-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-resting-nwcc-20220131-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-resting-nwcc-20220131-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-resting-nwcc-20220131.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a mink was shared with us by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewildlifeconservation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nashville Wildlife Conservation Center<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We got a call about a mink that was barely alive. He was occasionally crying, but breathing slowly and barely moving.<\/p>\n<p>When we got him in, he was severely dehydrated and hypoglycemic (see photo showing him on his side on gray fabric).<\/p>\n<p>We were able to stabilize him, and transitioned him onto <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a>. He eventually took that (and only that) out of a dish.<\/p>\n<p>EmerAid is all he would eat for about a week. He gained about 200 grams (about 7 ounces) the first week alone (see photo of face peeking out).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10624\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-release-nwcc-20220131-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"mink sniffs camera as being released in wild from carrier\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-release-nwcc-20220131-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-release-nwcc-20220131-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-release-nwcc-20220131-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-release-nwcc-20220131.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10628\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-in-towel-nwcc-20220131-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"mink peeking out from towel\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-in-towel-nwcc-20220131-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-in-towel-nwcc-20220131-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-in-towel-nwcc-20220131-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/mink-in-towel-nwcc-20220131.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We are so thankful for your product, which saved his life. He was released (see photo), and is still spotted at the creek\/river junction a few months later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mink found barely alive is rehabilitated with good nutrition and care by Nashville Wildlife Conservation Center, and he recovers and gets released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":10628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Emaciated Mink Saved From Death - 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