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21764

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Admission date	2018-08-04
Final date	2018-09-25
Days in captivity	52
Species	RTHA - Red-tailed hawk
Age	HY
Sex	UNK
Status	R
Band	1957-37895

Emaciation

Fracture - humerus, right

Cause of injury: Unknown

Release approved

Found in Anderson,SC
Anderson county

Here is a summary of this patient's treatments and expenses:

Desc Qty Cost Subtotal

Examination 1 120.00 120.00

Daily rate 52 15.40 800.80

Radiographs 1 300.00 300.00

Physical therapy 1 110.00 110.00

Total 1330.80

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

Radiographs and images
2018-08-04	2018-08-04	2018-08-12

2018-09-25 13:40 ces/me

Weight: 921 grams


Release record
Date2018-09-25
Band/tag number1957-37895
Band size7B
Released byJim Warren
Location
Charlotte, Mecklenburg county, NC

2018-09-24 10:40 des

Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 424 g ck
NOLO

2018-09-24 09:08 ces

Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-09-24
Examiner - ces
FlightSound
Notes:
Flying well - very slight asymmetry
but it is unchanged from the last
flight eval.  Soaring about 1/3
length of enclosure.  Release approved.

2018-09-23 12:30 KLH

Group treatment: 5 patients
507g m; NOLO

2018-09-23 11:18 FLM

Group entry: 5 animals
BAR for exercise
all flew well 14x. soaring, landing on perches. no issues.

2018-09-22 11:45 LA/RMB

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 515 g m/ck/R 

NOLO

2018-09-22 10:50 ah

exercised x 14; flew perch to latch to wall then to perch

2018-09-21 13:00 KF

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

2018-09-21 09:52 lmv

Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 100-110 g m/ck/R with vit and ca. Exercise 14-16x.

2018-09-20 11:50 fs/rjo

Group treatment: 5 patients
560g ck/R/m nolo

2018-09-20 10:45 FS

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise 15x.

2018-09-19 11:18 RTS

Group entry: 5 animals
115,104,99,117,108gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2018-09-19 10:19 mmo

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise 14; one bird trapped (?) in tarp initially

2018-09-18 13:53 rmb

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 534 g m/ck/R 

2018-09-18 10:43 bt

Group entry: 5 animals
 Exercise 14-16x.
Smooth flights with gliding last 1/2 to 1/3.  Smooth landing.  22063/purple always
dips low midflight.

2018-09-17 11:30 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 5 patients
541g CK +vit+ca

2018-09-17 09:40 ces

Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-09-17
Examiner - ces
FlightSound
Notes:
Flying the most readily of all
birds.  Soaring a little but not
a lot.  A little asymmetrical but
this does not change as exercise
increases.  Maybe the best it can
get?  Will give it one more week.

2018-09-15 13:00 rma/rew

Group treatment: 4 patients
110,107,109,105g ck; NOLO, All BAR/perched

2018-09-14 12:00 KF

Group treatment: 4 patients
428 g ck (+vit +ca); NOLO

2018-09-13 12:25 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 4 patients
525g ck/m nolo

2018-09-13 09:06 mkf

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise:  Both flew 14 lengths well.

2018-09-12 11:40 RTS

Group entry: 2 animals
101,107gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2018-09-12 10:24 mmo

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise 16x.

2018-09-11 10:41 HA

Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 107, 102, 103 g m/R with vit and ca. 

nolo

2018-09-10 11:39 sat

Group entry: 3 animals

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[21588] / 22063/purple / HY / UNK - 14X - flew, and perched, but would dip down while
in flight
[21764] / 18141/pink / HY / UNK - 16X - flew, glided, and perched well
[21810] / 22048/light blue / HY / UNK - 16X - flew, glided, and perched well.

2018-09-10 10:30 ces/sat

Group treatment: 3 patients
340 g ck with vit and ca, nolo

2018-09-09 12:00 JWE

Group treatment: 3 patients
338g ck NOLO

2018-09-09 10:00 rjh

Group entry: 3 animals
Exercised

22063 & 21764- 14x, gliding well, flying to perch, BAR
22048- 16x, gliding well, flying to perch, BAR.

2018-09-08 12:35 LEH

Group treatment: 3 patients
317g m/R/ck, NOLO

2018-09-07 11:40 KF

Group treatment: 4 patients
444 g ck (+vit +ca); NOLO

2018-09-07 09:36 me

Group entry: 4 animals
Exercise 14-16x.
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[21588] / 22063/purple / HY / UNK - 18x
[21662] / 18109/lime / HY / UNK - 22x
[21764] / 18141/pink / HY / UNK - 19x
[21810] / 22048/light blue / HY / UNK - 21x

Will keep him another week for exercise since he's only been in F6 for 12 days




Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-09-07
Examiner - me
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 19 x cage length, gliding
last 10-15'; slight omb at 15x;
looks good

2018-09-06 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 4 patients
413g R +vit+ca

2018-09-06 09:42 fs/hp

Group entry: 4 animals
All others exercised 14x's
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[21588] / 22063/purple / HY / UNK - 
[21662] / 18109/lime / HY / UNK - 
[21764] / 18141/pink / HY / UNK - 
[21810] / 22048/light blue / HY / UNK - exercised 7x's then stayed on his back

2018-09-05 13:11 RTS

Group entry: 4 animals
119,119,120,121gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2018-09-05 10:58 mmo

Group entry: 4 animals
 Exercise 16x each, no problems noted.

2018-09-04 13:48 ces/rmb

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 472 g SQ

2018-09-04 09:51 ha

Group entry: 4 animals
Exercise 15-16x.
purple band not flying as well as others, unable to hold a soar, flys low

2018-09-03 11:00 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 4 patients
439g CK +vit+ca

2018-09-03 10:38 sat

Group entry: 4 animals

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[21588] / 22063/purple / HY / UNK - 15X - flew well, but would dip down and then
fly up16X - flew, glided, and perche well
[21764] / 18141/pink / HY / UNK - 16X - flew, glided, and perched well
[21810] / 22048/light blue / HY / UNK - 16X - flew, glided, and perched well

2018-09-02 13:00 KLH

Group treatment: 4 patients
420g m; NOLO

2018-09-02 09:46 flm

Group entry: 4 animals
BAR for exercise.
all birds choppy flight on takeoff.
purple: flew 15x in low arcs. a little forced... not quite soaring between perches.
needed encouragement.
lime: flew well 11x. removed color from band. crashed to ground after 11x and refused.
pink, light blue: flew well 15x. soaring. landing on perches. no issues.

2018-09-01 12:40 LEH

Group treatment: 4 patients
425g R, NOLO

2018-08-31 12:00 KF

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

2018-08-31 09:43 lmv

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise 14-16x.
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[21588] / 22063/purple / HY / UNK -atleast 14x 
[21662] / 18109/lime / HY / UNK -at least 14x 
[21764] / 18141/pink / HY / UNK - at least 14x, ?wing droop
[21776] / 22073-orange / HY / UNK -at least 14x, quiet, glides to perch 
[21810] / 22048/light blue / HY / UNK - 2x only then to ground and wouldn't reperch.

2018-08-30 12:15 fs/mkf/ces/rjo

Group treatment: 5 patients
1532g R nolod

2018-08-30 09:44 fs

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise 10x's.

2018-08-30 08:55 mkf

Group entry: 5 animals
21810 flew 13, last 2 with encouragement.

Rest flew 12 lengths well.

2018-08-29 11:52 RTS115

Group entry: 5 animals
110,101,100,102,101gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2018-08-29 09:57 lrm

Group entry: 5 animals
exercised - lime flew 10x, all others flew at least 12x.  
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[21588] / 22063/purple / HY / UNK - 
[21662] / 18109/lime / HY / UNK - 
[21764] / 18141/pink / HY / UNK - seemed to struggle a bit, very flappy
[21776] / 22073-orange / HY / UNK - 
[21810] / 22048/light blue / HY / UNK - 

2018-08-28 10:15 me

Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 567 g m/ck/Sq
NOLO
 Exercise 14-16x.
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[21588] / 22063/purple / HY / UNK - 2x
[21662] / 18109/lime / HY / UNK - 6x
[21764] / 18141/pink / HY / UNK - 11x
[21776] / 22073-orange / HY / UNK - 16x
[21810] / 22048/light blue / HY / UNK - 2x


Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-08-28
Examiner - me
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 11 x cage length, gliding
a little; needs more time

2018-08-27 11:30 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 4 patients
429g CK +vit+ca

2018-08-27 11:30 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 4 patients
429g CK +vit+ca

2018-08-27 10:18 ces

Group entry: 4 animals

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[21588] / 22063/purple / HY / UNK - 13X - flew, glided, and perched well, but had
to be coaxed
[21764] / 18141/pink / HY / UNK - 16X - flew, glided, and perched well
[21776] / 22073-orange / HY / UNK - 16X - flew, glided, and perched well
[21810] / 22048/light blue / HY / UNK - 0 - would not fly no matter what I did to
encourage him

2018-08-26 12:30 JWE

Group treatment: 4 patients
422g ck NOLO

2018-08-26 12:11 ces

Flew high perch to perch. Labored but not bad!

2018-08-26 11:20 flm

Group entry: 4 animals
BAR for exercise. 
purple: flew well 14x. soaring full lengths. overshooting perches often.
orange: flew well 10x. soaring full lengths then crashed and refused from ground.
there were pink and blue banded birds also just added, but did not push them. pink
flew 4x.

2018-08-26 09:40 flm/rh

Weight: 916 grams
NOLO
Colored pink.
Moved to F5.

2018-08-25 13:00 LEH

122g SQ NOLO

2018-08-24 12:30 lmv

Leftovers: 8
BAR

2018-08-23 11:45 mkf/fs/rjo

127g ck nolo

2018-08-22 11:54 RTS

123gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2018-08-21 09:30 h@/nen

Leftovers: 0
Food: 128 g rat 

2018-08-20 11:30 dml

Leftovers: 150
121g CK +vit+ca

2018-08-19 14:00 KLH

123g m; NOLO

2018-08-18 14:00 rew/cfs

133g R ; NOLO

2018-08-17 13:30 KF

120 g ck (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2018-08-16 09:35 des/ces

NOLO - Removed cage mate.
Flying actually pretty well. Debated moving to flight but decided to  hold back a bit longer

Food: 158 g ck

2018-08-15 11:00 rts

Group treatment: 2 patients
152, 152 g R with vit and ca, nolo

2018-08-14 14:39 rmb

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 310 g R/m

2018-08-13 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
320g CK +vit+ca

2018-08-12 13:35 amp

2018-08-12 11:02 rh/flm

Weight: 892 grams

2018-08-12 01:00 KLH

Group treatment: 2 patients
306g m; NOLO

2018-08-11 12:55 rep/ah

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 152 and 154 g R 

2018-08-11 12:55 rep

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 152 and 154 g R 

2018-08-10 14:00 REW/KF

Group treatment: 2 patients
157, 148 g ck (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2018-08-09 09:30 ces

Weight: 890 grams
NOLO
BAR.  Flying.

Moved to R6.

Food: 77 g m
Terbinafine: 0.45 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-08-08 17:00 hmo/lap

Food: 71 g m, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.45 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-08-08 08:30 lrm/mmo

NOLO

Food: 73 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.45 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-08-07 17:00 dr/svg

Food: 75 g m, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.45 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-08-07 09:15 ces/cfs

NOLO

Food: 75 g R
Fenbendazole: 0.23 ml (100 mg/ml susp)  PO
Terbinafine: 0.45 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to BID

2018-08-06 17:00 mar

Food: 53 g m, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.45 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-08-06 12:48 ces

NOLO

Food: 60 g R

2018-08-06 08:00 ?

NOLO
Food: 53 g m
Fenbendazole: 0.23 ml (100 mg/ml susp)  PO
Terbinafine: 0.45 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Increase food. Stop FL

2018-08-05 18:00 pce/rew

NOLO, BAR, perched.

Food: 43g fl
Terbinafine: 0.45 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-08-05 12:21 ces

NOLO, BAR

Food: 42g fl

2018-08-05 08:30 ces/cfs

NOLO
Very BAR, jumpy.  Full crop so did not weigh.

Fracture site very stable but did not feel like it had great alignment.  Sharp bone spike on dorsal side.  ROM was good.

Banded: 18141
Moved to R23

Food: 43 g FL
SQ fluids: 25
Fenbendazole: 0.23 ml (100 mg/ml susp)  PO
Terbinafine: 0.45 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.26 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
stop fluids, increase food amount, stop meloxicam

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2018-08-04 19:30 rma/smv/lmv/rew

BAR, running back and forth in back. Stressy. Put new food in back where he had been.

38g LO(R) - was in the front.

Food: 32g fl
SQ fluids: 25
Terbinafine: 0.45 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.26 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-08-04 14:04 rew

BAR, stomping around on the ground in the back of the kennel.

All LO(L)

2018-08-04 10:00 me/ah

Weight: 754 grams, Keel score: 1.5
History: first seen 7/27, being fed by finders; to WAH on 7/30
Care at WAH : Fluids, metcam, tweezerfed mice and gizzards


------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
  Behavior and Neuro: QAR
Body
Wings
    Right humerus: old fx, no bruising, sharp spike of bone palpable under skin on dorsal side; elbow a bit stiff

0.14 cc Torb IM
anesthetized with ISO via mask for rads - alignment not great, can't tell shoulder jointis completely normal; decent ROM

30 cc LRS/Vit B SQ
0.08 cc Iron dextran IM

0.22 cc Fenben PO
41 g FL cut up in cage

Has been eating for past few days so continue solid food


MOVED TO:Moved to R 16 B


Eye exam
Exam date - 2018-08-04
Examiner - me/ah
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
WNL
Left eye:
WNL