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ALBUM |
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| dare | honey | bay | india | CJ | swan | casper | c.s.ta | oakley | viva |
| caretta | richie | galveston | cheyenne | crush | squirt | GT | chilly | duke |
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Caretta caretta
Loggerhead Adult Male |
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| THE STRANDING | The Ocean
Isle Beach Sea Turtle Patrol received a call about a turtle drifting off
shore. Efforts were made to retrieve the turtle but due to the undertow
and wave action, and also to the turtle's efforts to evade, this was not
possible.
After observation by members Deb and Jim Boyce for several hours it was decided to wait until the turtle came in with a high tide. This occurred on the morning of October 2. Spotted and reported by Shannon Hemmet, the turtle was weak and surrounded by three inches of sand. Visitors keep the turtle wet with sea water. The OIB turtle patrol along with the Ocean Isle Beach maintenance crew, loaded CJ onto a 4-wheel drive and removed her from the beach. She was them placed in a pickup truck and immediately driven to the KBSTRRC. |
| THE TREATMENT | 
The initial blood work revealed extremely low glucose and packed cell values. (PCV 6, Glucose 26, WBC 2) The turtle is emaciated. She is currently in shallow water and is being force fed squid. |
| NOVEMBER 2002 | CJ has
been moved into a larger tank, but remains extremely thin. She is
so thin that lifting her head to breathe has resulted in the bone of the
carapace scraping against her head and wearing that area down to the bone.
She currently accepts food when hand fed but has difficulty remaining submerged.
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| JAN 11, 2003 | CJ is
now able to rest on the bottom. Her food in take has been increased
to 3.5 pounds of squid per day. The biggest surprise was discovering
that SHE is a HE.
His thin frame was hiding that long tale. |
| FEB 11, 2003 | CJ will swim a lap or two and shows interest in the
net during cleaning.
 Scraped bone starts
to heal |
| MAR 15, 2003 |   |
| June 04, 2003 |
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 Hatchling
loggerhead and adult loggerhead |
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| May 2004 |  A
pretty face. |
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