{"id":10434,"date":"2024-05-30T14:13:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mote.org\/animal-patients\/steve\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T23:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T04:33:07","slug":"steve","status":"publish","type":"patient","link":"https:\/\/mote.org\/animal-patients\/steve\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>03\/28\/2023<\/strong>\u00a0Turtle was found washed ashore on Captiva in Lee County lethargic with suspect red tide toxicity.\u00a0Steve was dry-docked overnight due to lethargy and symptoms of red tide toxicity.<br \/>\n<strong>03\/29\/2023<\/strong>\u00a0Steve was started on injectable antibiotics and subcutaneous fluids until red tide toxicty symptoms improve.\u00a0Turtle is still extremely lethargic and taking very shallow breaths.\u00a0Was also given intravenous lipid emulsion therapy to potentially help flush out toxins.<br \/>\n<strong>04\/02\/2023<\/strong>\u00a0Steve was finally aware and active enough to be moved to a rehab. pool in very shallow water.\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>04\/05\/2023<\/strong>\u00a0Steve continues to be more alert and active daily.\u00a0He continues to show no interest in food and is actively avoiding all prey items offered, even blue crab!<br \/>\n<strong>04\/08\/2023<\/strong>\u00a0Steve is much more active and his tank depth was raised to almost full.\u00a0He started eating squid yesterday if it was put in his mouth with feeding tongs.<br \/>\n<strong>04\/21\/2023<\/strong>\u00a0Steve is very active now.\u00a0His tank depth is increased to full.\u00a0He will forage shrimp and squid off the bottom of the tank at times.\u00a0Because he his now eating more consistently, he was switched from an injectable antibiotic to an oral antibiotic to minimize stress and handling.<br \/>\n<strong>05\/04\/2023<\/strong>\u00a0Steve continues to eat better than he did initially.\u00a0His favorite prey item is squid.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>05\/20\/2023\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Steve&#8217;s blood parameters are continuing to improve.\u00a0Antibiotics have been discontinued.\u00a0Steve is eating more consistently, but will only eat squid.<br \/>\n<strong>06\/01\/2023<\/strong>\u00a0Steve was released at Lido Beach today!\u00a0Prior to release, he was outfitted with a satellite tag.\u00a0His journey can be tracked through Mote&#8217;s website using the link\u00a0https:\/\/mote.org\/sea-turtle-tracking#Maleloggerheads<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>03\/28\/2023\u00a0Turtle was found washed ashore on Captiva in Lee County lethargic with suspect red tide toxicity.\u00a0Steve was dry-docked overnight due to lethargy and symptoms of red tide toxicity. 03\/29\/2023\u00a0Steve was&nbsp;<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10441,"template":"","class_list":["post-10434","patient","type-patient","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steve | Mote Marine Laboratory &amp; 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