Date Stranded: February 8, 2023
Date Released: April 3, 2023
Reason for Stranding
caught in a gill net in the Rio Grande
Patient History
18.0 lb non-FP juvenile green
Patient Injuries
old shell wound at caudal end above left rear flipper, minor abrasion on neck and flippers from gill net
Patient Treatments
started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex, & Normosol. Administered meloxicam and Vit E.
took 3-view radiographs (turtle has pneumonia)
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