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NEUSE
Loggerhead
(Caretta caretta)
Juvenile
                         Admitted     July 13, 2000
                        Released    June 20, 2001
                      Re Admit    March 4, 2002
Released June 2002
Admit Release Re-Admit Re-Release
Weight: 24.4 kg 34.0 kg 36.6 kg est 44.0 kg
SCL:  58.6 cm 60.5 65.5 cm 66.4
SCW:  49.1 cm 51.2 55.5
THE FIRST
STRANDING		 Found floating in the Neuse River, near Whortonville, NC, by a local crabber.
ADMIT 7/13/00
Neuse was covered in a thick coat of algea/moss.
The carapace and plastron were scubbed clean.
Blood samples were drawn and antibiotics administered.
Neuse was placed in shallow water and is very lethargic.
Tests reveal e-coli.
Nuese was released after 11 months of care.
Clean water, antibiotics, and a  steady diet fortified with vitamins readided this turtel for release. During the period of recovery she gained 9.6 kg.
Hematocrit 33 %
Released June 20, 2001
2002
Re-Admit March 4, 2002
March 4, 2002
This unlucky turtle was found on a freezing Emerald Isle beach in an early morning snowfall.
Members of the Emerald Isle, NC sea turtle project, who thought they were responding to a dead stranded sea turtle, found instead this very cold turtle.
After consulting with the state wildlife commission, the volunteers transported the turtle to the KBSTRRC.
Once in the facility the turtle was evaluated by staff and Dr. Harms was consulted by phone.  The initial exam revealed a mossy, lethargic, skinnny turtle, WITH TAGS in the rear flipper.  As it turns out, this is neuse.
Where had she been these past 8 months?
June 5 Bulked up and released