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Love Is Spelled O-T-T-E-R
The gentleman we talk to on the phone at Fisheries and Oceans is not pleased.
However, once I explain my background and training, how I’m not just some crazy otter lady, how I worked at 911 so I understand emergencies, and how I sat with this otter for the better part of eight hours and the mom was definitely gone, he softens.
“Give small bites of clam, squid, crab, urchin, or shrimp, but be careful of its teeth,” says Officer Johnson. “Don’t give the otter any cow milk. It can dehydrate. Use a tear dropper or medicine syringe to get some water into her, if you can. And do you have any cats?”
“No. No cats.”
“Excellent.” He’s asking because cats can carry toxoplasmosis, lethal to otters.
“Should we call the Vancouver Aquarium rescue people?”
“I’m going t
