Date Stranded: September 7, 2026
Reason for Stranding
Found floating in Port Isabel
Patient History
Atlantic Green 14.7 kg
Patient Injuries
Behavior: Depressed
Epibiot Load: A few small barnacles, a tiny snail on carapace. Lots of mud.
Eyes: FP on both eyes (worse on left eye)
Mouth/Beak: Bait and fishing line removed bait 10.5 inches 26.5 cm
External Carapace Notes: Old injury to caudal left
Plastron: very slightly sunken in
Head/Flippers/ Soft Tissue: Severe entanglement around left front flipper and into mouth
Patient Treatments
In House Bloods: PCV: 18%, TS:1.2, Glucose: 54
Meds administered: Ceftaz (antibiotic), iron dextran (for low PCV), VitB (appetite stimulant) & Normosol with Dextrose (Hydration with sugar for low glucose)
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