Posts by Turtle Hospital

Lucie is a darling adult Green sea turtle. She was found in the intake canal of a powerplant near St. Lucie, Florida on September 25th,[…]

Brandy is the largest turtle we have ever treated at the Turtle Hospital. Brandy is a 350-pound Green sea turtle, and she is between 60[…]

Aug 17, 2007 Hokie was reported floating in a Marathon canal, April 2007. Turtle Hospital staff responded and were able to net the turtle and[…]

Aug 7, 2007 Team Daco was rescued by a fishing team while out on a Captain Pip’s charter boat in May of 2007. The Loggerhead[…]

Whit is a sub-adult Green sea turtle. He came to The Turtle Hospital on August 7, 2007 because he was floating and very bloated. Upon[…]

July 27, 2007 Black Foot Jack was found floating in the Barnes Sound area by Black Foot Fishing Charters out of Key Largo. Brought back[…]

July 7, 2007 A triple Loggerheader, Nelson, Gabrial and Actually got lucky on 07-07-07. These turtles had been found floating for various reasons (impaction, infection[…]

Named because of the chip out of his beak, this juvenile Green sea turtle was rescued on February 22, 2000 from Brevard County, Florida. Chip[…]

Trey is a small Green sea turtle. He is one of three transfer patients from the Clearwater Aquarium. He was originally rescued from the Atlantic[…]

Seymore, a juvenile Green Sea Turtle with severe Fibropapilloma, has had successful surgery to remove the growth from one of his eyes. Unfortunately, the fibropapilloma[…]

  Pico is a sub-adult Green sea turtle found in the FPL St. Lucie power-plant intake canal on December 4th, 2006. Pico was covered in[…]

Snoop is a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle. The Kemp’s Ridley is the rarest of the sea turtles. Found almost exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico,[…]