{"id":11448,"date":"2023-01-17T09:10:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=11448"},"modified":"2023-01-15T21:13:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T03:13:23","slug":"skinny-california-sea-lion-pup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/skinny-california-sea-lion-pup\/","title":{"rendered":"Skinny California Sea Lion Pup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11449\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/california-sea-lion-pup-release-mmccla-20230117-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"California sea lion pup standing in outdoor pen after putting on weight\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/california-sea-lion-pup-release-mmccla-20230117-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/california-sea-lion-pup-release-mmccla-20230117-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/california-sea-lion-pup-release-mmccla-20230117-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/california-sea-lion-pup-release-mmccla-20230117.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11453\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/california-sea-lion-pup-admit-mmccla-20230117-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"very thin California sea lion pup standing in pen\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/california-sea-lion-pup-admit-mmccla-20230117-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/california-sea-lion-pup-admit-mmccla-20230117-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/california-sea-lion-pup-admit-mmccla-20230117-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/california-sea-lion-pup-admit-mmccla-20230117.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about California sea lion was shared with us by the <a href=\"https:\/\/marinemammalcare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On January 1, 2022, Marine Mammal Care Center received its first patient of the year. A skinny and lethargic California sea lion pup from Will Rogers beach.<\/p>\n<p>She only weighed 10 kilograms (about 22 pounds) and was severely malnourished and dehydrated. During her admission exam she was given an oral solution of <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-piscivore\/\">EmerAid IC Piscivore<\/a> through gavage feeding.<\/p>\n<p>EmerAid IC Piscivore is MMCCLA hospital\u2019s standard for initial nutritional supplementation. It provides easy-to-digest nutrients, which is important for animals who have gone through a period of starvation.<\/p>\n<p>The sea lion was kept on EmerAid for the first two feedings for stabilization. The next day she transitioned to a blended fish diet, where she also started eating whole fish on her own. She continued to eat well and put on weight.<\/p>\n<p>She was released on June 8, 2022, weighing 35.2 kilograms (about 77.6 pounds).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A malnourished and dehydrated California sea lion pup gets help from Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles to put on weight and recover for release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11453,"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-11448","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>Skinny California Sea Lion Pup - 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