B.C. sea otter pup in critical condition, receiving 24-hour care [Video]

If she didn’t squeak and squirm, she would look just like a child’s stuffed toy, but the weeks-old sea otter was in serious condition when she was brought in to the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre on Tuesday.

Rescuers say the hungry pup took well to being bottle fed with puppy and kitten formula — combined with clams — every two hours by staff and volunteers who are monitoring her around the clock.

“It gives them the flavour that they actually really enjoy and the nutrients within the puppy and kitten formula,” rescue centre senior manager Lindsaye Akhurst said in an interview Wednesday.

“She’s done really well with it and it’s also a good transition because we’ll eventually, probably within the next few weeks, we’ll start offering her some solid food and it will be clams.”

Akhurst said the centre was called Monday by staff with Fisheries and Oceans …