Feeding time

We only have three patients in the hospital at the moment and they are keen eaters. These are juvenile yellow-eyed penguins that fledged in February and they have learnt how to fish but encountered a spot of bother. They appeared 'small' in the colony and when we weighed them they were only 4kg. On closer inspection in our rehab facility it turns out they had bright red throats - easily fixed but left untreated it can develop into aspergillosis which is fatal. They have learnt how to eat nicely now that their throats don't hurt so much. As soon as they are up to weight (6kg) they can go and do their own fishing.