The sea turtle saga continues

I spent the entire day at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. We had another 20 Green turtles come in last night so they were lined up, awaiting exams, treatments and possible releases today. The picture to the left shows a young greenie with some of his best friends, the barnacles. And directly below, I'm about to give another young green turtle fluids after a cursory exam.

I found out something interesting today: All of these Green (yes, they've all been green turtles) turtles are coming from counties north of here. The water temperature down in Boca Raton has been consistently 70 degrees, which is fine for the turtles (and which is also why we have been releasing the  healthy greens down here).  When I left today there were about 15 turtles that were not releasable, mostlu due to low blood sugar from not eating for several days. Others had corneal ulcers that need to be treated. Treatment takes about 5 days which is why donations (check out the wish lists on their sites) are critical right now. Others simply don't have the strength yet to be released. But, as you can see from the picture below, this is what we're working toward: Freedom!
Our state is finally warming up a bit so the intake of turtles should slow down now. We shall see what tomorrow will bring.
Until then, Keep Wagging people!