Seal of approval for tea treatment
Keepers at Sea Life Scarborough say Frankie is recovering well and will be released into the wild.
An abandoned baby seal is being treated for an eye condition with strong cups of chilled tea, according to keepers at an aquarium.
The two-month-old female pup, named Frankie, was discovered by a walker on Redcar beach before being taken to Sea Life Scarborough, where she was undergoing treatment for several health issues.
However, a vet prescribed a more unusual medicine for a problem with her eyes - baths of cold black tea.
Lyndsey Crawford-Darwell from Sea Life said the team "wanted to try a nice natural remedy and a strong tea has done its job".
Crawford-Darwell said Frankie was underweight at about 8kg when she arrived at the centre, with cuts and bruises, a bad infection and "gunky eyes".
"She was on lots of antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, we don't really like to overload the animals with lots of prescribed drugs," she said.
She added that using the tea to clean up Frankie's eyes was "a nice bit of advice from one of our vets".
