CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The Texas State Aquarium recently admitted a furry new patient to its Wildlife Rescue program: a two-pound orphaned North American river otter pup. On April 27, a juvenile male river otter approximately five to six weeks old was found orphaned on the side of a road in Austin, TX. The small otter pup was taken to the Central Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Hospital in Austin where he was immediately triaged. After stabilizing the pup’s blood glucose levels and body temperature, the Hospital contacted the Texas State Aquarium’s Head Veterinarian, Taylor Yaw, and swiftly made plans to transfer the tiny patient to the Texas State Aquarium’s Wildlife Rescue program in Corpus Christi.
A team of Texas State Aquarium marine mammal trainers and veterinary staff created a portable veterinary clinic and headed to Austin to transport the pup to the Aquarium’s Wildlife Rescue program. Upon arrival at the Texas State Aquarium the otter pup was found to be underweight and dehydrated, but thanks to the quick work of the emergency team at Central Veterinary, the pup was already started on the road to recovery.
