All Entries Tagged With: "rehabilitation"

The Inside Scoop

To investigate what is really going on inside we took Patty to WHOI for another CAT scan, so what did the ‘cat’ have to say about the turtle ?
There is a new shell forming under the pink tissue we call the pseudo-shell, this is good news but at this point the new shell is not [...]

Ultrasound for Patty

Today, Dr. Williams performed an ultrasound scan on Patty in order to assess her liver and urinary bladder.  Patty’s infected shell requires antibiotics, however these medications can be hard on the liver.  In order to watch for liver damage, Dr. Williams periodically draws blood samples and submits them for testing.  He uses ultrasound to image [...]

Giving Thanks

On this Thanksgiving we would like to thank and recognize everyone who has supported the National Marine Life Center over the past year.  Through gifts of money, goods, services, and time, YOU make is possible to save marine wildlife, advance science, and inspire conservation through education.  YOU make it possible to build our new marine [...]

Shell Game

Patty’s shell (carapace) is finally starting to show some signs of healing but remains unprotected by the hard surface we associate with the shells of turtles on much of its surface. This protective outer layer of keratin (the same material that makes up or hair) will have to form after some more healing, but Patty [...]

Last Red Bellied Cooter of the 2008-2009 Head start class released!

It was an overcast day as the three of  us ascended upon Great Quitticas Pond on the Lakeville/Middleboro line to release the last of the Red Bellied Cooters from the head start class 2008-2009.  There were three people and a dog there fishing and enjoying the area.  Lori and Tim Benson have taken care of [...]

Eyes of the World

Patty, the diamond-back terrapin that was caught out in the cold (actually was frozen, see: Cold-Stunned Terrapin “Patty” Newest Patient) is making excellent progress. The blood in the eyes is resolving, and now that she can see again she is starting to eat.  She still has serious neurological disease and difficulty with the hind legs, [...]

National Marine Life Center on NPR’s “The Point”

Mindy Todd, national award winning host of The Point on the Cape and the Islands National Public Radio station, interviewed the National Marine Life Center team on Wednesday, June 10th.  The interview is posted on the NPR web site and can be heard by clicking here.

An integral part of the story about the NMLC and the critical need [...]