Soft tissue surgery including abdominal, thoracic, head and neck, and limb surgeries. Orthopedic including Total Hip Replacement, TPLO, TTA, fracture repair, angular limb deformity repair, joint stabilization procedures, lameness evaluations, medical management of lameness, rehabilitative therapy.
Physical Description. The eastern box turtle is small (4.5 to 6 inches shell width, up to eight inch shell length), land turtle with a high, dome-like upper shell (carapace). Younger box turtles can be distinguished by their flatter carapaces.
(average weight 95 to 165 pounds) Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (lepidochelys kempii) may reach up to 2 feet in length and weight up to 100 pounds. Leatherback Sea Turtle (demochelys coriacea) may reach up to 8 feet in length and weight up to 2000 pounds. (average 500 - 1500 pounds) Loggerhead Sea Turtle (caretta caretta) may reach up to 3 feet in length with an average eight of about 200 pounds. Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (lepidochelys olivacea) may reach up to 2 1/2 feet in length and weight up to 100 pounds. (average weight 80 - 100 pounds). 19 people found this useful.