Date Stranded: August 25, 2025
Reason for Stranding
Stuck in a tide pool at the Isla Blanca jetties, channel side
Patient History
First Stranding:
12/06/2025-12/08/2025
4.6 lb non-FP juvenile green
Found stuck in the rocks at the Boca Chica jetties, channel side
Minor plastron abrasions, old healing wound to soft tissue at base of left front flipper on ventral side (possible old entanglement wound). Missing chunks of both rear flippers.
Second Stranding:
5.9 lb non-FP juvenile green
Patient Injuries
Missing tips of both rear flippers, minor abrasions on plastron (mostly healed), missing distal third of RFF
Patient Treatments
In-house PCV = 29%, TP = 3.8 g/dl, glucose = 122
Started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex, and Normosol
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