Raven

Loggerhead (Caretta caretta)

(ST0436)

Age Class	Subadult
Gender	Unknown
Date Stranded	May 28, 2004
Location of Stranding	New Pass, Sarasota, Florida
Date of Arrival	May 28, 2004
Number of Days of Care	140 days

Final Disposition

Released October 15, 2004 at Lido Beach

This turtle was found floating inside New Pass, Sarasota and was brought directly to the Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital. Although it is not severely anemic, it has all of the other symptoms of the anemic loggerheads that have been coming in for the last 6 weeks. About 6 liters of air was aspirated from its coelomic cavity. 5/31 Turtle is eating and is alert. It has been started on antibiotics. 6/5 Turtle continues to improve and is gaining weight. 6/13 Continued improvement. 6/19 More improvement. 7/14 Continuing to improve slowly. 7/21 More of the same. 8/5 Anemia is almost resolved and turtle is doing very well. May be ready for release by the end of the month. 8/30 Turtle's liver enzymes are going up, so release has been delayed. Still doing well otherwise. 9/1 No change. 9/9 Very little change, but no worsening, at least. 9/21 Slight improvement. Still eating well. 10/9 Liver enzymes are back to normal. May be ready for release soon. 10/15 Turtle was released this morning from Lido Beach.