Date Stranded: July 16, 2025
Reason for Stranding
Found stuck in the rocks at Boca Chica (channel side, near Barracuda cove).
Patient History
4.9 lb non-FP juvenile Atlantic Green sea turtle
Patient Injuries
Minor abrasions to plastron, small notch missing from edge of right marginal scute on carapace, abrasion on ventral side of RFF (possible lump of scar tissue).
Patient Treatments
In-house PCV = 34%, TP = 3.4g/dl, glucose = 112
Started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex,and Normosol
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