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21967

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Admission date	2018-11-03
Final date	2018-12-26
Days in captivity	53
Species	GHOW - Great horned owl
Age	AHY
Sex	M
Status	R
Band	1218-02112

Clenched- left foot

Emaciation

Cause of injury: Unknown

Post-release return
Release approved
Release where found

Readmitted as patient: [22147-2019-0027].

Found in Waxhaw,NC
Union county

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

Desc Qty Cost Subtotal

Examination 1 120.00 120.00

Daily rate 53 15.40 816.20

Radiographs 1 300.00 300.00

Total 1236.20

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

Radiographs and images
2018-11-03

2019-01-12 16:56 rmb/me

Band report
Report date2019-01-12 00:00:00
Location
7724 Henry Lewis Rd, Indian Land, NC

2018-12-26 16:42 RMB

Weight: 1155 grams


Release record
Date2018-12-26
Band/tag number1218-02112
Band size8
Released bySusan Fox
Location
Matthews, Mecklenburg county, NC

2018-12-26 10:47 ces/lrm

Called Susan Fox about releasing the bird.  Will pick it up this afternoon.

2018-12-26 09:44 ces

Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-12-26
Examiner - ces
FlightSound
Notes:
Soaring at least 1/2 the length
of the enclosure.  Effortless.
 The largest bird is still loud
and it is most likely 21938.  Will
release approve the others.

2018-12-25 13:15 PCE/RMB

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 4 patients
467 g R  BAR, chatty

2018-12-25 09:00 mlm

Group entry: 4 animals
All flew 10-12. 3 were quiet. One was louder. Hard to tell who was who.

2018-12-24 15:20 ah

Leftovers: 39
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage:480 g ck + m (total); 39 g m LO

2018-12-24 09:55 rep

Group entry: 4 animals
Exercise 
couldn't identify individual birds by band
--two larger birds wouldn't fly after 8x
--two smaller birds did 12 laps, one without me getting anywhere nearby

2018-12-23 16:56 jmw/pe/mm

Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 113,115,113,120g m/ck; NOLO

2018-12-23 11:08 rjh

Group entry: 4 animals
Exercise 12x
All perched, BAR, quiet flight except one but not sure which. All gliding well and
flying to perched.

2018-12-22 16:30 smv

Group treatment: 4 patients
115, 114, 116, 116 g m/ck, NOLO

2018-12-22 10:13 amp

Group entry: 4 animals
no color bands:
2 - 12X, soaring, quiet flight, little encouragement needed
1 - 6X, some gliding, somewhat quiet flight
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[21938] / 21938 / AHY / UNK - 
[21967] / 22098 / AHY / M - 
[22023] / 22083 / HY / UNK - 
[22034] / 22078/purple / HY / UNK - 4X, loud flight, needed encouragement, became
stubborn

2018-12-21 16:35 sc/tw

Group treatment: 4 patients
118, 108, 113, 121 g m/ck + vit/ca, NOLO

2018-12-20 18:04 jmw/lmv

Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 440g m/ck
46g LO(R)

2018-12-20 08:34 fs

Group entry: 4 animals

Exercised all 10 lengths.

2018-12-19 16:20 lmv/tcr

Group treatment: 4 patients
461 g m/ck + vit/ca, NOLO

2018-12-19 10:21 lrm

Group entry: 4 animals
exercised - all flew 10+ the two HY were silent, and the two AHY were both noisy

2018-12-18 16:15 dr/var

Group treatment: 4 patients
457 g m, NOLO

2018-12-17 16:00 BG

Group treatment: 3 patients
110g, 118g, 118g M, Vit+Ca, NOLO

2018-12-17 10:15 me

Group entry: 3 animals
Exercise 10-12 lengths.
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[21938] / 21938 / AHY / UNK - 11x
[21967] / 22098/orange / AHY / M - 15x
[22023] / 22083/yellow / HY / UNK - 15x

21967 and 22023 no longer have colored tape on ID bands


Flight eval
Exam date - 2018-12-17
Examiner - me
FlightSound
Notes:
Smallest bird in cage - flew 15x
very quiet, gliding 30' or more

2018-12-16 19:31 jmw/pe/mm

Group entry: 3 animals
NOLO
Food in cage: 117,114,116g m +2 live mice(had tumors, needed to be fed out)

2018-12-16 10:27 FLM

Group entry: 3 animals
BAR for exercise.
purple: flew 7x, then refused from perch.
orange: flew well 10x. removed color from band.
yellow: flew well 10x. no issues.

2018-12-15 16:45 PR/SMV

Weight: 1184 grams, Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
348 g M/CK/R  BAR, flying

2018-12-14 16:15 sc/ksf

Group treatment: 3 patients
395 g m/ck +vit/ca, nolo

2018-12-13 08:53 mkf

Group entry: 3 animals
Exercise:  21938 flew 6 lengths then refused to fly.

"no color" band flew 9-1/2 lengths then on ground and refused to fly.

Remaining bird flew 12 lengths well.

2018-12-12 17:45 TCR

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
327 g M/CK/R QAR

2018-12-12 10:45 jap/lrm

Group entry: 3 animals

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[21938] / 22099/purple / AHY / UNK -makes noise at least 10
[21967] / 22098/orange / AHY / M - Silent some asymmetrical flight, 10 flights high
to high
[22023] / 22083/yellow / HY / UNK - Silent at least ten 

2018-12-11 16:25 dr/var

Group treatment: 3 patients
337 g m, NOLO

2018-12-11 11:01 ces

Weight: 1264 grams
Moved to F6.

2018-12-10 15:30 bg

Food: 138 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
110 g M LO - rem

2018-12-09 15:00 ces/ktk

135 g m, nolo

2018-12-08 15:50 REP/JR

Leftovers: 0
130 g R/M   BARP

2018-12-07 16:30 sc/ksf

138 g ck + vit/ca, NOLO

2018-12-06 17:08 jmw/ek/ae

Leftovers: 0
NOLO
Food: 138g m/ck

2018-12-05 17:00 rmb/lmv/tcr

Leftovers: 0
  132 g R + V & Ca NOLO BAR

2018-12-04 16:15 dr

140 g R, NOLO

2018-12-03 15:45 bg

138g Ch, Vit+Ca, NOLO

2018-12-02 17:43 jlw/lea

Leftovers: 0
NOLO
Food: 135g m

2018-12-01 16:00 JR/SMV

Leftovers: 0
140 g R  BAR P

2018-11-30 16:15 tw

142 g ck + vit/ca, NOLO

2018-11-29 17:22 jmw

Leftovers: 0
NOLO
Food: 136g m

2018-11-28 17:00 CE/LMV/RMB

Leftovers: 0
136 g  ck QAR - unperched, hopping around, flying low and unstable

2018-11-27 16:35 dr

130 g R, NOLO

2018-11-26 16:00 BG

135g Ch, Vit+Ca, NOLO

2018-11-26 10:17 sat/bwm

Weight: 1194 grams

2018-11-25 16:51 jmw/lea

Leftovers: 0
NOLO
Food: 140g ck/m

2018-11-24 16:40 smv/jr

140 g R, NOLO

2018-11-23 16:00 sc

142 g m/ck + vit/ca, NOLO

2018-11-22 14:30 mlm

138 g m/ck, NOLO

2018-11-21 17:12 jmw/lmv/tcr

Leftovers: 20
20g LO(R); LOs possibly old; BARP, flying
Food: 133g ck

2018-11-20 16:35 dr/var

137 g m, NOLO

2018-11-20 10:05 ces

Weight: 1030 grams, Keel score: 2.5
Slight ataxia when perching.  Foot held open normally.  
Flying.  Stressed. 

Bird was being outcompeted for food, so separated the two patients. 

2018-11-19 15:45 BG

Group treatment: 2 patients
118g, 112 g Ch, Vit+Ca, NOLO

2018-11-18 17:32 jmw/mm/pe

Group entry: 2 animals
NOLO
Food in cage: 111g m + 120g m/ck

2018-11-17 16:00 SMV/RMB/ME

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
230 g chick & mouse, BAR

2018-11-16 16:15 sc/kf

Group treatment: 2 patients
120, 122 g ck + vit/ca, NOLO

2018-11-15 17:03 jmw/lmv/ae/lk

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

2018-11-14 10:55 lrm

Weight: 1199 grams
Colored orange.  Moved to R6

2018-11-13 16:30 dr/var

Leftovers: 63
150 g R

2018-11-12 09:00 sat

Weight: 1189 grams
NOLO

Moved to R38

Food: 84, 85 g R (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to SID, stop meds

2018-11-11 19:03 jmw/mm

Leftovers: 0
NOLO
Food: 82g m
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-11-11 09:00 RJH/LAF

Leftovers: 0
Food: 85 g M
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Knuckling left foot?

NOLO. No knuckling noted. BAR. Perched but jumped down and seemed a bit wobbly.

2018-11-10 16:10 RMB/SMV/JR

Leftovers: 0
Food: 80 g m
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Knuckling left foot? No knuckling

BARP

2018-11-10 08:25 ME

Leftovers: 28
Food: 90 g m
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Knuckling left foot?  NO

2018-11-09 17:00 sc/tw

Bird was standing on the ground, feathers covering feet..could not tell if knuckling or not.

Food: 80 g m, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-11-09 07:50 ces/dle

Weight: 1121 grams
NOLO
Very BAR.

Did not see any neuro symptoms.

Removed shoe.  Standing normally afterwards.  Will monitor for knuckling.

Food: 89 g R (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-11-08 17:27 jmw/ae/ek

Leftovers: 0
NOLO
Food: 80g m
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-11-08 08:56 fs

NOLO

Food: 87 g m
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-11-07 16:00 LMV/RMB

Leftovers: 21
Food: 86 g m/R 6
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

QARP
Bit neurologic, seemed to listing a little to one side and paid no attention to me.  Pupils dilated differentially.

2018-11-07 09:00 lrm/mmo

NOLO

Food: 88 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-11-06 16:45 dr/var

Food: 87 g R, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-11-06 08:25 ces/me

Weight: 1100 grams
NOLO
Standing in the back of the kennel.  BAR.

Banded: 22098
Moved to R16B.

Food: 91 g m/R
SQ fluids: 35
Fenbendazole: 0.26 ml (100 mg/ml susp)  PO
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
stop fluids, increase food amount, switch to BID

2018-11-05 18:00 lea/mar

BAR, actively eating meal from earlier. Clacky

Food: 41 g FL (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.33 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Increase food

2018-11-05 12:21 ces

standing at front of kennel.  QAR.
NOLO

Food: 45 g FL 

2018-11-05 08:05 des

Weight: 949 grams
Pretty BAR. NOLO. Wet pellet.
Left foot clenched.

Left digits have good ROM. Placed foam shoe on left foot.

Food: 41 g FL (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
SQ fluids: 35
Fenbendazole: 0.26 ml (100 mg/ml susp)  PO
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxi 0.3 ml PO

MOVED TO: KR2

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Increase food. Stop FF. Decrease fluids to SID. Start meloxicam




Eye exam
Exam date - 2018-11-05
Examiner - des
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
Very visual. Some very minor blotches
and pepper speckling but pretty
much normal. No floating debris
or blood
Left eye:
Same as OD

2018-11-04 18:35 jmw/pe/mm

Leftovers: 20
20g LO(R); did not regurge FF! Was seen perching earlier in the day; QAR
Food: 31g FL c/u
Force feed: 20g FL c/u
SQ fluids: 35
Fenbendazole: 0.26 ml (100 mg/ml susp)  PO
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2018-11-04 12:42 lea/jmw

All LO(R). Right foot is still clenched and rigid.

Regurg most of FF.

Food: 30 g FL (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Force feed: 20 g FL (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 30

2018-11-04 09:15 lea/laf/rh

Weight: 873 grams
QAR, laying on all LO(R). Left leg is clenched. The leg is not flaccid and he does try to use it to stand but foot remains clenched.

May need to apply shoe, will check on him later.

Food: 20 g fl cu (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Force feed: 15 g fl cu (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 20 
Fenbendazole: 0.26 ml (100 mg/ml susp)  PO
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Increase food

2018-11-03 20:10 ME/RMB/SMV

Leftovers: 0
Food: 20 g fl cu (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
SQ fluids: 20 
Terbinafine: 0.52 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

Was standing on donut, lots of mutes in incubator.

Noted whistling sounds coming from GHOW as we were doing treatment.  Didn't hear these on intake.  Started when we laid him down and continued for a bite while he was upsight.  Did stop after being upright for a while.

2018-11-03 11:55 ME/RMB

Weight: 866 grams, Keel score: 2.0

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
  Behavior and Neuro: BAR
  Other: Trying to bite everyone
  Mouth: WNL
  Ears: Baby flat flies.  Dirty AU
Body - WNL
   Body condition score: 2
Wings
  Left wing: WNL
  Right wing: WNL
Legs
  Left leg: WNL
  Right leg: WNL
Feathers: WNL, some were slightly wet
  Ectoparasites: Flat flies

EXAM:

Very small GHOW was very active and biting coming out of box.  Palapated no fractures and no open wounds.  All was within normal limits.  Many flat flies.  Ears had debris in them possiblity from small flat flies.  Radiograph showed nothing remarkable.  Keel was very close to a 2.  Emaciation concern. Placed in incubator.

Treatment:

Fluids  20 ml LRS SQ + Vit B
Iron 0.09 cc IM
Terbinafine 0.50 cc PO
Nutrical
Bronco

Eye exam
Exam date - 2018-11-03
Examiner - ME/RMB
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++DNE++DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
OU - small amount of dust floating
ventral to pecten.
OD - larger round dark area just
ventral to pecten
Left eye: