Rusty

Age Class	Juvenile
Gender	Unknown
Date Stranded	December 16, 2020
Location of Stranding	Buzzards Bay, MA
Date of Arrival	December 22, 2020
Number of Days of Care	65 days

Final Disposition

Released

12/22/2020 Turtle "240" stranded as part of the Cold Stun event in New England. 240 was brought to National Marine Life Center where it was then transfered to Mote Marine's Sea Turtle Hospital by a group called Turtles Fly Too, a non-profit organization of volunteer private pilots. Here the turtle was deemed "Rusty". Rusty was given fluids and placed in a rehabilitation pool.

12/27/2020 Rusty has been floating and lethargic so radiographs were taken as these cold stun events can be very harmful to the lungs.

01/07/2021 Rusty is slowly recovering. Rusty is beginning to forage single pieces of fish here and there but not continuously. Rusty is being force fed oral supplements and an anti-fungal while also receiving injectable antibiotics and fluids once a week.

01/17/2021 Rusty has continuously been eating well and has been taken off of antibiotics but remain on the anti-fungal.

02/03/2021 Rusty continues to eat well and act fine, but still has an elevated white blood cell count. He was started on an oral antibiotic.

02/25/2021 Todd, Eddie, Rusty, Lewis, and Ellen were transported and released by Mote staff at New Smyrna Beach!