Posts in Past Patients Blog

Tini came to us on Oct 14 from St. Lucie Inlet State Park, in Martin County, Florida.  Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff had to drive Tini[…]

Around noon on October 13, we received a call from Captain Brian Stoner and Captain Rich Schaf of the Keys Cowboy Fishing Charter about a[…]

On September 3, Tim Hannah was out lobster hunting off Grassy Key and saw little Pup hanging out under a coral ledge. He thought it[…]

FWC Officer Knight called The Turtle Hospital’s emergency hotline October 5 after receiving a call from a boat captain that had found a sea turtle entangled on[…]

Dr. Gerry Diethelm came in this week to provide critical care patient Izzy with cold light physical therapy. This low-level laser uses light-emitting diodes to[…]

Izzy, who recently underwent surgery at The Turtle Hospital with Dr. Kristin Hall on August 25, is recovering wonderfully from his boat strike wound.  He[…]

On September 8th, the turtle hospital grew by one as S.A.S. arrived at 11:30 am. S.A.S. was found by Bruce (pictured above) who named the turtle after his[…]

Late in the afternoon, on September 14, The Turtle Hospital received a call about a floating hawksbill just 2 miles off shore on the Gulf side[…]

  I would like to introduce everyone to Elliot. Elliot is a 90 pound loggerhead found in the FL bay, 4 miles west of Tavernier,[…]

On August 25, Dr. Kristin Hall from Marathon Veterinary Hospital performed surgery on four green sea turtles: Dr. Hall (pictured above with Izzy) was able to remove[…]

Ragged Rhonda was found entangled in fishing line and floating off Ragged Edge Motel in Islandmorada by Bridgette Sabio, Laurie Veres, and Marcus Escaute. The[…]

On August 8 2011, a sub-adult loggerhead named Pip, was found floating and unable to dive to get away in the Atlantic side of the[…]