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21609 Problems Notes Costs
Admission date2018-06-12
Final date2018-08-21
Days in captivity70
SpeciesRTHA - Red-tailed hawk
AgeASY
SexUNK
StatusR
Band
Fracture - radius, right
Fracture - ulna, right

Cause of injury: Gunshot

Do not band
Do NOT release where found
Release approved

Found in Speedwell,VA
Wythe county
Here is a summary of this patient's treatments and expenses:

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate7015.401078.00
Radiographs2300.00600.00
Physical therapy6110.00660.00
Complete blood count160.0060.00
Packed cell volume125.0025.00
Blood lead1180.00180.00
Total  2723.00

Costs are estimates based on fees charged at a local avian specialist.
Radiographs and images

2018-06-08

2018-06-14

2018-06-14

2018-06-29
2018-08-21 12:25 ces/me
Weight: 957 grams
Retrices R 4-1 and R 1 BR about half-way

Release record
Date2018-08-21
Band/tag number
Band size
Location
NA county, VA

2018-08-20 11:30 dml
Leftovers: 80
Group treatment: 5 patients
579g CK +vit+ca

2018-08-19 14:00 KLH

Group treatment: 5 patients
555g m; NOLO

2018-08-19 09:52 flm

Group entry: 5 animals
BAR for exercise.
difficult to tell apart.
purple: flew well 9x. holding out L wing. flight forced, choppy but soaring. refused
from perch after 9x.
22046: flew well 10x. soaring, landing on perches. smooth.
other 3 with bands - could not differentiate.
- all had forced/choppy flight.
- one flew 10x with no issues except choppiness.
- one flew 8x then crashed and refused from ground.
- one flew 9x then refused from perch.

2018-08-18 14:00 rew/cfs

Group treatment: 5 patients
114,109,112g R + 111,119g ck ; NOLO

2018-08-18 08:39 amp

Group entry: 5 animals
2 birds - 12X, flew and landed well
1 bird - 1X, landed on ground, did not fly again
2 birds - 6X, landed on perches but refused to fly

2018-08-17 13:30 KF

Group treatment: 5 patients
355 g ck (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2018-08-16 13:15 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 5 patients
589g R/ck nolo

2018-08-16 13:08 ces

Contacted Darrin about releasing the bird.

2018-08-16 09:12 me

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise 10-12x.
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[21546] / 18112 / ASY / UNK - 3x
[21609] / ASY / UNK - 22x
[21655] / 22083/purple / ASY / UNK -3x
[21675] / 22092 / ASY / UNK - 9x
[21747] / 22046 / HY / UNK - 19x

Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-08-16
Examiner - me
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 22 x cage length, fast; first to fly, gliding some, overshooting perches in some cases; gap in tail

2018-08-15 11:00 rts

Group treatment: 5 patients
118, 120, 116, 115, 124 g ck with vit and ca, nolo

2018-08-15 09:52 mmo

Group entry: 5 animals
exercise
18112 2-3x, very sloppy
22092 - would not fly
22083 - 10x, very loud
21609 & 21747 - x12, no problems

2018-08-14 14:45 rmb
Leftovers: 49
Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 584 g m/R

2018-08-14 10:00 HA

Group treatment: 5 patients
18112/22092/unbanded ID21609 flew about 10-11 laps, 22083/purple flew 7-8 labs, 22046
did not exercise stood in aggressive stance

2018-08-13 11:15 dml
Leftovers: 223
Group treatment: 5 patients
573g CK +vit+ca

2018-08-13 10:20 eam

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise


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[21546] / 18112 / ASY / UNK - 4x. Flies and glides well. Perched clumsily on 4th
time and dropped to ground. Refused to fly after that. Did not look hurt.
[21609] / ASY / UNK - 12x. Flies, glides, and perches well.
[21655] / 22083/purple / ASY / UNK - 10x. Slightly lopsided in flight and does not
tuck feet up all the way. Did not glide. Perches well. Left wing droop
[21675] / 22092 / ASY / UNK - 10x. Flies, glides, and perches well. Dropped to ground
at 10x and refused to fly.
[21747] / 22046 / HY / UNK - 12x. Flies, glides, and perches beautifully.

2018-08-12 01:00 KLH

Group treatment: 5 patients
557g m; NOLO

2018-08-11 12:45 rep/ah

Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 550 g m/ck total

2018-08-11 08:51 amp

Group entry: 5 animals
2 w/o color band - 8X, then took defensive stance on perch upon approach
others - 12X, choppy flight, landed well

2018-08-10 14:00 REW/KF

Group treatment: 5 patients
590 g ck (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2018-08-10 09:45 me

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise 10-12x.
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[21546] / 18112 / ASY / UNK - 6x
[21609] / ASY / UNK - 21x
[21655] / 22083/purple / ASY / UNK - 17x
[21675] / 22092/lime green / ASY / UNK - 0
[21747] / 22046-orange / HY / UNK - 17x

Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-08-10
Examiner - me
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 21 x , gliding a little; omb at 10x

2018-08-09 17:00 tw

Group entry: 5 animals
Added 5 live mice

2018-08-09 11:30 fs
Leftovers: 80
Group treatment: 5 patients
593g m/ck/R

2018-08-08 12:02 RTS

Group entry: 5 animals
125,127,116,113,117gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2018-08-08 10:09 mmo

exercise x 12, no problens noted

2018-08-07 14:04 rmb
Leftovers: 116
Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 570 g R

2018-08-07 10:20 nen

Group entry: 5 animals

[21546] / 18112 / ASY / UNK - flappy, but then glides beautifully and sym 1/3
[21609] / ASY / UNK - flappy, labored
[21655] / 22083/purple / ASY / UNK - flappy, labored
[21675] / 22092/lime green / ASY / UNK - holds left wing out while perched, flappy,
labored
[21747] / 22046-orange / HY / UNK - no tape. flies with ease, sym, glides to perch
1/3. beautiful!
all flew 10-12x

2018-08-06 11:15 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 5 patients
566g CK +vit+ca

2018-08-06 10:02 lap

Group entry: 5 animals
Looks like some have picked off their colors. Most were exercised 10x, except two.
Both flew 5x, hit ground, then refused. Both had no colors on their bands so I couldn't
tell who they were.

2018-08-05 10:49 ces/cfs

Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 550 g R

52 g lo(R)

2018-08-04 12:28 me/ah/rep/erl

Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 460 g m/ck (total); changed watera

2018-08-04 08:48 amp

Group entry: 4 animals

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[21546] / 18112 / ASY / UNK - 8X, on perch, took defensive stance with each approach
after
[21609] / ASY / UNK - landed on ground at 10X, stayed on ground
[21675] / 22092/lime green / ASY / UNK - 12X, chopy flight but good landings
[21747] / 22046-orange / HY / UNK - 12X, chopy flight but good landings

2018-08-03 13:30 kf

Group treatment: 4 patients
445g ck +vit/ca; LO: 47 g

2018-08-02 11:50 fs/erl/rjo

Group treatment: 3 patients
341g ck/m 146g lo

2018-08-02 09:13 fs

Group entry: 3 animals
other two exercised 2-3 x's then refused
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[21546] / 18112 / ASY / UNK -
[21609] / ASY / UNK -
[21675] / 22092/lime green / ASY / UNK - exercised 10x's

2018-08-01 11:45 RTS

Group entry: 3 animals
127,120.117gCk+Vit&ca,(LO=170gM)

2018-08-01 09:55 mmo

Group entry: 3 animals
exercise
18112 - 4x then sat on water pan. posturing, not stressed, just wouldn't fly
22092 - color off. Flew x2 then grounded under end perch and postured; did not appear
stressed but wouldn't fly
21609 unbanded flew 12x

2018-07-31 13:58 rmb
Leftovers: 75
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 356 g m/ck/R

2018-07-31 10:02 ha

Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 110-120 g m/ck/R PER BIRD + vit and ca.
Exercise:banded 18112 and 22092 did about 6 laps, agitated and open mouth breathing
after 6. non-banded did about 8 then began open mouth breathing

2018-07-30 11:15 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
334 CK +vit+ca

2018-07-30 10:56 eam

Group entry: 3 animals
Exercised
All perch well. All glide and fly fine. One lost a blood feather during exercise.
Could not figure out which, all are silver.
18112 and 22092 stayed on ground long enough to read bands
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[21546] / 18112 / ASY / UNK - 8x Flew low to ground and stayed after 8x.
[21609] / ASY / UNK - 12x
[21675] / 22092/lime green / ASY / UNK - 11x.

2018-07-30 08:41 ces

Group entry: 3 animals
All birds are flying. Very choppy and rough. Restart exercise.

2018-07-29 12:30 KLH

Group treatment: 3 patients
332g m; LO(R) (80g)

2018-07-28 12:45 LEH

Group treatment: 3 patients
338g m/ck, 95g LO (R)

2018-07-27 13:30 kf

Group treatment: 3 patients
361g ck +vit/ca; NOLO

2018-07-26 11:50 fs/rjo

Group treatment: 3 patients
335g Q/m nolo

2018-07-25 12:06 RTS

Group entry: 3 animals
121,111,108gCk+Vit&Ca,(LO=88gCk)

2018-07-24 11:30 ha
Leftovers: 264
Group treatment: 3 patients
116 g, 117 g, 114 g ck

2018-07-23 11:30 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
356g CK +vit+ca

2018-07-22 13:20 KLH

Group treatment: 3 patients
336g m; LO(R) (70g)

2018-07-22 12:24 rew

Group entry: 3 animals
Stop exercise per CES

2018-07-22 11:53 rew

Checked on these guys.

Molting--Right tail 6,2 appear short/missing from a distance. This bird has a slight-to-moderate right wing droop. He definitely uses more effort to make the right wing flap.

2018-07-22 11:14 flm

Group entry: 3 animals
BAR for exercise.
pink: flew well 10x. OMB, noisy/flappy on takeoffs. R wing droop.
no band & lime green: both on ground near each other when I came in.
no color: noisy/forced on TOs. flew 3x, then to ground and refused.
green: on ground, refused. did not fly.

2018-07-21 12:45 LEH

Group treatment: 3 patients
348g m/r/ck, NOLO

2018-07-21 09:29 amp

Group entry: 2 animals

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[21546] / 18112/pink / ASY / UNK - 2X, struggled and landed on ground, came back
but did not leave ground
[21609] / ASY / UNK - 12X, was on ground initially, returned and flew well, good
landings

2018-07-20 12:00 lap/rew/me

Group treatment: 2 patients
111,117g ck +vit/ca; 60g LO(R)

2018-07-20 10:28 lap

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercised 10x. Both flew readily at first, but hit the ground at 4x and refused to
do more. I left for a while and came back to do 6x more.

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[21546] / 18112/pink / ASY / UNK - fast, but a little clumsy. Crashed a couple of
times. No gliding.
[21609] / ASY / UNK - Fast, flying very low. No gliding.

2018-07-19 12:35 ces/rjo

Group treatment: 2 patients
123, 117g R 16g lo

2018-07-19 10:39 erl

exercise: meant to do 10-12x
Bird did 2x then on floor stressed and refused.
asymmetrical flight when flying

2018-07-18 13:00 ces/des

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 112, 130 g R + vit and ca

2018-07-18 12:28 ces

Flying high perch to high perch! Choppy but doing it.

2018-07-18 09:48 ces
Weight: 1015 grams
Moved to F3

2018-07-17 13:48 rmb
Leftovers: 31
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 209 g R/M

2018-07-16 10:30 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
218g Ck +vit+ca

2018-07-15 13:00 KLH

Group treatment: 2 patients
203g m; NOLO

2018-07-14 12:30 LEH

Group treatment: 2 patients
209g m/R/ck, NOLO

2018-07-13 14:30 kf/me/rew

Group treatment: 2 patients
209g ck +vit/ca; 133g LO(R)

2018-07-12 12:45 fs/erl/rjo

Group treatment: 2 patients
209g m/ck 82g lo

2018-07-11 12:11 RTS

Group entry: 2 animals
111,111gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2018-07-10 14:05 cfs/rmb
Leftovers: 36
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 205 g R

2018-07-10 10:29 nen/cfs
Weight: 989 grams

2018-07-09 11:15 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
210g CK +vit+ca

2018-07-08 12:30 KLH

Group treatment: 2 patients
207g m; LO(R) (35g m)

2018-07-07 12:30 LEH

Group treatment: 2 patients
22g R/m, NOLO

2018-07-06 14:30 REW/KF

Group treatment: 2 patients
213 g ck (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2018-07-05 13:15 erl/rjo

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 218 g m/ck
NOLO

2018-07-04 12:09 RTS

Group entry: 2 animals
106,108gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2018-07-03 09:31 des/ces
Weight: 963 grams
NOLO
BAR.

Full ROM of wing. Fractures stable.

Moved to R29.

Food: 120 g R

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2018-07-02 11:45 dml
Leftovers: 38
Food: 114 g m
Terbinafine: 0.55 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-07-01 13:00 KLH

113g m (Terbinafine: 0.55 cc (25 mg/ml susp)); LO(R) (40g)

2018-06-30 13:15 erl/rep

Food: 112 g ck/m
Terbinafine: 0.55 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-06-29 15:29 rew

2018-06-29 12:37 KF

Food: 117 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.55 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

NOLO

2018-06-28 12:15 ces/rjo

19g m/ck .55cc Ter nolo

2018-06-27 11:45 cfs/rts

NOLO

5 molted feathers on the ground.

Food: 115 (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.55 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-06-26 13:17 des

BAR. NOLO. Flying perch to perch! Perfect ROM. Hard, smooth calluses on both fractures. Not sure how this could be in only 12 days.
Did not bother with rad.

Food: 115 g m/ck
Terbinafine: 0.55 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

Plan: continue PT q7D

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2018-06-25 11:34 dml
Leftovers: 106
Food: 113 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.55 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-06-24 13:10 KLH

110g m; LO(R) (1 whole mouse)

2018-06-23 12:40 LEH

114g m/ck, NOLO

2018-06-22 13:00 rew/lap

113g ck +vit/ca + 0.55 terbinafine; NOLO

2018-06-21 09:28 des/ces
Weight: 963 grams
BAR. Perched. NOLO
PT w/o ANE. Full ROM easy. Fx's are stable with large smooth callus. Did not replace velcro wrap

Food: 116 g m
Terbinafine: 0.55 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Decrease PT to q5d

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2018-06-21 08:12 des

CBC
Collection date2018-06-14
WBC count24300
Corrected count19980
Hets/Neut54% - 10789
  Bands0+
  Toxics0+
Lymphs28% - 5594
Eos8% - 1598
Mono10% - 1998
Baso0% - 0
Thrombocytes
PI2
Hemoproteus2+
Leukocytozoon2+
PlasmodiumNEG
Read bydes
Normal morphology. Hemoproteus and leukocytozoon easy to find.

2018-06-20 09:58 ces/cfs

NOLO

Food: 113 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.55 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-06-19 10:30 ces/cfs
Leftovers: 0
112g rabbit

2018-06-18 11:01 lap
Leftovers: 0
Food: 1104 g ck (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Terbinafine: 0.55 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Weigh
PT:

2018-06-18 09:45 ces/sat
Weight: 945 grams
nolo
Very BAR. perching.
PT without anesthesia. Full ROM easily. Replaced velcro wrap.

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2018-06-17 09:19 ces

64 g lo(R)

Food:125 g m
Terbinafine: 0.48 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.28 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to SID

2018-06-16 17:45 smv/lmv

Food: 66 g m, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.48 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.28 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-06-16 09:40 erl/ laf

Food: 66 g m Watch food intake carefully
Terbinafine: 0.48 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.28 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

NOLO

2018-06-15 17:00 krf/kvn

NOLO

Food: 64g ck
Terbinafine: 0.48 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.28 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-06-15 08:30 kb
Leftovers: 0
Food: 66 g ck (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Terbinafine: 0.48 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.28 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
NOLO

2018-06-14 16:45 cfs/ae

Food: 66 g m, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.48 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.28 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-06-14 08:56 ces
Weight: 912 grams
Perching, NOLO, BAR

Has been picking at band. Removed. Covered area with tegaderm.

Anesthetized with iso via mask. Radiograph showed midshaft right ulna/radius fractures. Both felt fairly stable. PT went well. Replaced velcro wrap.

Pulled blood for CBC/PCV/lead.

Food: 60 g m
Terbinafine: 0.48 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.28 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

PCV/TP
Collection date2018-06-14 00:00:00
PCV37 %
TS3.2 g\dl
Serumstraw
Blood lead
Collection date2018-06-14
Level0.00 ug/dL
Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2018-06-13 17:00 var/lap

Food: 64 g m/ck, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.48 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.28 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-06-13 09:05 ces/lrm

NOLO

Food: 60 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.48 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.28 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-06-13 08:38 des

US FWS notified via email: illegal cause of injury.

2018-06-12 16:55 lea

NOLO! Perched and BAR.

Food: 67 g m/ck
Terbinafine: 0.48 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.28 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-06-12 13:03 ces
Weight: 804 grams, Keel score: 2.5
Care with rehabber: Admitted at 812 grams. Radiograph confirmed fracture. Applied a figure-8 although the bird did not arrive with one in place (rehabber had issues re-applying it this AM) . Given fluids, meloxicam, and food.


------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Other: very stressed
Body
Body condition score: 2.5
Wings
Left ulna and radius: midshaft ulna fracture, no open wound
Legs
Feathers: soiled, very matted, mainly around the leg webs and abdomen

The ulna fracture is starting to heal but a little unstable. You can palpate a callus that is starting to form. No open wound. Perfect ROM of wing. Applied velcro wrap.

Did not find any other problems during the exam. Coverts soiled around legs and abdomen. Flight feathers are also a little soiled. This might be something that the bird is able to clean himself with access to water - but we might need to bathe him.

Gave 20 cc LRS SQ, 0.30 cc meloxicam PO, 0.50 cc terbinafine PO, and 0.08 cc iron dex IM. Gave iron becasue the bird was said to be emaciated when it was admitted (although the weight does not indicate it).
Will get a full body radiograph at first PT. The radiograph that was sent from the rehabber looks like the fracture site has lead in it, and potentially something in the left pelvic area.

Banded: 18129
Placed in R7. Left 60 g Q.

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180
Eye exam
Exam date - 2018-06-12
Examiner - ces
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
WNL
Left eye:
WNL

2018-06-08 11:57 des

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