Posts in Current Patients Blog

A great rescue was made Friday evening by Islamorada residents Jaye and Gary! The couple spotted a small turtle in distress in the canal behind[…]

Two of our newest patients, JoJo and Ben, are suffering with an all too familiar problem: intestinal blockages. Gas from infection causes the turtles to[…]

Our two largest patients, Francis and Archer, have been cleared for release! Francis, a 160 lbs adult female, and Archer, a 140 lbs sub adult[…]

Our two largest patients, female Loggerheads Francis and Archer, are at the final stages of rehab! Both turtles were rescued at the very end of[…]

On Wednesday, rehab specialist, Devin, responded to a call about a FP green sea turtle seen floating behind a residence in Little Torch Key.  Concerned[…]

Hope is now in sight for a sub-adult Green sea turtle named Pe’e. This female turtle came in with a heavy load of tumors including[…]

Wednesday, February 12th was a big day for the stranding hotline at the hospital with two turtles being admitted within hours of each other.  The[…]

Saturday February 8th, ended with two new turtles to add to our group. First, Stanley was rescued offshore of Key Largo by three guys out[…]

Soon after the rescue of Simcha, Archer, and Kristi, January ended with a final two rescued turtles; Squirt and Francis. We were also sad to[…]

In the past 4 days, we have been busy admitting 3 Subadult Loggerhead sea turtles! The amazing rescues got these turtles to safety: “Simcha”-77lbs, “Kristi”-118lbs,[…]

Turtle Hospital staff began early yesterday morning, pulling turtles from their tanks while still dark for a road trip north. The ambulance was packed with[…]

Elena and Moses are both juvenile Green sea turtles that were struck by boat propellers. Both turtles also had Fibropapilloma tumors and Elena was even[…]