Molasses

Green (Chelonia mydas)

Age Class Juvenile
Gender Unknown
Date Stranded March 8, 2021
Location of Stranding Volusia County
Date of Arrival March 9, 2021
Number of Days of Care 90 days

Final Disposition

Released

Molasses

03/08/2021  Juvenile green sea turtle stranded at New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County.  Animal was lethargic and covered in epibiota.

03/09/2021  Due to lack of space at the sea turtle rehabilitation facilities on Florida's east coast, 15 juvenile green sea turtles were transferred to Mote for rehabilitation.  Animals were weighed, had blood work done, and were given subcutaneous fluids and injectable antibiotics.  Turtles were put in rehab. tanks with very shallow water. 

03/10/2021  Turtle ate when offered seafood today!

04/10/2021  Molasses continues to improve.  Turtle is in deep water, actively swimming, and eating all food offered.  She is currently on oral antibiotics.

05/06/2021  Turtle's blood work is improving so weekly iron injections and daily oral antibiotics were discontinued.

05/21/2021  Molasses iis healing well and gaining weight.  Blood work continues to improve.

06/07/2021  Molasses, Looe, Howe, Raja, Kimbe, Brewer, Diego, and Bumble were all released by Mote staff at the beach in Ormond-by-the-Sea on Florida's east coast.

Happening at Mote

Fin Fact

Manatees make sounds—in fact, they make five different calls: squeaks, high squeaks, squeals, squeak-squeals, and chirps. They even have “graded” calls, meaning they can adjust a single call to convey more nuances of what they’re doing or how they’re feeling. Think of how a cat adjusts its “meow” when startled, happy, or excited. Mote scientists study manatee vocalizations to better understand the behavior of these imperiled mammals.

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