After the sad story of Ormsin, or “Piggy Bank,” the green sea turtle that passed away last month after doctors removed 915 coins from her stomach, nine more sea turtles were tested at the Sea Turtle Conservation Center in Rayong.
It was discovered that one of those turtles did have coins in its stomach — but, thankfully, only four of them.
Those nine turtles lived in the same Chonburi pool as Ormsin, which was a turtle breeding pond that had gone out of business. However, there was no explanation why she ate so many coins while the other turtles avoided that fate.
Dr. Nantarika Chansue, the veterinarian from Chulalongkorn University’s Veterinary Medical Aquatic Animal Research Center that worked so hard to save Ormsin’s life, led the X-rays and blood tests on the turtles.
Ormsin was discovered in the pool in Chonburi in late March with her stomach bloated with coins that people had thrown into her pool “for luck.” Doctors said she had only two months to live and performed emergency surgery. Unfortunately, she did not survive.
Dr. Nantarika said that they will continue treating and monitoring the nine turtles.
