What a week! Beach patrols are picking up, we've
been trapping for terrapins every night, and have had 2 new patients! This
week, I'll be introducing our newest terrapin patient, Hiccup (named after a
very bad case of hiccups I had earlier this week).
Wednesday night, we had a trap put in around a creek that runs through the
Intendance wetlands. Come Thursday morning, we found little Hiccup in the trap!
Hiccup is a Black Mud Terrapin weighing 371g. We are holding him for
observation because we noticed a white spot on his left eye that we think may
be an eye infection. He also hasn't been closing his front hinge to cover his
head. He has been quiet every time we've had to handle him (for initial
measurements and for his X-Rays).
We will be having a vet come in 2 weeks from the International Wildlife Vets.
We will likely care for Hiccup here until then for a consultation.At the end of Friday, we caught 2 more Black Mud
Terrapins in our wetland traps. One, Soldier, was a recapture from March, but
the other was a terrapin we have not caught before. I named him Carl. Both
turtles were x-rayed since the x-ray machine was just installed a couple of
months ago, so we don’t have records of Soldier’s anatomy. Both turtles were
released back in the wetlands on Friday.
What a week! Beach patrols are picking up, we've
been trapping for terrapins every night, and have had 2 new patients! This
week, I'll be introducing our newest terrapin patient, Hiccup (named after a
very bad case of hiccups I had earlier this week).
Wednesday night, we had a trap put in around a creek that runs through the
Intendance wetlands. Come Thursday morning, we found little Hiccup in the trap!
Hiccup is a Black Mud Terrapin weighing 371g. We are holding him for
observation because we noticed a white spot on his left eye that we think may
be an eye infection. He also hasn't been closing his front hinge to cover his
head. He has been quiet every time we've had to handle him (for initial
measurements and for his X-Rays).
We will be having a vet come in 2 weeks from the International Wildlife Vets.
We will likely care for Hiccup here until then for a consultation.At the end of Friday, we caught 2 more Black Mud
Terrapins in our wetland traps. One, Soldier, was a recapture from March, but
the other was a terrapin we have not caught before. I named him Carl. Both
turtles were x-rayed since the x-ray machine was just installed a couple of
months ago, so we don’t have records of Soldier’s anatomy. Both turtles were
released back in the wetlands on Friday.
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