The nearly five-foot gator is undergoing treatment at the Bronx Zoo after it was spotted inside Prospect Park on Sunday The alligator is still too weak and unresponsive to eat on its own, the zoo said, and was found to have ingested something a little odd
, including what was found inside the reptile and why it can yet be removed.
The nearly five-foot gator is undergoing treatment at the Bronx Zoo. The female was spotted inside the park on Sunday and was easily captured by trained animal officials due to it being extremely emaciated,"lethargic and suffering from exposure to cold temperatures," the zoo said in a statement Wednesday.
The alligator is still too weak and unresponsive to eat on its own, the zoo said, so it is being tube-fed with"nutrients as well as fluids, Vitamin B, antibiotics and an antifungal medication." When the reptile was captured, it weighed only 15 pounds — less than half of what a gator of its size should weigh at its size and age, which officials estimated to be around five or 6 years.
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