Date Stranded: August 25, 2023
Reason for Stranding
Found in the tide line at Barracuda Cove
Patient History
13.8 lb FP juvenile green
Patient Injuries
Severe left and right front flipper entanglement, severe neck entanglement including an opening on the ventral side of the neck, caudal left side of carapace is concave and misshapen. Fishing line was monofilament. FP score 1/3, few small body tumors, right eye appears to have two small eye tumors developing. Took 3-view radiographs appears to have moderate-severe pneumonia.
This animal is in critical condition.
Patient Treatments
In-house PCV = 30%, TP = 2.5 g/dl, glucose = 247, started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex, Normosol, Meloxicam, & Vitamin C.
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