Green Sea Turtle Rescue

February 13, 2015:  While taking an evening walk on Driftwood Beach, I found a cold stunned green sea turtle.  The tide was going out and it couldn't make it back into the ocean.  It was a cold 44 degrees on Jekyll that day.  I contacted the sea turtle rescue people (via 911) and waited until they arrived.  While waiting, I snuggled it under my vest.  When they arrived it was confirmed that the sea turtle was alive!  We were excited!  We visited the sea turtle at the rescue center the next day.  It was doing well and a bit more active than they would have expected.  It's temperature was 47 degrees when they arrived at the rescue center.  They slowly raise the temperature 5 degrees a day until it reaches 75-80 degrees. It's temperature the next day was 53 degrees.  Once stabilized, they will clean the barnacles off its shell.  Their goal is to release the turtles as soon as possible.  Right now, most are being released along the Florida coast into warmer waters.  We can call to check on the sea turtle's progress and find out what they named it.  I'll add updates to this posting.

                                        My evening walk on Driftwood Beach.

Here's the beautiful, cold sea turtle before it snuggled under my vest.  Notice the tracks where it tried to crawl back into the ocean.

                         At the rescue center the next day where it is warming up.

Update: The sea turtle, named White Fang, has improved and is now able to finish his rehab in the warm pool.  He will soon be released back into the ocean.