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Age Class | Juvenile |
Gender | Unknown |
Date Stranded | August 16, 2007 |
Location of Stranding | Vero Beach, Florida |
Date of Arrival | August 16, 2007 |
Number of Days of Care | 120 days |
Released December 14, 2007 from Hutchinson Island, FL
Turtle upon arrival.
8/17 Turtle was found entangled in fishing gear with a fishing hook lodged in the left shoulder area. Hook and line were removed and turtle was started on antibiotics. 8/22 Turtle appears to be doing very well. 9/1 White count has gone up, so we have changed antibiotics. Doing well and using left front flipper much better. 9/11 Turtle is much better and is using flipper normally. Has started gaining weight. 9/19 Turtle's uric acid values are very high, indicating possible kidney problems. Have decreased salinity of turtle's water to hydrate it. Will be observing closely. 9/28 Uric acid values have begun to come back down and turtle is doing very well. 10/19 Turtle is now doing very well and uric acid values seem to be staying down. 10/28 Continuing to do very well. 11/13 Turtle is doing well and may be releasable soon. 11/21 Doing very well. Hoping for release in the next 1-2 weeks. 11/29 Continuing to do well. May be releasable by next week. 12/5 Turtle has been approved for release on the east coast of Florida. 12/14 Turtle was released this morning from Hutchinson Island near Port St. Lucie, Florida. It was released south of its original stranding site due to a red tide bloom in the area of the original stranding.