Stranded 11/28/2013 Justin is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. He was found floating in the bay due to cold stranding. He had a broken front left flipper for unknown reasons. Surgery was done to try to fix the flipper but unfortunately the break was so severe that it had to be amputated. He is […]

Stranded 11/29/2013 Olive is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. She was found floating in the Long Island Village area near Port Isabel. She was most likely struck by a boat propeller. She has damage to her left eye as well as several slices to her carapace (top shell). Additionally she is missing a chunk

Stranded 10/22/2013 Jace is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. He was found by visitors just north of Access 5. He has a few superficial scrapes but no serious injuries. His reason for stranding is unknown. He will receive vitamins in our ICU until bloodwork comes back. 10/28/2013: Bloodwork came back normal. The turtle is

Stranded 9/29/2013 Bela is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. She was found on the beach by visitors. She has a few small scrapes on her plastron (bottom shell) and what look like teeth marks on her carapace (top shell). She may have been attacked by a predator. Blood was drawn to determine if she

Stranded 9/25/2013 Mae was founding floating in the Laguna Madre near the “fingers” area of Port Isabel. She is a post-hatchling hawksbill sea turtle. Mae has no physical injuries but is weak and very skinny. She may have washed in due to high tides and strong currents caused by recent Gulf storms. She is in

Stranded 9/22/2013 Little Trucker is a post-hatchling Kemp’s ridley. He was found washed up in Sargassum seaweed in Isla Blanca Park. He is missing a back flipper, possibly due to a predator attack. He is currently in ICU being treated with fluids and antibiotics for his injury. April 2014 Update: Little Trucker has been moved

Stranded 9/22/2013 Mac is a post hatchling Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. He was found by visitors just north of Access 6. He has no physical injuries but he is very weak. He may have washed up due to high tides or exhaustion from recent storms. He is ICU and getting fluids and vitamins. March Update:

Stranded 9/22/2013 Triston Jr. is a post-hatchling hawksbill sea turtle. He was found in Isla Blanca park by a young man named Triston. Triston Jr. is missing several chunks of his flippers and has a few small wounds on his plastron (bottom shell). He was most likely nibbled on by a predator.  He is in

 Stranded 9/19/2013 Dazzling is a hatchling loggerhead sea turtle. We do not commonly see hatchling loggerheads strand on South Padre Island. He has no physical injuries and we expect that he was washed in by high tides caused by Hurricane Ingrid. He currently resides in our ICU. May Update: Dazzling was moved to a larger

Stranded 9/18/2013   Lucy Too is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. She was found by visitors near Access 5. She has minor scrapes on her shell and a small gash on her right front flipper. The injuries do not seem serious but she will stay in our ICU and receive antibiotics and vitamins until