Jiji
Jiji Species: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) (CM 23-2217) Arrival Date: August 31, 2023 Stranding Location: Tequesta, FL Admission Weight: 9.2 kg., 20.68 Ibs. Current Weight: 9.2 kg., 20.68 Ibs. Initial Condition: Floating, FP Jiji is a juvenile green with fp found floating in Tequesta. Radiographs indicate GI gas. Jiji had first surgery. PROGRESS KEY:…
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Officer Green Species: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) (CM 23-1969) Arrival Date: August 28, 2023 Stranding Location: Tequesta, FL Admission Weight: 3.4 kg., 7.48 lbs. Current Weight: 3.54 kg., 7.8 lbs. Initial Condition: Floating Officer Green is a juvenile green found floating near Bridge Road. Radiographs indicated gas in the GI tract and a healing…
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Kylo Ren Species: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) (CM 23-167) Arrival Date: August 24, 2023 Stranding Location: St. Lucie, FL Admission Weight: 9.2 kg., 20.24 lbs. Current Weight: 8.54 kg., 18.78 Ibs. Initial Condition: Entangled Kylo Ren is a juvenile green caught at Deerfield pier. No hook was present at admission. Kylo Ren had a…
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Boop Species: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) (CM 23-167) Arrival Date: August 21, 2023 Stranding Location: St. Lucie, FL Admission Weight: 3.2kg., 7.04 lbs. Current Weight: 2.96 kg., 6.8 lbs. Initial Condition: Floating, healed boat strike Boop is a juvenile green found by Inwater Research Group in St. Lucie entangled in monofilament. Right front flipper has…
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Danny Species: CC 23-178 (Caretta caretta) (CC 23-178) Arrival Date: July 29, 2023 Stranding Location: Port St. Lucie, FL Admission Weight: 99.4 kg., 218 Ibs. Current Weight: 95 kg., 209 Ibs. Initial Condition: Amputation This is a male adult loggerhead found by Inwater Research Group in Port St. Lucie. Presented with front flipper amputation…
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Kelly Species: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) (CM 23-167) Arrival Date: July 26, 2023 Stranding Location: Jupiter, FL Admission Weight: 2.5 kg., 5.5 lbs. Current Weight: 3.12 kg., 6.8 lbs. Initial Condition: Fibropapillomatosis Kelly is a juvenile green from Jupiter with FP. Will have a CT scan on Friday to check for internal tumors. Current…
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Sandy Species: Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) (CC 23-104) Arrival Date: July 3, 2023 Stranding Location: Deerfield Beach, FL Admission Weight: 102.55 kg., 225.6 lbs. Current Weight: 111.1 kg., 244.4 lbs. Initial Condition: Debilitated Sandy is an adult loggerhead found floating near Deerfield Beach. Very anemic and thin. Received a blood transfusion. Current treatment includes antibiotics,…
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Zia Species: Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) (CC 23-105) Arrival Date: July 3, 2023 Stranding Location: St. Lucie Inlet Admission Weight: 27.78 kg., 61.0 lbs. Current Weight: 29.02 kg., 63.8 lbs. Initial Condition: Debilitated Zia is a juvenile loggerhead found floating near St. Lucie Inlet. Very anemic and thin. Received a blood transfusion. Current treatment includes…
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Morgan Species: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Transferred patient (CM23-13) Arrival Date: October 12, 2014 Stranding Location: Unknown Admission Weight: 53.8 kg., 118.36 lbs. Current Weight: 54.82 kg.,120.6 lbs. Initial Condition: Healed boat strike Morgan is a subadult that was a permanent resident at Gumbo Limbo. Currently looking to be placed at a facility. PROGRESS…
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Hatchlings Species: Loggerhead and Green Stranding Date: June through November Stranding Location: Local beaches Issue: Disoriented or Injured Disoriented hatchlings can be placed in the 24 hour drop-off cooler located outside of the front entrance to the Center. Hatchlings that come to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center did not make it out to the open ocean…
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