LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Potter Park Zoo introduced on Fb that Doppsee, Lansing’s uncommon Black Rhino, is exhibiting indicators of enchancment after being monitored 24/7 for a well being scare.
Doppsee had what zoo officers referred to as a “medical emergency” final week after “a very sudden decline in her health.”
Doppsee (Photograph: Potter Park Zoo)
‘We’re crossing our fingers’: Potter Park Zoo provides medical replace on Lansing’s uncommon black rhino
Zoo officers say veterinarians will proceed to offer therapy for colic and monitor her 24/7.
6 Information went to the zoo and spoke with its head veterinarian. Whereas we have been there, our workforce noticed Doppsee’s mate, Finneas, anxiously ready within the zoo’s rhino enclosure. On the opposite facet of the door was Doppsee — and a workforce of as many as 20 veterinarians.
The vets say Doppsee is simply too massive for an X-ray, so that they needed to depend on knowledge from bloodwork, ultrasounds, and bodily exams to try to seek out the supply behind Doppsee’s decline.
“We appreciate everyone’s continued support and well wishes for Doppsee!” mentioned the Zoo on social media.