Meet Holly, a young 2.3kg Loggerhead Turtle found in the states Lower South East region a week ago.

Holly is suffering from plastic ingestion and is what we call a “floater” – meaning she is unable to dive due to gasses building up under her carapace due to gastrointestinal impaction. As a consequence these animals float on the surface and are unable to maintain their preferred geographical location (Australia’s Central East coast & much warmer waters verses South Australia).

Holly floating in her heated 2000lt pool

Today for the first time Holly was able to dive to the bottom of her pool after she finally started passing the plastic she ate many weeks ago thanks to rehydration therapy and small amounts of soft food.

She is very underweight and still has a long way to go before we consider her all clear. If all goes well Holly will be transported back to the Central East coast of Australia and released where she belongs – flippers crossed!

Both cages = over 90sqm

Almost there! The new purpose built dry docking facilities at AMWRRO are only days away from completion. This new bank of purpose built cages will allow AMWRRO to better accommodate those terrestrial native animals we are asked to deal with on a daily bases, including koalas.

Inside the large 50sqm cage

The largest of the two banks is a mammoth 50sqm which can be divided into two 25sqm cages if need be. The other smaller bank is 40sqm that is divided into 4 smaller 10sqm cages for confined cage care.

These cages were built by the dedicated team of AMWRRO volunteers over the past two weeks and flippers crossed the concrete floor will be poured this weekend ready for use by early next week.

This young female named Narla was admitted to AMWRRO’s Wildlife Hospital last night after being flown to Adelaide from Pt. Lincoln thanks to the Lincoln Veterinary Centre who examined and provided the necessary first aid treatment before sending her packing in the mile high club to AMWRRO for additional treatment and rehabilitation.

Narla recovering from her procedure

Narla is a young female weighing in at 4.85kg and is in reasonable condition considering the circumstances. She is now considered stable but remains in intensive care. Narla has multiple partial thickness burns to all 4 feet/hands, her ears and small sections of her nose.

Flippers crossed we can pull her through.

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