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22431

Problems

Notes

Costs

Admission date	2019-05-16
Final date	2019-09-30
Days in captivity	137
Species	BLVU - Black vulture
Age	HY
Sex	UNK
Status	R
Band

Emaciation

Fracture - humerus, left

Cause of injury: Unknown

Body grab only
Carry and weigh in box
Easily imprintable
Non-releasable on admission

Found in Candor,NC
Montgomery county

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

Desc Qty Cost Subtotal

Examination 1 120.00 120.00

Daily rate 137 18.20 2493.40

Radiographs 2 300.00 600.00

Total 3213.40

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

Radiographs and images
2019-05-16	2019-05-16

2019-09-30 09:36 ces/me

Weight: 1880 grams
Flight has drastically improved.  Soaring 1/3 length and less asymmetry.  We decided to release him.

Release record
Date2019-09-30
Band/tag number
Band size
Released bySue Thompson
Location
Huntersville, Mecklenburg county, NC

2019-09-29 15:00 BAH/KJL

Leftovers: 46
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 284 g Rat, cut open

2019-09-29 10:00 RH

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercised 12x
Both perched, BAR, gliding well

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[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - Would fly from high perch at right side
of enclosure to ceiling about 3/4 length and then back to same perch, wouldn't fly
all the way to other perch. 

2019-09-28 12:45 rep/me

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 285 g Rat/ck, cut open 
206 g Cks LO - rem

2019-09-27 12:10 KF

Group treatment: 4 patients
536 g ck (+vit +Ca); LO: 562 g 

2019-09-27 09:27 DLE

Group entry: 4 animals
Exercised 14x good.

2019-09-26 12:29 ces/me

Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: none
Lots of LO from yesterday - left
did not add any new food; birds have been on "vulture diet" and getting too much
food


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
reduce food

2019-09-26 11:50 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 4 patients
1249g R c/o 641g lo ck + scraps

2019-09-25 12:15 RTS

Group entry: 5 animals
230,235,225,225,235gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-09-25 08:33 ces

Flight eval
Exam date - 2019-09-25
Examiner - ces
FlightSound
Notes:
Loud, labored flight at take off.
 Dips down a little and then soars
the last few feet to perch.

2019-09-24 11:00 nen/bt

Group treatment: 5 patients
1144 g R, 797 g lo(R)

2019-09-24 10:15 nen

Group entry: 5 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - very flappy and labored when leaving the perch, but glides to
perch, 12x
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - grabs ceiling and dips low, OMB > 6, 12x
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - seems disoriented but flies well, sym 12x
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - OMB > 8, glides, sym 12x
[22740] / 22083/orange / HY / UNK - glides, sym, 14x

2019-09-23 11:00 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 5 patients
1212g R +vit+ca

2019-09-23 10:42 sat

Group entry: 5 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - 9X- onlly flew full length 2X and then would fly 3/4 of way
and then go to the ground
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - 14X - flew, glided, and perched well
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - 11X - flew, glided, but did not perch well
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - 14X - flew, glided, and perched well
[22740] / 22083/orange / HY / UNK - 12X - flew, glided, but did not perch well.

2019-09-22 15:05 bah

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 1,191 g Rat cut open
BAR

2019-09-22 10:30 rh

Group entry: 5 animals
All perched, BAR, flew 12x.
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[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - Would fly to ceiling and then back to same
perch on higher end of enclosure everytime.

[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - Would touch wall of enclosure during flight -
either side. Would change direction a few times just before attempting to perch,
did this about 5 times. Went to ground about 4x but always flew back up to perch
immediately.

2019-09-21 12:35 LEH

Group treatment: 5 patients
1213g R, 371g LO skins (r)

2019-09-21 10:32 amp

Group entry: 5 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - 12X, spent some time on ground running, good flight and landings
otherwise
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - 14X, good flight and landings, some gliding
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - 14X, okay flight and landings, some wall
touches before perch
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - 14X, okay flight and landings, some wall touches
before perch
[22740] / 22083/orange / HY / UNK - 14X, good flight and landings, gliding

2019-09-20 12:30 KF

Group treatment: 5 patients
1135 g R c/o (+vit +Ca); LO: 370 g R

2019-09-20 09:39 DLE

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercised 12x good

2019-09-19 11:55 mkf/fs/rjo

Group treatment: 5 patients
1213g R c/o 165g lo

2019-09-19 09:24 me

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise 12-14x.
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[22431] / HY / UNK - 14x
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - 14x
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK -18x
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - 18x
[22740] / 22083/orange / HY / UNK - 18x


Flight eval
Exam date - 2019-09-19
Examiner - me
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 14 x cage length, reluctant,
loud and struggling, wing asymmetry

2019-09-18 11:58 RTS

Group entry: 5 animals
230,230,230,230,230gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-09-18 10:44 kjl

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise 13x, BLVU 12x. BLVU ran 3x of the 12. 22672 crashes or does not fly the
full length of enclosure. 22711 crashes most of the time. 22740 is flying great and
flies to perch each time

2019-09-17 14:57 rmb

Leftovers: 98
Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 1,176 g Rat

2019-09-16 10:23 sat

Group entry: 4 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - 10X - flew, glided and perched well
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - 14X - flew, glided and perched well
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK -  14X - flew, glided and perched well
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - 12X - flew and glided well, but sometimes would
go to ground before perching.

2019-09-15 13:40 rem/kjl/bah

Leftovers: 550
Group treatment: 4 patients
925g R, LO skins and some food

2019-09-15 11:40 FLM

Group entry: 4 animals
BAR for exercise.
all flew well 12 - 13x.
no color: forced takeoffs, issues with L wing. but good overall.
yellow/light blue: some overshooting perches and OMB. no issues with flight.
purple: flew well 13x. no issues, occasionally overshooting perches.

2019-09-14 13:10 LEH

Group entry: 4 animals
998g R/m, 1210g LO (r). LO look to be from past few days, not only yesterday

2019-09-14 11:23 ah

exercise: flew perch to perch x4 when he landed on the ground and started running, flew up to perch again then landed on the ground and just ran back and forth while exercising the other birds.

2019-09-13 13:00 KF

Group treatment: 4 patients
915 g R c/o (+vit +Ca) 

2019-09-12 12:25 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 6 patients
1401g m lo scraps

2019-09-12 10:25 me

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercise 12-14x.
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[22431] / HY / UNK - 10x
[22626] / Left 7,8 blue / HY / UNK - 0x
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - 17x
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK -15x 
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - 10x
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - 13x


Flight eval
Exam date - 2019-09-12
Examiner - me
FlightSound
Notes:
flew cage length 10x, fast but
struggling for most of length,
very little gliding

2019-09-11 11:52 RTS

Group entry: 6 animals
225,225,225,225,225,225gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca, NoLO

2019-09-11 10:38 kel

Group entry: 6 animals
 Exercise 14x. One of the BLVU (possibly 22431) would rather run from one side to
the other, would not fly and kept right wing close to the body. 22671 & 22672 both
crashed 1 time.

2019-09-10 14:35 rmb

Leftovers: 419
Group entry: 6 animals
Food in cage: 1,407 g Rat, cut open 

2019-09-10 11:25 nen

Group entry: 6 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - 
[22626] / Left 7,8 blue / HY / UNK - 
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - glides, sym, OMB > 4, 12x
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - glides, sym, OMB > 8, dips low, 12x
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - 
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - glides, sym, 12x
2 BLVUs flew 10x well, the other trotted (no flight)

2019-09-09 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 6 patients
1474g R/M +vit+ca

2019-09-09 09:51 sc

Group entry: 6 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - 11X - flew, glided, and perched well
[22626] / Left 7,8 blue / HY / UNK - 11X - flew, glided, and perched well
[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - 14X - flew, glided, and perched well
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - 13X - flew, glided, and perched well
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - 0X - would not fly - juvenile BLVU
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - 10X - flew, glided and perched fairly well. 
Sometimes would go to top of cage before perching.

2019-09-08 14:20 kjl/bah

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 6 animals
Food in cage: 1363 g Rat cut open
BAR

2019-09-08 11:00 rh

Group entry: 6 animals



[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - Perched, QAR, gliding well.
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - Perched, QAR, gliding well.
[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - Perched, QAR, wing would touch side of enclosure
during flight, perched well.

BLUV's - 2 where perched, QAR, gliding well, flying to perches. 1 was on the ground
and would not attempt to fly, just running, QAR, slight right wing droop.

2019-09-07 13:15 LEH

Group treatment: 6 patients
1456g R, 948g LO (r). LO appear to be from past few days, not all from yeterday

2019-09-06 11:45 KF

Group treatment: 6 patients
1472 g R c/o (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-09-06 11:36 bs

Group entry: 6 animals

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[22671] / 22088/yellow / HY / UNK - Flew 19x; quiet. 
[22672] / 22085/light blue / ATY / UNK - Flew 20x; assymetry; flying low; quiet.

[22711] / 22073/purple / TY / UNK - Flew 20x; would touch side wall of enclosure
with wing when in flight. 

Two of the BLVU (not sure which) each flew 8x and were both flying low. The third
BLVU just hobbled around on the ground during exercise.  

2019-09-05 11:55 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 6 patients
1337g R c/o lo scraps

2019-09-05 10:16 /fs

Group entry: 6 animals
 Exercised 12x's.

2019-09-04 11:41 RTS

Group entry: 6 animals
228,228,228,228,228,228gCutOpenR

2019-09-04 11:20 lrm

Group entry: 6 animals
exercised - all flew 12+, except one BLVU.  Could not tell which one it was, but
he just ran around

2019-09-03 11:58 ces

Group entry: 6 animals
Food in cage: 646 g R, 296 g R
NOLO

2019-09-02 11:28 bs

Group entry: 3 animals
14X - two flew, glided, and perched well.  Were not banded/color so could not determine
which BLVU they were
0X -juvenile BLVU would not fly at all, would only run on the ground

2019-09-02 11:00 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
714g SQ +vit+ca

2019-09-01 13:50 BAH

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
715g R cut open Leftovers: some skin

2019-09-01 11:05 FLM

Group entry: 3 animals
BAR for exercise.
BLVU with fuzzy head was running, not flying. 12x.
both other birds: noisy/forced flight, but gliding and perching. 12x.

2019-08-31 11:45 AH

Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 666 g R, cut open + vit + ca

NOLO

2019-08-31 09:27 amp

Group entry: 3 animals
downy head - stayed on ground, but would run lengths and spread wings occasionally
BLVU1 - 14X, flew up to ceiling midflight and occasionally landed on ground (not crashing),
but would fly back to perch
BLVU2 - 14X, good flight and landings, some gliding

2019-08-30 12:00 KF

Group treatment: 3 patients
712 g ck (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-08-30 09:38 DLE

Group entry: 3 animals
Exercised 14x, good flight except one on the ground did 6 laps back and forth on
ground.

2019-08-29 12:10 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 3 patients
641g ck lo scraps

2019-08-28 12:08 RTS

Group entry: 3 animals
240,240,250gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-08-27 10:00 nen/ces

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage:319 g r, cut open . Exercise 12-14x.
don't know who's who but one flew well, gliding and sym, and the other has a wing
droop, very flappy and labored, although a bit of gliding for the last couple of
lengths.  both flew 12x

2019-08-26 11:24 BS

Group entry: 2 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - Flew 15x; loud (slightly); flying low. 
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - Flew 15x; loud (slightly); flying low. 

2019-08-26 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
477g R +vit+ca

2019-08-25 14:15 BAH/RMB

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
501g R cut open
skins and bone leftover

2019-08-25 11:36 FLM

Group entry: 2 animals
BAR for exercise.
both flew 12x.
one would often bounce off of the ceiling midway and then go to ground.
the other was noisy and forced flight, especially on takeoffs.

2019-08-24 11:38 me/rep/ah

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 489 g rat TOTAL IN CAGE; nolo

2019-08-24 09:05 amp

Group entry: 2 animals
BLVU1 - 14X, often flew up into ceiling midflight (sometimes twice in one length),
toward end of exercise would fly low/land on ground and run to perch, then fly up
BLVU2 - 14X, fast flight, good landings

(unable to determine which BLVU was which)

2019-08-23 13:25 KF

Group treatment: 2 patients
508 g Sq c/o (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-08-23 11:00 BS

Group entry: 2 animals

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[22431] / HY / UNK - Flew 14x; flying low. 
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - Flew 14x; flying low and will occasionally land
halfway. 

2019-08-22 10:12 des

Group entry: 2 animals
Increase exercise

2019-08-22 10:10 fs

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 566 g SQ

Nolo 

2019-08-22 09:07 mkf

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise:  Both flew 10 lengths well.

2019-08-21 11:55 klz/ces/rjo

Group treatment: 2 patients
251, 250g Sq c/o lo scraps

2019-08-21 09:53 lrm

Group entry: 2 animals
exercised - both flew 8x, no issues

2019-08-20 14:17 rmb

Leftovers: 455
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 464 g Squirrel, cut open 

2019-08-20 10:11 bt

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise 10x.  Both birds completed flights with good perching.  On 3 flights, one
bird stopped on ground halfway, walked many steps, then continued flight.  Could
not see red tagging color on either bird.

2019-08-19 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
477g SQ +vit+ca

2019-08-19 10:38 ces

Group entry: 2 animals
Exercise:

[22431] / HY / UNK - 10x, clumsy and loud flight. 
[22696] / L # 8 & 9 red / HY / UNK - 10x, flew, glided, perched well. 

2019-08-18 14:00 bah

Group treatment: 2 patients
526g SQ, NOLO

2019-08-18 10:47 FLM

Group entry: 2 animals
BAR for exercise.
both flew well 8x. 1 BLVU very noisy/forced flight, especially on takeoffs.

2019-08-17 13:42 LEH

Group entry: 2 animals
782g LO (r)

2019-08-17 12:15 rep/ah

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 506 g Squirrel total

2019-08-17 09:11 amp

Group entry: 2 animals
10X, flying well, at times would land about 3/4 length of enclosure (not crashing)
but would then fly back up to perch

2019-08-16 14:15 KF

Group treatment: 2 patients
517 g SQ(+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-08-15 09:10 sc

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 320 g sq, 337 g sq/rabbit included 2 heads, 314g sq, 316 g r/sq, 319
g rabbit/r  

Removed all skins; nolo 

Exercise: All flew most lengths in full, there is one that usually only flies half way and then runs the remainder of the cage, though he can fly full lengths.

2019-08-14 12:18 RTS

Group entry: 5 animals
300,300,300,300,300g CutOpenSQ+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2019-08-14 10:00 cm/md

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise: 

Flew 8x total, one refused to fly after 5 laps 

2019-08-13 10:07 me/ students

Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 306, 211, 201, 218, 240 g Squirrel, cut open; lost of skins and ck
parts LO - rem
 Exercise 10x.

Flight eval
Exam date - 2019-08-13
Examiner - me/ students
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 10 x cage length, loud on
take-off, struggling somewhat,
gliding last 10-20'; slight asymmentry
to wing position

2019-08-12 11:50 cm/md

Group entry: 5 animals
Exercise: 

2 birds flying consistently low and not eager to fly. One bird flies halfway at normal
height before swooping upward towards ceiling. All flew 8x total

2019-08-12 11:30 bph

Leftovers: 1079
Group entry: 5 animals
Food in cage: 1600g ck/R

some LOs seemed older

2019-08-11 11:26 FLM

Group entry: 5 animals
BAR for exercise.
all flew well 8x.
one bird is more noisy/forced than others, but still flew well.
some would go to ground, but always returned to perch.

2019-08-11 03:15 KJL/RMB

Group treatment: 5 patients
311, 318, 320, 300, 301g SQ

2019-08-10 13:30 LEH

Group treatment: 5 patients
1600g SQ/R, NOLO

2019-08-10 08:54 amp

Group entry: 4 animals
1 - somewhat stubborn at start but flew later on (6X)
3 others - flew well with some soaring, around 6X, began to land (gracefully) on
ground before reaching perch, would fly up to perch and do the same next cage length

2019-08-09 10:28 cm/md

Group entry: 4 animals
Exercise:

All animals flew 9x in total, one bird was resistent to flying and would sometimes
fly half and run the rest of the lap. Another consistently would veer to the right
upon take off before correcting itself.

2019-08-09 10:00 ces/ksf/students

Group treatment: 4 patients
1000 g SQ, nolo

2019-08-08 12:15 sc,ces,me,rjo

Group treatment: 4 patients
300, 290, 245, 250g Sq lo scraps

2019-08-07 12:43 RTS

Group entry: 4 animals
310,312,312,312gCutOpenSQ+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-08-07 11:00 cm/md

Group entry: 4 animals
Exercise: 
All flew a total of 8x, after lap 5 two individuals would drop to the floor halfway
through and run the rest of the way

2019-08-06 15:03 rmb

Leftovers: 971
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 1,205 g Squirrel, cut open 

2019-08-06 10:25 me

Group entry: 4 animals
Exercise:

Flew 9 laps in total. 2 vultures became tired around lap 8 and flew to the ground

2019-08-05 11:45 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 4 patients
1277g SQ +vit+ca

2019-08-05 11:15 bph/cm/md

Group entry: 4 animals
Exercise:
2 grew tired after 8 laps. Flew well up to 5 laps, perch-to-perch, then reluctant
to fly for last 3 laps.
other 2 flew 10 laps, perch-to-perch, flew well, eager to fly.

2019-08-04 14:30 jmw/kf

Group treatment: 4 patients
1300 g Sq c/o, NOLO

2019-08-04 11:01 FLM

Group entry: 4 animals
BAR for exercise.
flew well 8x.
1 is forced, leaning hard to L side when flying. still soaring. went to ground and
ran last lap.

2019-08-03 14:10 LEH

Group treatment: 4 patients
1130g Sq, 460g LO skins (r)

2019-08-03 13:01 LEH

Group entry: 4 animals
Exercise 9x.Not the most graceful, occasionally runs into each other

2019-08-02 10:38 des/me

Group entry: 4 animals
All grabbed and weighed.
Moved to F6
Lots of old LO's removed.
Food in cage: 270+288+273+350 g SQ
Note: cannot distinguish between the three juveniles. There is one with a very minor
bump over midshafft left humerus that must be 22431 but it was so minor it is hard
to believe that is the same bird. None of the babies are colorized in any way unfortunately.

Weights for juveniles are: 2100, 1896, and 2070 grams

2019-08-01 11:55 fs/ces/rjo

Group treatment: 4 patients
1236g Sq c/o lo scraps

2019-07-31 11:53 RTS

Group entry: 4 animals
330,330,330,330gCutOpenSQ+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-07-30 15:16 rmb

Leftovers: 474
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 1,254 g Squirrel, cut open 

[my error likely resulted in an additional 256 g SQ originally intended for R-10
to be placed in this cage]

2019-07-29 11:30 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 4 patients
1262g SQ +vit+ca

2019-07-28 14:00 KLH

Group treatment: 4 patients
1280g SQ C/O; NOLO

2019-07-27 11:07 AH/SAG

Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 300-320 g Squirrel, cut open + vit + ca.

2019-07-27 11:07 AH/SAG

Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 3089 g Squirrel/m, cut open.

2019-07-27 11:04 rep

Leftovers: 516
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 300-320 g Squirrel, cut open + vit + ca.

2019-07-27 10:00 rep

Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 300-320 g Squirrel, cut open + vit + ca.

2019-07-26 11:00 ces/ksf

Group treatment: 4 patients
300, 303, 334, 352 g SQ with vit and ca, 570 g SQ lo(R)

2019-07-25 11:55 fs/ces/rjo

Group treatment: 4 patients
1258g Sq lo scraps

2019-07-24 12:01 RTS

Group entry: 4 animals
F320,318,320,318gCOR+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-07-23 15:00 rmb

Leftovers: 1028
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 1264 g SQ, cut open

2019-07-22 11:30 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 4 patients
1210g SQ +vit+ca

2019-07-21 14:33 ksf

Leftovers: 187
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 1155g R c/o

2019-07-20 13:05 LEH

Group treatment: 4 patients
1201g SQ, 314g LO (r)

2019-07-19 14:15 ksf/pb

Group treatment: 4 patients
1211 g SQ + m + vit/ca, Old LO(R)

2019-07-18 11:40 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 4 patients
1230g R c/o lo scraps

2019-07-17 11:44 RTS

Group entry: 4 animals
320,319,320,318gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-07-16 14:58 lea

Leftovers: 265
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 1,259 g R, cut open 

2019-07-15 12:00 dml

Leftovers: 356
Group treatment: 4 patients
1220g CK +vit+ca

2019-07-14 15:27 klh

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 1100g R c/o

2019-07-13 13:45 LEH/RMB/SC

Group treatment: 4 patients
1252g R cut open

2019-07-12 11:47 ksf

Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 1282g R cut open +vit/cal, 184g R LO

2019-07-12 08:29 ces

Flying high perch to high perch but very asymmetrical.  

2019-07-11 12:05 mkf/fs/rjo

Group treatment: 4 patients
1269g R c/o lo scraps

2019-07-10 11:45 RTS/PB

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 4 patients
1288 g c/o R

2019-07-09 11:30 nen/bt

Group treatment: 4 patients
1225 g R, nolo

2019-07-08 16:30 lea/bg/pb

Weight: 1929 grams
Group entry: 4 animals
VERY BAR AND FLIGHTY, ALL OF THEM INCLUDING THE HUM FX BIRD.

Full extension, fx site solid
Food in cage: 1228 g R c/o 

LO(R) just skin

2019-07-08 16:29 lea

Group move to: R28

2019-07-07 14:00 lea

Group treatment: 4 patients
1127 g R c/o Did not weigh LO skin

2019-07-06 13:30 LEH

Group treatment: 4 patients
1244g R, NOLO

2019-07-05 15:00 KF

Group treatment: 4 patients
1249 g R c/o(+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-07-04 12:05 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 4 patients
1225g R c/o picked up lo

2019-07-03 13:33 RTS

Group entry: 4 animals
382,309,286,250gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-07-02 11:30 RMB/NEN/BPH

Group treatment: 4 patients
1220 g R c/o - LO left in cage

2019-07-01 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 4 patients
1241g R +vit+ca

2019-06-30 13:00 je

Group treatment: 4 patients
1182 g R c/o, NOLO

2019-06-29 11:30 ah/rep

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 1300 g cut open rat 

2019-06-28 15:00 KF

Group treatment: 4 patients
1214 g c/o R (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-06-27 12:50 fs/mkf/rjo

Group treatment: 4 patients
1227g R c/o

2019-06-26 12:48 RTS

Group entry: 4 animals
300,300,300,300gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2019-06-25 15:22 rmb

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 4 animals
Food in cage: 1227 g cut open rat

2019-06-24 11:48 sat

Group entry: 4 animals
Added 221 g R for adult

2019-06-24 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
932g R +vit+ca

2019-06-23 16:08 jmw/mm

Weight: 1976 grams
Tucking wings equally, actually difficult to feel humerus fx, very BAR, using wings to get on perches and not much down left on him at all.

NOLO, grabbed skins that were left from previous meals.

2019-06-22 14:00 Leh/Rmb

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
926 g R

2019-06-21 14:15 KF

Group treatment: 3 patients
915 g R c/o (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-06-20 12:35 fs/rjo

Group treatment: 3 patients
866g R c/o

2019-06-19 13:02 RTS

Group entry: 3 animals
310,310,310gCutpenR+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2019-06-18 14:25 bph/lea

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 971 g cut open rat 

2019-06-17 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
930g R +vit+ca

2019-06-16 13:30 rmb

Group treatment: 3 patients
956 g R c/o thru hatch LO(L)

2019-06-15 14:00 LEH

Group treatment: 3 patients
958g R. QAR (as determined through hole in screen).

2019-06-14 13:00 KF

Group treatment: 3 patients
906 g R c/o (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-06-13 12:25 fs/rjo/mkf

Group treatment: 3 patients
895g lR c/o lo scraps

2019-06-12 12:34 RTS

Group entry: 3 animals
265,489,276gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2019-06-11 14:36 rmb

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 937 g cut open rat 

2019-06-10 14:20 lea/kf

Weight: 2032 grams
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 325, 311, 325 g R c/o

Lots of old LO(R). Birds are very active and all feathers are still in blood. All
still have some down.

2019-06-09 13:30 kh

Group treatment: 3 patients
935 g R c/o, lots of old LO(R)

2019-06-08 11:40 rep

Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 925 g R c/u TOTAL
USE FOOD HATCH!

2019-06-07 11:38 ksf

Leftovers: 2
Group entry: 3 animals
302g, 294g, 330g R +vit/cal

2019-06-06 12:30 fs/rjo

Group treatment: 2 patients
525g Q

2019-06-05 11:59 RTS

Group entry: 2 animals
325,325gCutOpenR+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-06-04 11:45 Bph

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 592g rat
leftovers present
very hissy

2019-06-04 09:21 ces/me

Group entry: 2 animals
decrease food amount

2019-06-03 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 200
Group treatment: 2 patients
840g R +vit+ca

2019-06-02 13:00 kh

Group treatment: 2 patients
802 g R c/o, thru hatch, LO(L)

2019-06-01 12:00 REP/SAG

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
821 g R

2019-05-31 12:45 KF

Group treatment: 2 patients
840 g R c/o (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-05-30 12:00 mkf/ces/rjo

Group treatment: 2 patients
856g R c/o

2019-05-29 12:52 ksf

Group entry: 2 animals
396, 435 R cut open +vit/cal 

2019-05-28 11:54 bph/me/nen

Group entry: 2 animals
864 g r c/o

2019-05-27 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
816g R +vit+ca

2019-05-27 10:48 me

Weight: 1702 grams

2019-05-26 14:00 pb

Group treatment: 3 patients
770, 449 g R c/o

2019-05-25 12:45 ah/rep

Leftovers: 488
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 1300 g cut open rat total

2019-05-24 13:00 lea/ksf

Leftovers: 324
Group treatment: 3 patients
1240 g R c/o 

2019-05-24 09:44 DLE

Weight: 1619 grams, Leftovers: 902
Moved to R10 Large

2019-05-23 19:21 jmw/ae

Group entry: 2 animals
404 g fl r
food hatch

2019-05-23 10:05 mkf

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 404 g FL cutup small. LO's observed but did not enter

2019-05-22 21:11 RMB/BPH/TCR

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 420 g R FL cutup + vit + ca. USE FOOD HATCH. Weigh and change towels
E3D. 

2019-05-22 09:40 ksf

Weight: 1608 grams
Group entry: 2 animals
Very BAR. No mal-imprinting behavior noticed.
Removed 807 g old scraps.

Fed 418 g FL rat

2019-05-21 17:00 dr/var

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 204 g FL c/u thru hatch

2019-05-21 10:00 me/bph/bt

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 462 g FL cutup USE FOOD HATCH.

2019-05-20 17:44 MAR/RMB

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 407 g FL cutup 
Hissing a little but mostly quiet.  LOTS of LO, left in cage

2019-05-20 09:00 ksf

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 404 g FL thru hatch

2019-05-19 17:35 jmw/mm/kjl

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 200,201 g FL cutup + vit + ca. USE FOOD HATCH.  

LOs left

2019-05-19 10:26 rh/laf

Weight: 1561 grams, Leftovers: 34
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 416 g FL c/u

Changed towels and collected LO's

2019-05-18 17:45 RMB/MM/JW

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 209 g FL R cutup 

Babies were very quiet, made no noise when food was put through hatch.  Do not know
if there is any LO 

2019-05-18 10:10 sag

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 398 g FL cutup + vit + ca. USE FOOD HATCH. 

2019-05-17 17:30 kf/sc

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 203, 204 g FL thru HATCH

LO(L)

2019-05-17 14:21 lea

Leftovers: 394
Group entry: 2 animals
Removed kennel and placed towels down. Birds BAR and vocal in back corner, standing.

2019-05-17 09:03 DLE

Group entry: 2 animals
415g Fl c/u
Lots of LO's - left

2019-05-16 18:51 jmw/ae

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 403g c/u FL R, used foot hatch, LOs seen below, left them

2019-05-16 10:50 ces/me

Weight: 1285 grams, Keel score: 1.5
Previous care at NC Zoo: radiograph and wing wrap, fluids, meloxicam, butorphanol, tube feeding


------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
  Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Body
  Body condition score: 1.5
Wings
    Left humerus: humerus fracture, large mass of scar tissue over fracture site
Legs
Feathers: in blood
  Ectoparasites: none found

During exam, palpated humerus fracture of left wing.  It is not very mobile - significant mass of scar tissue.  No swelling or bruising.  Not surgically repairable.  This bird is not releasable but we will keep the baby to be a "sibling" to another juvenile BLVU. 
Added 270 g FL cut-up. 

Notes from zoo:
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Intake exam evening 14 May (only significant findings reported): Wt 1.2 kg QAR, standing. KS 1.5/5, ophtho exam unremarkable, moderate frank blood in oral cavity (unknown source, no oral wounds), mild crackles bilaterally (worse on left) with some referred upper airway noise, murmur auscultated while under anesthesia (audible on both sides of keel), resolved when awake. Fracture of left humeral diaphysis with moderate-severe soft tissue swelling, over-riding of fragments and contraction of surrounding soft tissues. Presumed-puncture wound on medial aspect of fracture site. Searched for additional punctures - found 1cm bruise over right scapula. 

PCV: 31%, TS 3.4
Rads (VD, H-view, L lat): L humeral fracture. Increased alveolar to interstitial pattern in left cranial lung field. Multiple left rib fractures (last 3 ribs, possibly 2nd rib). Left coracoid fracture w/ possible callus formation?
Tx: LRS 60 mL/kg + 2.5% dextrose + Vit B, meloxicam 1 mg/kg, ceftiofur CFA 15 mg/kg IM, butorphanol 1 mg/kg. Wing + body wrap placed. 



Eye exam
Exam date - 2019-05-16
Examiner - ces/me
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
WNL
Left eye:
WNL