Posts in Current Patients Blog

Our largest patient, Jolly at 330 lbs, has recently received some good news. Her stitches were removed last week and she will be released sometime[…]

Stewart, a 25 lb. green sea turtle, arrived at the beginning of February with a heavy tumor load. Both of his eyes were covered as[…]

Join us on Saturday November 19th at 10 am at Sombrero Beach as we release Mike!     Mike, a 105 pound loggerhead sea turtle[…]

Recently we had 3 sub-adult loggerheads come to us who are suffering from an impaction. Impactions occur when turtles eat something their bodies are unable[…]

Bailey, an adult Hawksbill, is the newest patient at the Turtle Hospital.  Bailey was rescued by the Horizon Dive Center based in Key Largo.  The[…]

Wednesday brought us our newest patient, Lannie May. Found floating in a canal in Marathon, Lannie May had a fish hook stuck in her neck[…]

Dr. Doug Mader stopped by the hospital today to examine Kala’s healing progress since having her right front flipper amputated approximately a month ago.  Rehab[…]

This week brought us 2 new turtles: Toby and Mike. Toby was rescued Thursday from Islamorada. He gets his name from the rescuer’s dog. Toby[…]

Today was a surgery day. Typically we do surgery 1-2 times a week; depending on the turtles that we currently have. We’ll do multiple surgeries[…]

Sea turtle rehab is a funny thing. Sometimes, we get lots of turtles. Then at other times, it slows down. For example: Sunday August 21st[…]

You may not know this, but our sea turtles get bath time just like us! It is common for sea turtles in the wild to[…]

Have you ever seen a sea turtle play fetch? Well if you haven’t, you’re not alone. Sea turtles do not play the same way that[…]