If Happy Feet makes it through the treatment to get rid of sand from his digestive system, his ride back home has already been organized. The penguin, who had made Peka Peka Beach on the Kapiti Coast his home, prior to getting rushed to Wellington Zoo, is being offered a trip back to Antarctica with intrepid traveller Gareth Morgan.
Happy Feet remains in a crucial condition following a second procedure to get rid of sand from his body system. The penguin was initially spied on Monday by resident Chris Wilton right after going swimming 4000 kilometres from Antarctica. Although the penguin seemed energetic, four days of consuming sand as well as sticks triggered his health to deteriorate.
On Friday he started to be fatigued, often attempting to spit sand. About noon, Te Papa and Conservation Department authorities took him to the zoo in a chiller. Veterinarian science manager Lisa Argilla assessed the 27-kilogram bird as not properly hydrated, stressed, struggling with heat exhaustion and having difficulties to swallow – but nonetheless lively enough to kick and struggle as she sedated him.
Penguins in the Antarctic eat ice when attempting to cool down, and that he was trying to do the very same with sand, Te Papa terrestrial vertebrates curator Colin Miskelly stated. On Friday evening he underwent a four-hour operation to clear his airway. The other day, he went under once more as veterinarians attempted to clear his stomach of sand.
X-rays have shown there’s still sand in the bird’s belly and that he will require a third operation. There were concerns that if the penguin did recuperate he would have no way to get back home but Morgan has provided a free sea passage back to Antarctica for the penguin.
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