Why does Joey often wiggle, is this part of grooming? So he’s eating well, he’s starting to groom, he’s taking his solids, he’s interactive with his enrichment. Our last otter that we rescued in British Columbia was in 2017. The Marine Mammal Regulations execute the Fisheries Act. ), M: Don’t ask me, I’m so confused when I stand in front of that otter habitat, I’m literally just so confused, I can’t tell any of them apart, they’re all just otters to me now. Transcript taken from published audio file. But yes, he’s a pretty typical baby otter. Joey is an orphaned sea otter pup rescued by the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre and now living at the Vancouver Aquarium. People are asking when is he going to be moved into a larger habitat where he has access to a big pool. So we definitely like to bring out those natural behaviours and they enjoy it every time we do. Joey was found orphaned at only a few days old near Kyuquot B.C. He was rescued by members of the public at Port Alberni (Vancouver Island) and appeared to be "cold-stunned", lethargic and unable to forage. Joey is a male sea otter pup believed to be just 10 days old when he was rescued. Saved by Michele. If we were to breed them, if we had, say, 20 otters, we can’t release them back into the wild because they wouldn’t survive. (Laughs.). So yes, he’s going through a bit of a bitey phase right now, we’re starting to introduce more and more solid foods to satisfy the chomping instinct that he has. How is Joey regarding size, weight and his behaviour? If you do see an otter, either a pup or an adult, that you suspect is in distress or abandoned, you can call our rescue line which is 604-258-7325, and we’ll help you to figure out the best course of action. Home / About + / About us; Team Bios; Facility; Volunteer; Blog; Contact Us; What We Do + / How We Help; Success Stories; Disentanglements ; Research Publications; Patient List / Tracking Map / Support Us / IF YOU SEE A MARINE MAMMAL THAT YOU BELIEVE IS IN DISTRESS, CALL US AT 604.258.SEAL . My name’s Marcus and I am going to be your host on this podcast series about the rescue and rehabilitation of marine mammals. Definitely something we do not recommend, because they are very high maintenance animals. (Laughs.) Back in August, we chatted with veterinary technologist Sion Cahoon about rescued sea otter pup Joey, who was rescued by the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre but now lives at the Vancouver Aquarium. MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE STORIES Exactly. Checking in on Joey, the rescued baby otter ─ live from his habitat at the Vancouver Aquarium. SC: Sure, I’ll address that as best as I can. But Sion, maybe you can just start by letting us know a little bit about what a veterinary technologist actually does. So my very first guest on this program is Sion Cahoon. Our Gift Shop offers fun and memorable aquatic-themed gifts for all ages. Joey is making very good progress. (Laughs. SC: Yes, that’s exactly right. But yes, they’re all rescue otters, none of our otters have been born in captivity. M: She looks very busy, very patient too, you need to be so patient with this kind of patient. Thankfully we don’t have too many otters rescued here. M: What is the primary source of income for the rescue centre? Joey’s custom new digs will be visible to the public and lucky viewers may catch glimpses of bath and feeding time with his care team between naps. I believe we have some person who is watching this at a fire station where she’s getting all the other people in that fire department slightly annoyed with her otter programming there. Their fur is really, really important to them and so they need to keep all the water out, they need to keep it really clean, otherwise it is not waterproof and they can’t thermoregulate properly. I would say that the next step would be a pool a little bit bigger than the black tub that’s in there, just to make sure if he is diving that his buoyancy is still active and he can come up for air when he needs to. But yes, it’s more important for those guys to be out in the wild. Where is Joey now? Joey has been receiving 24-hour care at the Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue Centre and has now moved to his new home Joey was found orphaned at only a few days old near Kyuquot B.C. Is there any difference between wild and captive? (Laughs.) Aug 17, 2020 - EL2001 Joey – Marine Mammal Rescue Centre.. Obviously Joey spends the majority of his time out of water currently, so it’s really important for us to be able to maintain his temperature. He’d shell his own clams. Search. They’re very mischievous animals. If we want to move a marine mammal that we have previously rescued to another place, we need a permit. SC: Marine mammals don’t really drink water. There’s also not really blood-typing that is good for otters that I know of. Our otters, northern sea otters, live in pretty chilly water, if anyone has ever swam in our ocean you will know. But yes, just like people they do have preferences, but they are not offered an unlimited array of food items. It’s very complex, like you said, it’s very difficult to set up such a program. We need easy construction materials to reconstruct this thing again if he takes it apart. While some of us may choose to spoil ourselves with chocolate this weekend, Whiffen chooses surf clam. Joey, a weeks-old male sea otter pup, might be the Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue Centre's newest resident, but he's already captured hearts around the world since he … We do peel them for them because, like I said, they are all spoiled. EL2001 Joey – Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. People are watching at the window at the aquarium right now, watching him on the grooming table. He’s doing all of the things that a baby sea otter pup should do, so we’re really happy with where he’s at. But it is very impressive and thanks for joining us here this morning, Sion, to answer all those questions, and there’s already hundreds of them streaming in through YouTube, we’ll try and get to some of them. It definitely takes some juggling by the marine mammal team to make sure that everybody stays healthy and happy. Buy your tickets and view our opening hours here. Rescue and rehabilitation of marine mammals like a highly labour-intensive process, we need your help now more than ever. Otter Pup Sea Otter Otters Cute Baby Animals Mammals Habitats Cute Babies Centre Board. He’s hitting all of the milestones and doing all of the things that we want to see in a hand-raised sea otter pup. Walk, bike & more. SC: Thank you too, Marcus. Then we have Tazlina, who was rescued last summer, and now we have Joey. Joey was only 10 days old when he was found. SC: Yes, they have extraordinary kidneys they can actually filter out the excess seawater. So yes, we have actually done a blood transfusion before. I think that it’s not something that would be worth it here, with one otter rescued every couple of years. Lupine at @alaskasealifecenter is cute. that includes clams, squid, capelin, sometimes they’ll get live crab or sea urchin. There was also a lot of questions, as we were talking about water and him cooling off in a pool. Vet techs, that’s what I always say at least, are sort of the superheroes, they are the people that do the work in between all the very technical work that requires all the extra education that those veterinarians go through. We figured that with all that's going on in the world right now, we should share some archive footage of Hardy, a sea otter pup rescued in 2017. He was discovered near Kyuquot after a concerned member of the public heard him vocalizing overnight on July 2 and discovered a deceased adult sea otter in the area, presumed to be his mother, the next morning. That’s an interesting question. SC: (Laughs.) M: That makes perfect sense to me. Joey was discovered in Kyuquot, a community on northern Vancouver Island, after someone heard him crying overnight on July 2. Joey has been moved to the Vancouver Aquarium after being deemed non-releasable by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the federal government agency overseeing our work. Theatre Mode (alt+t) Fullscreen (f) Stream Chat. EL2001 Joey – Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. M: Of course. Don’t try to put a pinniped (seal or sea lion) back into the water if it … They usually get pretty confused and head straight for the hollow right away, but once they realise that they’re an otter and they’re meant to be in that pool then it’s ‘Woo-hoo!’ (Laughs.). Orphaned Joey keeps it cool and enjoys his favorite snack at Canadian rescue center . The southern sea otter population is also of concern more so than the northern sea otter population, so it’s important for those animals to get back out into the wild. We actually make ice treats that have little bits of clam in them as well and they go crazy for those. We need a permit for just about anything, and breeding is of course part of that. Sign Up. So he’s in kind of a bitey phase right now. Experience the Aquarium in a whole new way. Since we last spoke, Sion ─ who was one of Joey's first caretakers at the rescue centre ─ has become a bit of a celebrity herself ─ and Joey has become *really* famous on YouTube. (Laughs.). So anything that we do with those animals we need permits. He’s wiggling his back on the towel to either dry off his fur or try and get some of the mattes or water that’s stored in there. He actually loved peeling his own shrimp and clams. SC: Yes. But marine mammals have a special way of filtering it out. SC: Yes, you use your chest as a table, for sure. Featured Stories. Now, Joey remain at the Aquarium, with a 24-hour live stream of his recovery. ‘Why is nobody bringing me my clams by hand?’ (Laughs. We rescue, rehabilitate and release sick and injured marine mammals. Log In. That organisation runs both the Vancouver Aquarium and the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre, and all the money that comes in from the Vancouver Aquarium through admissions, part of that is allocated to the rescue centre as well. Back in August, we chatted with veterinary technologist Sion Cahoon about rescued sea otter pup Joey, who was rescued by the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre but now lives at the Vancouver Aquarium. Joey is an orphaned sea otter pup, under two weeks old, who is being cared for at our hospital at the moment. He’s swimming, he’s diving. Lucky viewers may catch glimpses of bath and feeding time with his care team between naps. So if he was chilly we’d do more grooming and dry him off. We’re nearing the end of what I had planned for this session, but I’m going to ask one more question. Orphaned otter pup, Joey, has found a new home at the Vancouver Aquarium. Skip navigation. Again, I can’t say when exactly that’s going to happen, but sometime in the pretty near future. The Marine Mammal Center advances global ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, and education. Read more. We rescue, rehabilitate and release sick and injured marine mammals. SC: Absolutely not, please do not ever attempt that. SC: Yes, otters are very – with their front paws they’re very tactile and dextrous and they can actually unscrew things, they can take things apart. (Laughs.). M: Wow, that’s a lot to do as a vet tech. SC: Well, he’s going through phases like most babies do. We have one otter in the family of otters at the aquarium, she likes to dive down and try and deconstruct her habitat. He’s learning to groom, it’s one of the tools that he uses to get his coat in good shape. 10.3k Likes, 280 Comments - Marine Mammal Rescue Centre (@marinemammalrescue) on Instagram: “Okay, so Lupine at @alaskasealifecenter can dance alright. Once again, thanks, everyone, for watching, and we’ll do this again. Yes, they’re definitely hard to tell apart. SC: We only feed our otters items that otters would normally eat in the wild. SC: I can speak a little bit to this, I don’t know if you can add anything, Marcus, but any animal like a sea otter that we have rescued, we have done so under the direction of the government. You can see in the video; he’s in really good body condition, he’s got a good appetite, he’s gaining weight rapidly. It’s limited to just what they would eat in the wild. Berni. Some of them only like the nice smooth parts of the clam and don’t like the clam guts. If he was warm we would give him a little swim. SC: Sure. Deemed non-releasable by Government officials, Joey will now get a second chance at life and will join a family of 6 rescued otters at the Vancouver Aquarium. Sion, are you up for doing this one more time sometime in the near future? ), M: Not if you are too attached to all your limbs and your nose, maybe, and your face. Help care for this sea otter pup by making a generous tax-receiptable gift today. 6,607 Likes, 82 Comments - Marine Mammal Rescue Centre (@marinemammalrescue) on Instagram: “Joey and one of his 375195 toys. They also are nasty, or they can be nasty, especially wild ones. Some of that money even goes to fund people like Sion, veterinary technicians and the veterinary staff that are taking care of these animals, they are so vitally important. Our latest admit is an orphaned sea otter pup, less than 2 weeks old. No gift is too small to make a big difference. 10.3k Likes, 232 Comments - Marine Mammal Rescue Centre (@marinemammalrescue) on Instagram: “We get it. Browse. So we’re feeding Joey a formula that is a commercial puppy milk replacer mixed with a lot of water and some clams and some vitamins, so that’s where he gets the majority of his hydration from. We do monitor their bloodwork and their hormone levels, so we can have a good idea of when hormonal times are for the otters. EL2001 Joey – Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. Sea otters will take between 20-30% of their body weight in food per day, so he’s doing exactly what we want him to be doing with his weight gain. M: And their favourite food, clams, of course is also the most expensive food item on the menu. As a result, Joey was taken in as a newborn to the Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue Centre and then placed in the care of their sister organisation at the Vancouver Aquarium, where he now lives. So hopefully it stays in one piece through his childhood! Users in Chat. It was a rescued otter and the donor was one of our male otters that lived with us at the aquarium, so we did a quick kind of pre-match to make sure there were no major interactions between the two blood types. So basically we can’t even get anywhere near a marine mammal without a permit. There’s so many names for those little pockets, it’s basically a pocket of skin kind of underneath their armpit that they can hoard food and rocks and other items in. SC: Yes, that’s totally right, Marcus. Again, northern sea otters live in the north, a lot of them are in Alaska where it gets super chilly, and the west coast of Vancouver Island and kind of north of Vancouver Island. But this year in particular a lot of the funding comes from donations from members of the public as well. (Laughs.). I think there was also a big storm and really high tides, so he was rescued by the Seattle Aquarium. Some people call the rock pockets, some people call them snack pockets, some people call them satchels. (Laughs.). So if their fur isn’t clean and the water gets through their fur and touches their skin, it can affect their temperature. I’m actually going to take that. Vancouver Aquarium pausing public programming to focus on transformation. Hey, everybody on YouTube. Donate Now. They can haul out whenever they need to, to get their fur in order. Yes. 4. As people probably know, because it’s been on the banner on the top of the video, a sea otter spends about 30% of their day grooming. People ask, because they watch a TV program showing the surrogate program at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, why we don’t have such a program in Vancouver. Show Marine Mammal Rescue Stories, Ep Ep. I think a more practical answer to that question is also, what do we do with all those otters? Somebody says they’re new to veterinary medicine. She was separated from her mom during a storm, that was in 2012. So endangered or not, that doesn’t really make a difference, because we just can’t release them back into the wild. (Laughs. The MMRC is part of Ocean Wise, the parent organization of the Vancouver Aquarium and an incredible ocean advocate. Joey was rescued and transported to the Marine Mammal rescue Centre for treatment. Having said that, I believe that most of the otter pups that they have put through the surrogate program and released still kind of hang out in the Monterey area just outside of the aquarium. I remember peeling quite a few of those as well when I was in the fish house, so much fun. Saved from mmrpatients.org. I believe that’s something we always tell people, even the animals that are rescued in California, each of those surrogate mothers can only take care of one pup at a time and it takes quite a lot of time to get a pup to the point where it can be released and it has to be done very early on. There’s one comparing to being in the wild. (Laughs.). Happy Saturday. J oey was taken in as a newborn by Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue Centre; In … Our latest admit is an orphaned sea otter pup, less than 2 weeks old. Under authorization from DFO, the team rescues, rehabilitates and releases more than 120 animals each year; For every patient, the goal is to treat, rehabilitate and return it to the wild as soon as possible. Not so much the older he gets, but when he was young and critical and we weren’t sure of his health status we definitely were taking his temperature multiple times a day, just to make sure that he was on the right track, and then we could make adjustments based on what his temperature was. I remember that from all the other otter pups. They take in the majority of their hydration from the food that they eat. We are Canada's only dedicated marine mammal rescue facility. Anyone can “adopt” Joey and help pay for his care along with many other animals currently being tended to at the centre. We have Katmai, who was a rescued sea otter pup from Alaska. We could feed them in the harbour maybe, but I’m not sure that kind of tourist attraction would be worth it, it would probably cause disruption. M: And you take his temperature every now and then too, right, to monitor his body condition. It actually wouldn’t be good for a normal person, a normal animal, to drink that, it makes most animal vomit. All of these otters were previously rescued somewhere, they were all orphans? 1. ), SC: Exactly. You can contribute to the care of over 70,000 creatures by sponsoring an animal today. Thank you also, our audience, for asking all those questions. Marine Mammal Rescue Centre Rescue • Rehabilitation • Release I keep hearing from people that they no longer sleep, that they get in trouble with their bosses for watching this at work. So it’s really important, if you’ve got an otter that’s cold, we’ll just blow some cool air and use a towel and comb and dry them off and that usually helps to warm up their body temperature. We have several different pools that the otters can be moved around in, so sometimes if breeding behaviours are exhibited we will change up the pairings. So kind of everything in between is mostly up to us to do, under the direction of a vet. M: I think that’s quite comprehensive. We have somebody who tuned in to this program at a care home, so all the older people watching there are watching otters all day. We don’t have blood banks, I’m not sure if there is a blood bank, but we’ve got a good little collection of otters that we can draw blood from if we need to. Marine Mammal Rescue (@marinemammalrescue) on TikTok | 17.5M Likes. I think he was taking his crib apart pretty much nonstop yesterday, poor Kendra was trying to keep him in check. Since we last spoke, Sion ─ who was one of Joey's first caretakers at the rescue centre ─ has become a bit of a celebrity herself ─ and Joey has become *really* famous on YouTube. For Joey, it's an ever-repeating routine of sleeping, eating, bathing & grooming, and staff and volunteers are doing everything they … Over 70,000 animals and over 30 unique exhibits. Happy Friday! Some of them won’t eat capelin, some of them love capelin. Your symbolic adoption is a tax-deductible donation that enables us to continue to save lives. M: Do otters have food preferences? You’ve just got to watch them for a while to learn their differences. Settings. Joey was flown to Vancouver and admitted to the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre shortly after. Thank you for your support. I don’t know, Marcus, if you know anything that you can add anything to that? M: This is another question, this is a cool one. I think during these COVID times we have all been guilty of that probably. M: There actually is one question regarding to wiggling. Marine Mammal Rescue Centre November 25 at 10:20 AM Checking in on Joey, the rescued baby otter ─ live from his habitat ... at the Vancouver Aquarium Joey is an orphaned sea otter pup rescued by the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre and now living at the Vancouver Aquarium. (Laughs.) M: Quite astonishing to me just the fact that you’ve done a blood transfusion on a sea otter before. Like, do they like certain foods more than others, maybe not at all, that sea otters usually would? Join us as we talk about saving lives for a living, recount some of our most exciting animal rescues and answer your most burning questions about seals and sea lions, fur seals, sea otters, whales, dolphins and porpoises. Your kind gift today will help support and care for Joey, a tiny sea otter pup. He’s probably teething. To set up a surrogacy program like what they’ve got in Monterey takes an incredible amount of time, work, dedication and planning. Those donations directly fund the care of the animals at the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre and of former patients that now live at the Vancouver Aquarium, so all the rescued animals that now live at the aquarium are also funded by that. M: And considering that the otters in California tend to hang out just in front of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in the same area, I’m not sure what our harbours would look like with all those rescued pups hanging out in them. M: Thanks again, everybody, have a good rest of your day while watching our livestream on YouTube. on July 2nd, 2020. SC: Yes. 865.2K Fans. Most people probably think that veterinarians do that, but a lot of that actually falls into what you do, right? By Marine Mammal Rescue Centre We rescue marine animals in distress, rehabilitate and release them - and we like to talk about it! I, along with my team, we are basically responsible for the healthcare of all the animals obviously at the aquarium as well as helping out at the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre whenever is necessary. They love to crack open their clams themselves. Tune in to Joey TV! M: There was one question regarding breeding. M: But basically, there is nothing we could do with them. The adoption program is temporarily closed for maintenance. SC: Hey, Marcus, I’m good. They all pretty much look the same, all those baby otters, but does he have some sort of special traits that are unique to him? SC: The pups would pop out and look around and be like ‘Nope, that doesn’t work’. Bye, everybody. He’s a pretty demanding otter, so as soon as he wakes up and has to go to the bathroom you’ll hear about it. Berni's species is usually found only in warmer waters. His weight’s gone up quite a bit since he was admitted. M: I have one more question that I’m going to slip in. Our otters definitely do exhibit those natural behaviours and they’ll pick a favourite toy or an ice treat or a shell or something that they have previously cracked open, and they save it in their little pocket. So the same way that the otter’s fur keeps it warm in cold water, it can also cool it down, by keeping it nicely inflated and cool in the water. Please don’t attempt to touch it. He’s working through his spoiled childhood right now. M: I’m sure that will be very interesting, very exciting to watch, I can’t wait for that to happen. For the very first time, visitors will be able to watch his rehabilitation journey in his newly-built nursery. I don’t know if you can see it in the video, but there are air-conditioning units in there, and multiple fans, and cold water and ice, so there are a lot of tools to be able to regulate his temperature properly. As Canada’s only dedicated marine mammal rescue facility, the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre (MMRC) provides essential mitigation on behalf of our species. What’s Joey’s personality in a nutshell? Patient Directory and Symbolic Adoption Program SC: That’s a really good question. Joey was discovered in Kyuquot, a community on northern Vancouver Island, after someone heard him crying overnight on July 2. I couldn’t even describe what he’s doing there, but he’s wiggling on the grooming table, people are so excited to see him. We’ve got all those fans blowing cool air on him, we’ve got those ice packs underneath him and that’s for the same reason, right, he really doesn’t like it warm? MMR Marine Mammal Rescue Centre Patient Directory. SC: (Laughs.) Fingers and appendages, yes. @kendraluckow ────── Name: Joey … M: In Canada, we have the Marine Mammal Regulations and the Fisheries Act. SC: It’s likely a grooming thing. Sion, have a good day too. (Laughs. Any otter that we rescue here could not be a part of their surrogate program there. M: It’s a beautiful Saturday here in beautiful British Columbia, and we are now ready to take your questions in the chat. Does he donate to blood banks? M: This is an unusual question. So it’s really important for them to be able to keep their fur in good condition. Find services & amenities here. You do not want this otter anywhere near you or in your home. M: We are all otters. Thank you, everybody, for tuning in, and thanks for all the questions and all of the support with all the comments, we really appreciate it. So if we want to rescue an animal, we need a permit; if we want to release an animal back into the wild, we need a permit. The Symbolic Adoption Program is Currently Unavailable. (Laughs. 1: Joey, the rescued orphaned sea otter pup - Aug 15, 2020 SC: Yes, he’s giving Sherri a lot to do on her volunteer shift with us today. She is a veterinary technologist, or veterinary technician, depending on where in the world you are, and she is one of the people who cared for Joey, a rescued orphaned sea otter pup when he was at the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre, and she still cares for him at the Vancouver Aquarium where she also works. We have Rialto, who is a rescued otter, he’s from Washington State, he was found on Rialto Beach also separated from his mom. The thing with otters is you never want to blow warm air on them, or heat them, because they can overheat within minutes. Some of actually prefer to peel their own shrimp. Saved from mmrpatients.org. Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. We’re going to talk about their time here in rehab and how we got them back to health, and we’re going to talk about, in some cases, what we know happened to them after we released them back into the wild. 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