Plum

Age Class	Juvenile
Gender	Unknown
Date Stranded	November 26, 2017
Location of Stranding	Barnstable County, MA
Date of Arrival	December 8, 2017
Number of Days of Care	55 days

Final Disposition

Released

12/08/2017 Turtle originally stranded in Massachusetts during a cold stun event. Animal was triaged at New England Aquarium and was flown down, along with 45 other sea turtles, for continued rehabilitation at various marine animal rehab. facilities in Florida. Mote received one green and nine Kemp's ridley sea turtles from this group. Animals were transported from Tampa Airport to Mote and were placed in tanks at low water level for the night.

12/09/2017 Plum was foraging for all food types offered by the end of the day.

12/11/2017 Blood work shows a very high white blood cell count. This is likely due to necrosis from freezing. Injectable antibiotic therapy was initiated.

12/18/2017 All turtles from Cape Cod are actively foraging for all food types offered. They are all very active and the the depth of their tanks is being slowly increased.

12/30/2017 Animal's blood work has improved, so injectable antibiotics were discontinued. Continuing to increase amount of food offered to aid in weight gain and continued improvement and healing.

02/01/2018 Turtle was released south of New Smyrna Beach on the east coast of Florida!