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22709 Problems Notes Costs
Admission date2019-08-15
Final date2019-10-11
Days in captivity57
SpeciesRTHA - Red-tailed hawk
AgeHY
SexUNK
StatusR
Band2207-02692
Emaciation
Fracture - humerus, left

Cause of injury: Unknown

Finder present at release
Release approved
Release where found

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

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate5715.40877.80
Radiographs3300.00900.00
Physical therapy8110.00880.00
Total  2777.80

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

2019-08-19

2019-08-19

2019-08-21

2019-08-22

2019-09-02
2019-10-11 14:09 RMB
Weight: 1422 grams

Release record
Date2019-10-11
Band/tag number2207-02692
Band size7D
Released byMichael Holbrook
Location
Concord, Cabarrus county, NC

2019-10-11 10:42 ces

Called transporter about releasing the bird with the finder. Left a message.

2019-10-11 10:30 me

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercise 8-10x.
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[22680] / ASY / UNK - 0x
[22709] / 22052/yellow / HY / UNK - 15x
[22739] / 18133/orange / HY / UNK - 6x then went to ground
[22749] / HY / UNK - 11x
[22755] / 18118/purple / ASY / UNK - 18x
[22767] / HY / UNK - 1/2 x

2019-10-10 11:00 ces/me

Group entry: 6 animals
Food in cage: 962 g rat/mice
Removed old, dried scraps.

2019-10-10 08:39 mkf

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercise: All RTHA flew 10 lengths well.

One TUVU (Blackish head) flew 10 lengths well.

Two TUVU (one with youth feathering and one with reddish head) on ground and refused
to fly. They both did one length of hop/flap.

2019-10-09 11:15 RTS

Group entry: 6 animals
160,160,160,160,160,160gR+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-10-09 09:30 kjl

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercise 10x. TUVU 22680 flies close to ground, runs on ground and does not fly to
perch. TUVU 22749 flying well and flies perch to perch. TUVU 22767 tries to fly without
success and runs on the ground instead. RTHA 22709 sometimes crashes, flies to corners.
RTHA 22739 flies well from perch to perch. RTHA 22755 is doing better, only flew
to top of enclosure once. Flies to corners, but will fly to the perch after.

2019-10-08 14:27 rmb
Leftovers: 81
Group entry: 6 animals
Food in cage: 930 g R

2019-10-08 12:47 ces

Flight eval
Exam date - 2019-10-08
Examiner - ces
FlightSound
Notes:
Flying well. Readily. Soaring about 1/3 length of enclosure. Dipping down at times. Did double lengths a few times.

2019-10-07 11:44 bs

Group entry: 6 animals


[22709] / 22052/yellow / HY / UNK - Flew 10x; quiet.
[22739] / 18133/orange / HY / UNK - Flew 9x; quiet; occasionally scrapes wing on
side of enclosure. Orange band is off.
[22755] / 18118/purple / ASY / UNK - Flew 12x; very eager to fly; fast; quiet; gliding.


One of the TUVU flew 4x, then refused; flying low and slow; grounding.

2019-10-07 11:00 ces/bs

Group treatment: 6 patients
179, 164, 157, 128, 156, 192 g R with vit and ca, nolo

2019-10-06 14:32 bah
Leftovers: 365
Group entry: 6 animals
945 g R
BAR

2019-10-06 10:00 flm

Group entry: 6 animals
BAR for exercise.
ASY TUVU and TUVU with downy feathers were on ground and did not fly.
all other birds flew well 8x. no issues. gliding/soaring. landing on perches.

2019-10-05 12:55 LEH

Group treatment: 6 patients
956g R 239g LO skins (r)

2019-10-05 09:30 rep

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercise
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[22680] TUVU/ ASY / UNK - 6x; flew perch to perch
[22709] RTHA/ 22052/yellow / HY / UNK - 10x flew well
[22739] RTHA/ 18133/orange / HY / UNK - 10x flew well
[22749] TUVU/ HY / UNK - Flew 1/2 cage then ran several laps
[22755] RTHA/ 18118/purple / ASY / UNK - 10x flew well
[22767] TUVU/ HY / UNK - ran a couple laps, threw up food

2019-10-04 11:30 KF

Group treatment: 6 patients
948 g R (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-10-04 09:51 bs

Group entry: 6 animals

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[22709] / 22052/yellow / HY / UNK - Flew 9x; quiet; flying low.
[22739] / 18133/orange / HY / UNK - Flew 9x; quiet.
[22749] / HY / UNK - Flew 7x; flies low and slow; gliding.
[22755] / 18118/purple / ASY / UNK - Flew 11x; quiet; fast.

2019-10-03 10:55 ces/rjo

Group treatment: 6 patients
935g R/ck lo scraps

2019-10-03 08:55 fs

Group entry: 6 animals
all RTHA's exercised 8x's; one vulture exercised 7x's on his own, other 2 vultures
did little
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[22680] / ASY / UNK -
[22709] / 22052/yellow / HY / UNK -
[22739] / 18133/orange / HY / UNK -
[22749] / HY / UNK -
[22755] / 18118/purple / ASY / UNK -
[22767] / HY / UNK -

2019-10-02 14:45 bs

Group treatment: 6 patients
3 live mice

2019-10-02 11:17 RTS

Group entry: 6 animals
160,160,160,160,160,160gR+Vit&Ca,NoLO

2019-10-02 10:48 ces/kjl

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercise 10x. 22709 sometimes misses the perch. 22755 flies to the top rather than
to perches each time. 22749 is flying well and flew all 10x. 22680 and 22767 both
stayed on ground but were flapping while running.

2019-10-01 10:34 nen/ces

Group entry: 6 animals
282 g skin lo(R)

Food in cage: 907 g R

decrease food amount

2019-10-01 08:16 ces

Flying fairly well. Little soaring, dipping down. Slight asymmetry.

2019-09-30 11:30 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 6 patients
1210g R +vit+ca

2019-09-30 11:10 bs

Group entry: 6 animals
All RTHA flew at least 10x; all are quiet and gliding well. There was one TUVU that
flew 5x; flying slow to the lower perches. The other TUVU did not try to fly, they
were just hobbling around.

2019-09-29 15:00 BAH/KJL

Group entry: 6 animals
Food in cage: 1,219g R total.
Lots of skin leftovers
BAR

2019-09-29 10:00 RH

Group entry: 6 animals
All RTHA's perched, BAR, gliding well, good flight.
Exercised 10x.

All TUVU's on ground, only one flying from lower perch to lower perch. the other
2 would just flap their wings and run from end to end. All BAR.
Exercised 8x.

2019-09-28 10:47 rep/amp

Group entry: 6 animals
Food in cage: 1273 g R + Vit +ca. Exercise 8-10x.

skins LO

2019-09-28 09:15 amp

Group entry: 6 animals

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[22680] / ASY / UNK - mostly on ground, but did take short bursts of flight when
going from one side of enclosure to other
[22709] / 22052/yellow / HY / UNK - 10X, good flight and landings, little encouragement
needed
[22739] / 18133/orange / HY / UNK - on ground facing back corner, appeared to be
wet, did not take defensive stance upon approach, no apparent injury, notified staff
member
[22749] / HY / UNK - 10X, good flight and landings
[22755] / 18118/purple / ASY / UNK - 10X, good flight and landings, little encouragement
needed
[22767] / HY / UNK - mostly on ground, but did take short bursts of flight when going
from one side of enclosure to other

2019-09-27 12:10 KF

Group treatment: 6 patients
1220 g R (+vit +Ca); NOLO

2019-09-27 09:25 DLE

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercised 10x good. Baby and red face TUVU stayed grounded but ran the laps.

2019-09-26 08:47 mkf

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercise: Vulture with blackish head flew 10 lengths well
Other 2 vultures on ground and refused to fly; did some running.

"Blue"? band flew 4 lengths then on ground and refused to fly.

Other 2 RTHA flew 10 lengths well.

2019-09-25 12:09 RTS

Group entry: 6 animals
205,205,206,204,205,206gR+Vit&Ca.NoLO

2019-09-25 10:07 kjl

Group entry: 6 animals
Exercise 8-10x. 22749 flying well, flew all 10 times. 22680 and 22767 ran on the
ground for all 10 times. 22739 flies to corners sometimes but flies well. 22755 flies
to the top of enclosure and then flies back to the same perch- did fly full lengths
a few times.

2019-09-24 10:01 ces/me
Weight: 1277 grams
Flying well. Crashing. Moved to F3.

Took 103 g R

2019-09-23 11:00 dml
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
214g CK +vit+ca

2019-09-22 14:58 bah

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 202 g m/ck
No Lo BAR

2019-09-21 12:35 LEH

Group treatment: 2 patients
219g R, NOLO

2019-09-20 12:30 KF

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

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

Group treatment: 2 patients
225g R nolo

2019-09-18 11:52 RTS

Group entry: 2 animals
103,114gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2019-09-17 14:46 rmb
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 217 g m/R

2019-09-17 10:00 ces/me
Weight: 1253 grams
Significant droop.

2019-09-16 11:43 bs

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 206 g ck + vit + ca.
nolo

2019-09-15 13:40 rem/kjl/bah
Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 2 patients
206g m BAR

2019-09-14 13:30 LEH

Group treatment: 2 patients
216g m/ck, NOLO

2019-09-13 12:42 des

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 214 g m. NOLO
Both perched

Holds left wing slightly away from body but not drooped. Can fly perch to perch.

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

Group treatment: 2 patients
219g ck/m nolo

2019-09-11 11:47 RTS

Group entry: 2 animals
108,104gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2019-09-10 14:26 rmb
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 216 g R

2019-09-10 11:20 ces/nen/bt
Weight: 1251 grams
Crashing around like crazy.

Banded: 22052/yellow
Moved to R6

2019-09-09 10:45 des
Weight: 1241 grams
BAR. Perched. NOLO. Using wing well. No droop.
PT w/o ANE. Full ROM easy.

Food: 121 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.73 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Stop PT. Continue cage rest for another week. Then move to small flight.

Physical therapy
Limb/jointLeft wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2019-09-08 14:14 kjl/bah
Leftovers: 0
Food: 120 g m/ck
Terbinafine: 0.73 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
BAR L.Wing Droop

2019-09-07 12:30 LEH

130g m, NOLO

2019-09-06 11:53 KF

Food: 128 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.73 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

NOLO

2019-09-05 13:17 des

BAR. Perched. NOLO
PT w/o ANE. Fx is very stable with palpable full callus. He as struggling a bit so I didn't get full extension but I feel like I could have gotten full extension.
Did not replace wrap.

Food: 127 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.73 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

Physical therapy
Limb/jointLeft wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before120170
After130180

2019-09-04 11:40 RTS

120gCk+Vit&Ca,+0.73ccTerbinafine,NoLo

2019-09-03 09:43 ces/bt

NOLO

Food: 113 g m
Terbinafine: 0.73 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-09-02 09:34 ces/sat
Weight: 1211 grams
NOLO
Perching, calm.

Anesthetized with iso via mask. PT went well. Full ROM easily. Fracture felt stable.
Rad still showed a dark area, will rewrap. Applied figure-8 with body wrap.

Food: 116 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.73 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

Physical therapy
Limb/jointLeft wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before130180
After140180

2019-09-01 13:00 BAH
Leftovers: 0
121g ck, Terbinafine: 0.73 cc

2019-08-31 11:30 ah
Leftovers: 0
Food: 129 g m/ck; NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.73 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-30 12:19 KF

Food: 127 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.73 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

NOLO

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

add 69g m/ck

2019-08-29 08:46 ces/mkf
Weight: 1209 grams
Perching, BAR.
NOLO

Did not anesthetize for PT. Full ROM fairly quickly. Did not struggle. Replaced figure-8 and body wrap. Will get a rad at next PT.

Food: 79 g ck
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO


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

Physical therapy
Limb/jointLeft wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before130180
After140180

2019-08-28 16:45 SC/BS/TCR/LMV
Leftovers: 0
Food: 88 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-28 09:00 kjl

7 g lo(R)

Food: 77 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-27 17:20 DR/VAR/RMB
Leftovers: 0
Food: 77 m
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-27 09:30 nen

Food: 78 m/ck
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
NOLO

2019-08-26 16:26 MAR/RMB
Leftovers: 0
Food: 78 ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP

2019-08-26 09:04 ces
Weight: 1132 grams
very BAR. one mouse lo(R)

Anesthetized with iso via mask. PT went well. Full ROM quickly. Replaced figure-8 and body wrap.
Moved to R23.

Food: 80 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

Physical therapy
Limb/jointLeft wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2019-08-25 16:30 MLM/SC
Leftovers: 14
Food: 79 g ck
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

Additional leftovers in cage, but was too jumpy to grab. Papers are everywhere, possibly move?

2019-08-25 10:45 LAF/RJH/RMB/FUN
Leftovers: 0
Food: 77 m
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR

2019-08-24 17:30 sc/mem/jn
Leftovers: 0
Food: 77 g m
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR perched

2019-08-24 09:20 me/rep/ah
Leftovers: 13
Food: 77 g m/ck; 13 g m LO; bird was perched, bandage intact.
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-23 16:25 JT/MMC/KSF/RMB
Leftovers: 0
Food: 72 m(+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

Was ready for food, ate immediately

2019-08-23 09:45 des
Weight: 1114 grams
BAR. NOLO.
Did PT w/o ANE. A little painful at times. Got full ROM but maybe elbow getting a little stiff. Fx is not completely stable yet. Replaced fig-8 + body wrap.

MOVED TO: R16D

Food: 68 m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO



Physical therapy
Limb/jointLeft wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before120170
After140180

2019-08-22 16:31 KGD/RMB/AE
Leftovers: 0
Food: 79 m
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP

2019-08-22 08:30 fs/mkf

NOLO

Food: 82 g m
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-21 17:42 sc/mlm/bs
Leftovers: 0
Food: 81 m/ck
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-21 09:24 des

Grabbed for surgery.

Anesthetized with iso via mask then placed 3.5 mm ET tube.
LRS 30 ml SQ
Torb 0.2 ml IM
Palpation showed the fracture to be very stable. Beyond the "rubbery" stage. Rad shows large gap but ROM is good and the overall alignment is surprisingly good. Decided to skip surgery. Did PT. Perfect ROM. Replaced fig-8 + body wrap
Returned back outside

Food in cage: 85 g m
Meloxi 0.35 ml PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Switch to BID
Stop all meds except terbinafine

Physical therapy
Limb/jointLeft wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2019-08-21 07:55 des/ces
Weight: 1087 grams, Keel score: 2.0
BAR. NOLO. Much stronger.
Weight is way up.

Food: none
SQ fluids: 30
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Torb 0.2. ml IM
Enro 0.15 ml SQ (100 mg/ml)
SURGERY - DO NOT FEED

MOVED TO: KR2

2019-08-20 16:50 dr/var

Food: 45 g Q, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.50 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-20 13:32 me

Food: 53 g Q
perched

2019-08-20 11:07 ces

NOLO
BAR

2019-08-20 08:00 me

BAR, perching. 50 g lo(R)

Food:55 g Q
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.50 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-19 17:30 lea

BAR, perched. NOLO Looking for food. Did not grab for fluids

Food: 53 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.50 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Switch to SID fluids

2019-08-19 12:48 ces

NOLO
Perching, BAR.

Added 52 g R.

2019-08-19 08:10 me/des
Weight: 1029 grams
BAR. Perched. NOLO.

Anesthetized lighlty with iso via xx mask. Rad confirms short oblique fx just distal to the pectoral crest. Still mobile and repairable.
Did some PT quickly.
Replaced fig-8 + body wrap. We are at 4 days. Will plan for surgery on Wednesday.
SQ fluids: 30


MOVED TO: R16B. Somewhat odd recovery but went for food immediately.

Food: 50 g FL (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.50 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Switch to whole food

Physical therapy
Limb/jointLeft wing
Type
 ElbowWrist
Before140170
After140180

2019-08-18 18:34 jmw/kjl/mlm
Leftovers: 0
Did not grab
Food: 46g FL, ate immediately!
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.50 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-18 13:01 lea

BAR, perched.

Ate immediately

Food: 48 g FL

2019-08-18 08:45 laf/rh
Weight: 992 grams
QAR, perched. Incubator is soiled with mutes. NOLO.

Wrap intact, moved to KR2.

Food: 48 g FL
SQ fluids: 30
Fenbendazole: 0.29 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Butorphanol: 0.19 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Switch to tramadol, increase food

2019-08-17 18:10 RMB/BPH/MEM/KJL
Leftovers: 0
Food: 27 g FL
SQ fluids: 30

Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Butorphanol: 0.19 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM

BARP, lots of mutes, had to change water

2019-08-17 13:10 rep

Food: 36 g FL, cut up
started eating immediately

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to BID fluids, stop FF, increase food in cage

2019-08-17 10:00 me

NOLO!

2019-08-17 08:30 rep
Weight: 949 grams
Food: 20 g FL
Force feed: 16 g FL would not tweezer feed)
SQ fluids: 30
Fenbendazole: 0.29 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Butorphanol: 0.19 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM

perched, NOLO
bandage intact

2019-08-16 18:00 lea/jt/mc

Perched, QAR. Tweezer fed pretty well.

Force feed: 15 g FL + nutrical
SQ fluids: 30
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Butorphanol: 0.19 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Increase food, start FIC

2019-08-16 12:54 ces/me

Perching, calm with leg tucked.

Force feed: 11 g FL
SQ fluids: 30

2019-08-16 12:24 ces

Perching, BAR.

2019-08-16 08:45 des

QAR. Perched. Mutes++
Very quiet. Did not get rad yet.
Had removed wrap. Replaced fig-8 + body wrap.

Force feed: 11 g FL
SQ fluids: 30
Fenbendazole: 0.29 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Butorphanol: 0.19 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM

2019-08-15 17:20 jw

BARP, looks very bright compared to intake!
Force feed: nutrical PO
SQ fluids: 30
Terbinafine: 0.57 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Butorphanol: 0.19 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM

2019-08-15 14:44 me

perched

2019-08-15 13:20 me

Laying on his perch

2019-08-15 12:57 ces
Weight: 951 grams, Keel score: 1.5

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: QAR
Body
Body condition score: 1.5
Wings
Left humerus: could palpate a proximal humerus fracture
Right wing: WNL
Legs
Left leg: WNL
Right leg: WNL
Ectoparasites: none found

Did not get a radiograph due to body condition. Applied a figure-8 with a body wrap.
Did not find any other injuries during the exam.

Gave 35 cc LRS with vit B SQ, 0.20 cc torb IM, 0.10 cc iron dex IM, 0.60 cc terbinafine PO, and nutrical PO. Placed in an incubator. Will get a radiograph once stable.

Eye exam
Exam date - 2019-08-15
Examiner - ces
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
WNL
Left eye:
WNL

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