Nurse shark pup: A rescue animal

[Zoodiver]

keep us posted, definelty interested in seeing how it turns out. How do you typically handle feeding after an extraction? definetly wouldn't want any foods that could tear at the stitching I'd imagine.

Tube feeding. We started him off that way, and do it occationally to get meds/high nutrional loads into him from time to time.

Why the hell would someone (10 people) try to foul-hook a Nurse Shark??
Great job Zoodiver... that's what I wanna do when I grow up... work with and try to save wildlife.

Great question, to me a nurse shark isn't even a 'sport' type shark to fish for.

 

[kdrun76]

Nurse sharks aren't typically the target species of anglers. They are by-catch and therefor annoying and useless to the captain hence the poor treatment once hooked.

 

[Zoodiver]

There are actually a lot of people around here who target them for the fight, and to sell them on the street. We had a case last year of a guy who caught one, then hauled it (alive) onto the metro train trying to sell it.

As for an update, the little guy is eating very well on his own now. That in and of itself is a big step. Now we can move forward.

 

[yogurt_21]

glad to hear it, (the eating on his own thing, not the crazy trying to sell a shark on a train)

good luck on the next steps

 

[FLESHY]

Wow. I know Sarah. (Girl from the van pic) That was funny. Hope this guy is still making a recovery.

 

[blacktip]

It's been a month and a half. Any updates?

 

[ceeej31]

It's been a month and a half. Any updates?

i would like to know also

 

[jlam]

I'm new to the forum and have just read this thread, great work you doing here

 

[nitrofish1]

dont think id shark fish, just cuz i like them too much :/

but great video, and great job!

 

[Zoodiver]

After the next X ray, talk is to move our current nurse shark in the main Reef display to the big shark display and have this little guy move into the Reef.