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COASTIE
GREEN

Chelonia Mydas

Juvenile

  ADMIT
DEC 2, 2002
RELEASED
SEPT 24, 2003
Weight 2.2 kg  4.4 kg
SCL  cm  33.7 cm
SCW  cm  25.7 cm
THE TREATMENT Small green sea turtle found with a carapace fracture.  Fractured bone penetrating vertebrae. Wound is flushed clean and then covered in antibiotic cream and ointment.
FEB 1, 2003
SEPT 2003 Kept in a small tank all winter, the wounds were carefully attended to each day. 
By the summer months this little green moved outside to enjoy a larger tank and some sunshine, getting ready for release.