After being cut off from her family, Misty went about in search of assistance and eventually tried to cross a major road by herself.
The lucky baby otter was seen by passing motorists, who quickly phoned the Scottish SPCA to see if they could help.
The Scottish SPCA’s National Wildlife Rescue Center received Misty, where staff members got to work caring for the little otter right away. Misty, who was ten weeks old and far too young to live alone, was first terribly anxious and apprehensive about her new temporary home.
According to Colin Seddon, manager of the National Wildlife Rescue Center, “We called the cub Misty as she is quite little and mist is made up of tiny droplets of water,” in a news statement.
“When she first came, she was difficult to feed since she wouldn’t take a bottle, but we were able to get her onto fish, and she is now growing stronger!”
An otter so young really needs the care and guidance of her family, and so to help her feel safe and bring her a little comfort, staff at the rescue center got Misty a special friend whom Misty absolutely loved and bonded with immediately.
The soft, friendly robin toy is something comfy that Misty can cuddle up to in place of her parents, and will help to make her feel loved until she can be released back into the wild and find an otter family once again.
She will be raised with Fin, an otter youngster who arrived in our care on Boxing Day and is of a similar age. When Misty is old enough to survive on her own in the wild, which should be in about a year, she will be released.
Despite having a difficult beginning, Misty now has the nicest toy to cuddle with as she waits to return to the wild, where she belongs, thanks to her rescuers.
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