The adorable baby sea lion that snuck into the Marine Room has had a big meal and some loving and much needed attention by rescuers at SeaWorld who said on Friday that the malnourished and emaciated animal’s condition is improving.

"She's pretty content right now," said SeaWorld Senior Animal Care specialist Kevin Robinson after I headed over to the aquatic park to see for myself.

The little critter looked right at home in an enclosure where she was being kept with about 18 other rescued pups.

"She's getting along great," Robinson said. "She's had a few good meals and plenty of buddies."

And she’s been given the name Marina. That’s not something that SeaWorld caregivers usually do, but given the unique circumstances of her rescue, she deserved a moniker, said SeaWorld San Diego Spokesman Dave Koontz.

Check out the video of her capture and subsequent trip to the aquatic park's animal care center.

View the Video Hungry sea lion found in San Diego restaurant

The 8-month-old mammal, who at 20 pounds is half the size she should be, is being fed a delicious (?) fish formula slurry that includes vitamins, electrolytes and other supplements designed to stabilize her, Koontz said. She is too weak to take her fish whole. She's also getting a dose of antibiotics.

Vets also need to evaluate her left eye which had been swollen shut after some unknown trauma.

The youngster is spending her days in an outdoor enclosure along with 41 other sea lions, mostly pups, that have been rescued since the beginning of the year, Koontz said. At night she is brought indoors to make sure her body temperature is regulated.

The goal is to get the pup strong enough so she can not only eat whole fish again but compete for food with the other sea lions so that she can be returned to the wild. That could take as long as eight weeks, Koontz said.

Koontz said it was a good thing that the pup crawled into the La Jolla restaurant, because if rescuers had not gotten to her when they did, she may not have survived.

Right now her condition is considered “guarded." But things are looking pretty good. "I think she's got a pretty good chance of making it," Robinson said.

The popular little sea lion has generated interest from media all over including "Good Morning America," the "Today" show, Reuters, Associated Press and even a news organization in Sweden.

Read more about how she was found from the U-T's David Hernandez.

And check out our photo galleries.

View the photo gallery: Rescued sea lion pup named "Marina"

View the photo gallery: Sea lion pup takes a seat

Marina the sea lion pup was not the only mammal making news in La Jolla this year. Another adventurous animal made its way into the Cave Store on Jan. 21. Here is video of that close encounter of the sea lion kind before it was lured back to its ocean home by a store employee.