11/30/2021  Turtle cold-stunned and stranded in Barnstable County, Cape Cod, MA.  Animals were rescued and transported to New England Aquarium for triage.  All cold-stunned turtles were slowly warmed over a few days and were given subcutaneous fluids, vitamin B and E injections, and started on injectable antibiotics.  Due to large number of stranded cold-stunned turtles, many will be transferred to other sea turtle rehab. facilities around the country for continued care.  

12/10/2021  16 juvenile Kemp's ridley turtles were transferred to Mote for continued care and rehabilitation.  They were flown down to Florida by a volunteer pilot working with the non-profit organization Turtles Fly Too.  Mote staff picked up the turtles at Dolphin Aviation at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport and transported them back to our sea turtle rehabilitation hospital.  All animals were weighed, measured, and put in rehab. pools in very shallow water.  They will be given antibiotic injections every 6 days and will be given subcutaneous fluids if not eating well.

12/15/2021 Ruth ate her full diet offered.

12/24/2021 Her water level was moved to 1/2 full. Ruth is having some difficulty eating her full diet offered.

01/06/2022 Ruth's bloodwork is improving, so she has been taken off of antibiotics. She has made some improvements with eating. She eats the majority of her diet offered, if not all of it.

01/15/2022 Her tank temperature is slowly being dropped to acclimate her to the colder Atlantic ocean temperatures.

02/04/2022  Ruth continues to eat well and gain weight.  Her white blood cell count is increasing though so he has been started on oral antibiotics.

02/28/2022  Blood values have improved, so oral antibiotics were discontinued.  Turtle is active, eating well, and gaining weight.   Will recheck blood work 2 weeks after discontinuing meds.

03/17/2022 Nick, Ruth, Tommy and Potter were released at New Smyrna Beach!