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21860 Problems Notes Costs
Admission date2018-09-09
Final date2018-10-31
Days in captivity52
SpeciesRSHA - Red-shouldered hawk
AgeAHY
SexUNK
StatusR
Band1266-02703
Emaciation
Fracture - metacarpus, right
Soft tissue wounds - right wrist

Cause of injury: Unknown

Release approved
Release where found

Found in Huntersville,NC
Mecklenburg county
Here is a summary of this patient's treatments and expenses:

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate5215.40800.80
Radiographs2300.00600.00
Physical therapy9110.00990.00
Total  2510.80

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

2018-09-09

2018-09-09

2018-09-20
2018-10-31 11:24 ces/des
Weight: 571 grams

Release record
Date2018-10-31
Band/tag number1266-02703
Band size6
Released byfinder
Location
Huntersville, Mecklenburg county, NC

2018-10-30 10:30 ha

Food: 80 g ck (+ vit + Ca)

nolo

2018-10-30 10:09 bt

Exercise: Flew 14 x well, smooth flight. Ends on wall before moving to perch.

2018-10-29 11:15 me/sat

Food: 74 g ck (+ vit + Ca)

2018-10-29 10:11 ces

Finder will pick-up on Wednesday. Will call back with time.

2018-10-29 09:49 ces

Group entry: 2 animals

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[21740] / 6037-light blue / HY / UNK - 15x - flew, glided, and perched well
[21860] / AHY / UNK - 15X - flew, glided, and perched well, but had to be encouraged
a lot

2018-10-29 09:41 ces

Called finder about releasing the bird. Left a message.

2018-10-29 09:31 ces

Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-10-29
Examiner - ces
FlightSound
Notes:
Flying very well. Readily. Soaring. Release approved.

2018-10-28 13:00 KLH

Group treatment: 2 patients
143g m; NOLO

2018-10-28 11:00 rh

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise 16x.
Both perched, BAR, gliding well.

2018-10-27 12:15 LEH

Group treatment: 2 patients
146g m/ck, NOLO

2018-10-27 10:55 ah

Group entry: 2 animals
The blue band has come off of the bird that had it. The bird with the red chest weas
exercised x15, the other bird flew x11 then landed on the ground with OMB and became
defensive and did not fly more.

2018-10-25 12:05 mkf/fs/rjo

Group treatment: 2 patients
148g ck/m nolo

2018-10-25 09:10 mkf

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise: Both flew 16 lengths well.

2018-10-24 11:16 RTS

Group entry: 2 animals
69,70gCk+Vit&Ca,Nolo

2018-10-24 10:30 lrm

Group entry: 2 animals
exercised
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[21740] / 6037-light blue / HY / UNK - 6x and would not leave perch
[21860] / AHY / UNK - 16x

2018-10-23 10:00 nen
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage:141 g m/ck
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[21740] / 6037-light blue / HY / UNK - grabs ceiling and sometimes lands on perch,
glides a bit, reluctant, sym, 12x
[21860] / AHY / UNK - bounces off corners, flies readily, sym, confident 18x

2018-10-22 10:33 bwm/ces
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
160g M (+ vit + Ca), 0 leftover.

2018-10-22 10:11 bwm

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise:

[21740] / 6037-light blue / HY / UNK - 14x, flew well, but reluctant. L wing droop.
[21860] / AHY / UNK - 16(+)x. Asymmetrical flight, sporatic, would fly into corners
before perching.

2018-10-21 11:30 JWE

Group treatment: 2 patients
140g m NOLO

2018-10-21 10:04 laf
Weight: 541 grams
Weight has dropped 30 g. Keel was not gotten.

2018-10-20 11:00 AH
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
144 g M BARP

2018-10-20 10:20 rep

Group entry: 2 animals
No Exercise due to rain

2018-10-19 11:20 KF

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

2018-10-19 10:12 KF

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise
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[21740] / 6037-light blue / HY / UNK - flew well
[21860] / AHY / UNK - tired after 8x

2018-10-18 12:15 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 2 patients
153g m/ck nolo

2018-10-18 08:45 mkf

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise:
21860 - Flew 12 with encouragement on the last 2.
21740 - Flew 16 well.

2018-10-17 10:51 RTS

Group entry: 2 animals
65,66gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2018-10-17 10:31 lrm
Weight: 574 grams
Moved to F9.

2018-10-16 13:13 rmb

Food: 72 g m/ck

nolo

2018-10-15 10:45 dml
Leftovers: 20
73g M +vit+ca

2018-10-14 12:40 KLH

78g m; NOLO

2018-10-13 12:10 RMB/ME
Leftovers: 0
74 g m BAR nolo

2018-10-12 12:00 KF

73 g m (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2018-10-11 12:00 ces

skipped due to hurricane

2018-10-10 11:21 RTS

77gM+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2018-10-09 12:37 rmb

Food: 74 g m

nolo

2018-10-08 10:45 dml
Leftovers: 0
72g M +vit+ca

2018-10-07 12:00 JWE
Leftovers: 23
75g m

2018-10-06 12:20 LEH

73g m, 20g LO (r)

2018-10-05 12:00 lmv
Leftovers: 15
69 g m + vit/ca

2018-10-04 09:45 ces/fs

80 g m, 46 g lo(R)

2018-10-03 10:45 ces/lrm

78 g m with vit and ca, nolo

2018-10-02 13:19 rmb

Food: 77 g m

13 g lo

2018-10-01 12:10 des

BAR. Perched. No droop. Flapping with both wings.
5 g LO(R)
Food: 74 g m (+ vit + Ca)

PT w/o ANE. Full ROM easy. Fx very stable.

Plan: stop PT. Continue cage rest for another 10 days.

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2018-09-30 09:15 ces/laf

75 g m, nolo

2018-09-29 11:25 rep
Leftovers: 25
Food: 70 g m

LO mostly skins

2018-09-28 12:57 des

BAR. All LO(R) but hard rain yesterday.

Anesthetized with iso via mask. Full ROM very easy. Fx is very stable. Did not have wrap on from last PT. Wounds are healed. Removed tega

Food: 70 g m (+ vit + Ca)

Plan: continue cage rest for 2 more week. Continue PT q5d w/o ANE




Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140160
After140180

2018-09-27 12:30 mkf/fs/rjo

72g m 33g lo

2018-09-26 11:05 lrm
Leftovers: 0
Food: 75 g m (+ vit + Ca)

2018-09-26 09:12 ces/lrm
Weight: 579 grams
NOLO
BAR! Perching on water dish.

PT went well. Full ROM. Fractures felt solid. Wound basically healed. Recovered with tegaderm. Did not replace velcro wrap.

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140160
After140180

2018-09-25 09:45 nen
Leftovers: 23
Food: 70 g m

2018-09-24 11:00 dml
Leftovers: 0
75g M +vit+ca

2018-09-23 12:00 jwe
Leftovers: 42
78g m

2018-09-23 10:01 ces/rh
Weight: 576 grams
NOLO, BAR!

Anesthetized with iso via mask. PT went well. It was painful so I had to get the bird deep. Wound very small. Recovered with telfa and tega. Replaced velcro wrap.

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140160
After140180

2018-09-22 11:54 LA/RMB
Leftovers: 67
Food: 80 g m

67 g lo skin, some old, bodies were truned inside out

QAR, perched on water trough

2018-09-21 13:00 KF

72 g m (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2018-09-20 11:50 fs/rjo

74g m nolo

2018-09-20 08:50 des

BAR. NOLO - just scraps

Anesthetized with iso via mask. PT went well. Fractures are stable.
Larger wound is almost completely filled in. Dressed with telfa + tega.
New rad shows bridging callus around distal fx and perfect alignment at both fractures.
Replaced velcro wrap.

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before130160
After140180

2018-09-19 11:21 RTS

70gM+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2018-09-18 13:50 rmb

Food: 77 g m

nolo

2018-09-17 12:07 dml

Added 31 g m

2018-09-17 09:28 des
Weight: 573 grams
BAR. NOLO. Bandage intact.

Anesthetized with iso via mask. Wound is almost filled in. Looks great. No swelling. ROM is good. There is a boney lump at the proximal end of the MC bone. Probably the proximal end of the MC fracture. Dressed with SSD + telfa + tega and placed velcro wrap.


MOVED TO: R19
Food: 44 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Stop all meds. Switch to SID

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140160
After140180

2018-09-16 13:07 rew/pce

NOLO

Food: 47g m
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-16 09:30 ces/rh

11 g lo(R)

Food: 41 g m
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-15 15:00 rew

NOLO, BAR, perched.

Food: 46g m
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-15 08:30 lea/lrm
Leftovers: 0
Food: 42g m
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-14 15:00 rma/sc

26g ck LO(R)

Food: 41g m
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-14 10:35 des

BAR. NOLO

Anesthetized with iso via mask. Swelling is reduced. MC is very thick.
ROM is actually good and I didn't feel much instability. Proximal wound is basically closed.
Larger wound is very clean. Granulating. Filling in well. Cleaned, flushed. Dressed with SSD + adaptic + telfa + tega and replaced fig-8 wrap.

Food: 44 g ck/m (+ vit + Ca)
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140160
After140180

2018-09-13 16:45 lmv/jmw

Food: 43 g m, NOLO
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-13 08:40 fs

28 g LO(R)

Food: 47 g m
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-12 17:00 lmv/var
Leftovers: 10
Food: 46 g m
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-12 08:50 des/ces
Weight: 555 grams
BAR. NOLO.

Anesthetized with iso via mask. Wrist is very swollen still. Reviewed rad and discovered there is a proximal MC fx under the more proximal wound. Definitely complicates things.
Cleaned and debrided wounds. ROM is good but initially a bit painful.
Dressed with SSD + duoderm + telfa + tega and replaced fig-8

Food: 43 g quail (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Fenbendazole: 0.15 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Switch to mouse

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140150
After140180

2018-09-11 17:00 sws

Food: 45 g m, NOLO
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-11 09:41 ha

NOLO

Food: 44 g m
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Fenbendazole: 0.15 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-10 17:15 lea

BAR, NOLO.

Food: 41 g Q (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Clindamycin: 1/3 cap (150 mg cap) PO
Enrofloxacin: 1/4 tab (22.7 mg tab) PO
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.27 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-10 08:25 des
Weight: 544 grams, Keel score: 3.0
BAR. Perched. 6 g LO(R)
Chewing on wrap a little.

Anesthetized with iso via mask.
Right elbow is very swollen. Two areas of matted feathers on ventral side of wrist.
Removed to reveal deep wound. One filled with large blood clot. Cleaned and flushed. No bone exposed. Dressed with SSD + telfa + tega + fig-8 + tape tabs.

Too swollen to consider surgery and I think this will heal without surgery

Food: 27 g quail
Tweezer feed: 12 g
SQ fluids: 20cc
Enrofloxacin: 0.33 cc (22.7 mg/ml inj) SQ
Clinda 0.33 ml SQ
Fenbendazole: 0.15 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Butorphanol: 0.10 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

MOVED TO: R17E

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Start clindamycin
Switch to oral antibiotics.
Stop torb. Start tramadol.
Stop SQ fluids
Increase food but go to BID

Eye exam
Exam date - 2018-09-10
Examiner - des
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
PC WNL
Left eye:
PC WNL

2018-09-09 19:56 mlm/rew

NOLO

BAR, standing in front. Stressed when grabbed. Perched when returned to kennel.

Food: 10g fl
Tweezer feed: 10g fl + Nutrical - would swallow food in mouth.
SQ fluids: 20cc
Enrofloxacin: 0.33 cc (22.7 mg/ml inj) SQ
Butorphanol: 0.10 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM
Meloxicam: 0.17 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-09-09 15:00 rew/lm
Weight: 498 grams, Keel score: 2.5
History: Seen in yard since yesterday; able to flutter/jump into shrub, unable to maintain flight.


------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Other: Molting feathers on top of head. Lots of small blood feathers. No wound seen.
Body
Body condition score: 2.5
Wings
Left wing: WNL
Right metacarpal: MC very swollen and bruised: dark brown. Not mobile. Three scabs on the ventral aspect of the MC and wrist: did not pick, dried.
Right wrist: Wrist swollen, bruised brownish. No crepitation felt.
Legs
Left leg: WNL
Right leg: WNL
Left remiges: #10 IB
Right remiges: #10 IB
Ectoparasites: None seen

Radiograph under 3% iso via mask: Confirms midshaft major MC fracture and possible very proximal major MC fracture. Radiograph also shows some assymetry of the right coracoid, but it palpates WNL and no bruising seen--probably positional since bird wasn't perfectly straight in the rad. Fell asleep rapidly, but uneventful recovery from ANE.

Right wrist has perfect extension despite the fracture and swelling. Placed figure-8 wrap and placed in incubator for the evening. He'll likely move outside tomorrow.

25cc LRS SQ + vit B
0.10 Torb IM
0.05 Meloxicam IM
0.05 Iron IM
0.30 Terbinafine PO
0.33 Enrofloxacin SQ
Tweezer fed: 10g fl (would swallow food placed in mouth)
Nutrical PO

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180
Eye exam
Exam date - 2018-09-09
Examiner - rew
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++
Stain Stain 
NEG NEG 
Right eye:
Minimal PLR, but good menace OU. Some minor floating debris and clear soup; hard to visualize due to small pupils. Needs a second exam. Stain neg.
Left eye:
Minimal PLR, but good menace OU. Fundic exam seems WNL; hard to visualize due to small pupils. Needs a second exam. OS watery. Stain neg.

2018-09-09 11:15 lea

===== HEART SIZE MEASURMENTS =====
CW (mm): 21.43
TW (mm): 40.47
SW (mm): 25.18

2018-09-09 11:09 lea

===== HEART SIZE MEASURMENTS =====
CW (mm): 20.81
TW (mm): 40.17
SW (mm): 25.70

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