Posts in Past Patients Blog

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,[…]

Cracker, a juvenile Green sea turtle, was transferred from the Marine Life Center on March 8, 2005. Not only did this turtle suffer from Fibropapilloma,[…]

Rachel is a sub-adult Green sea turtle who was treated for fibropapilloma tumors. She was spotted in the intake canal of the FPL St. Lucie[…]

Poseidon, a sub-adult Loggerhead Sea Turtle was rescued by a small boy in Islamorada, Florida on May 22, 2005. The boy was out with his[…]

Sigsbee, a Loggerhead sea turtle arrived January 04, 2004 from Sigsbee Naval base in Key West. Sigsbee has a lung infection and abscess that we[…]

Oscar, a post-hatchling Hawksbill sea turtle, was rescued on May 10, 2005 by four teenagers underneath the Vaca Cut Bridge in Marathon, Florida. The teens[…]

Lola was rescued from North Key Largo on December 03, 2004. Lola had ingested fishing line and had also been entangled in fishing line on[…]

  Asa, a Green sea turtle was rescued February 18, 2005 from Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Asa has Fibropapilloma. Using the endoscope, it was determined[…]