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22711

Problems

Notes

Costs

Admission date	2019-08-16
Final date	2019-09-28
Days in captivity	43
Species	RTHA - Red-tailed hawk
Age	TY
Sex	UNK
Status	R
Band

Fracture - tibiotarsus, left

Ocular - chorioretinitis, OD

Ocular - chorioretinitis, OS

Ocular - keratitis, OD

Cause of injury: Unknown

Finder present at release
Release approved

Found in Conover,NC
Catawba county

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

Desc Qty Cost Subtotal

Examination 1 120.00 120.00

Daily rate 43 15.40 662.20

Radiographs 2 300.00 600.00

Total 1382.20

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

Radiographs and images
2019-08-16	2019-08-16	2019-08-16	2019-08-22

2019-09-28 09:56 rep/me

Weight: 1405 grams
No size 7D bands available


Release record
Date2019-09-28
Band/tag number
Band size
Released byfinder
Location
NA county

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 09:02 ces

Finder releasing the bird on Saturday AM.

2019-09-25 08:50 ces

Called finder and left a message about releasing the bird.  

2019-09-25 08:32 ces

Flight eval
Exam date - 2019-09-25
Examiner - ces
FlightSound
Notes:
Flying well but not gliding a ton.
 Crashing a lot.  Stressed.  Need
to release ASAP.

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 18 x cage length, fast, no
gliding, overshooting perches fairly
often

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 11:27 ah

Exercise: x10; (#1 perch to ground, OMB #10)

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 13 x cage length, fast, no
gliding, dipping down some; crop
partially full

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

2019-09-03 11:09 nen/bt

Weight: 1082 grams
Group move to: F6

2019-09-02 11:00 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
316g CK +vit+ca

2019-09-01 13:00 BAH

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
319g m/ck Blue-Band grabs food instantly

2019-08-31 11:25 ah

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 313 g m/ck; NOLO

2019-08-30 12:00 KF

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

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

Group treatment: 3 patients
310g ck/m

2019-08-28 11:59 RTS

Group entry: 3 animals
117,107,116gCk+Vit&Ca,NoLo

2019-08-27 12:21 ME/RMB

Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 320 g m/R

BAR, flying

2019-08-26 11:15 dml

Leftovers: 0
Group treatment: 3 patients
340g CK +vit+ca

2019-08-26 08:47 ces

Weight: 1269 grams
Moved to R6
Banded: 22073/purple

2019-08-25 14:15 BAH/RMB

Leftovers: 0
Food: 110 g m
Terbinafine: 0.72 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-24 11:00 me/rep/ah

Leftovers: 31
Food: 108 R ; 31 g m LO

2019-08-23 09:45 des

Weight: 1206 grams
BAR. Lots of poop.

MOVED TO: R10 Small

Food: 56 g m(+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.62 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Stop meloxi and tramado. Switch to SID



Eye exam
Exam date - 2019-08-23
Examiner - des/ces
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
+++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
PC WNL
Left eye:
Some minor black speckling and
a few small blotchy areas mostly
ventral to pecten.

2019-08-22 16:32 KGD/RMB/AE

Leftovers: 0
Food: 53 g m/ck/R (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.62 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO


BARP

2019-08-22 08:30 fs/mkf

nolo

Food: 58 g m/ck
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.62 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-21 17:20 sc/mlm/bs

Leftovers: 0
Food: 50 g m
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.62 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-21 08:45 kjl

BAR, NOLO
Food: 50 g m (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.62 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-20 16:45 dr/var

Food: 53 g m, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.62 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-20 09:35 bt/nen

NOLO

Food: 60 g m
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.62 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-19 17:00 lea

Food: 54 g ck, NOLO
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.62 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

2019-08-19 09:10 des/me

Weight: 1176 grams
BAR. Perched. NOLO
Eyes wide open.
Weight is down but he is eating now.

Food: 47 g m/ck/R (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 20 g with meds
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.62 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO


Eye exam
Exam date - 2019-08-19
Examiner - des/me
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++
Stain Stain 
NEG DNE 
Right eye:
PC WNL. Stain NEG
Left eye:
Some minor rough patches and speckles.
No floating debris. Definitely
a bit darker than OD.

2019-08-18 17:26 jmw/kjl/mlm

Leftovers: 0
Did not grab tonight.
Food: 44g m
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.62 cc (40 mg/ml susp) PO

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Stop torb, start tramadol. Stop fluids.

2019-08-18 09:00 laf/rh

All LO(R), mouth open and stressed.

Removed bandage, area clean with a minor bruise present.

Moved to R17

Food: 49 g m/ck
Force feed: 33 g m
SQ fluids: 35 cc
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Butorphanol: 0.25 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BNP ointment - OD 


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Switch to tramadol, start FF as needed

Eye exam
Exam date - 2019-08-18
Examiner - lea
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
PC still dark with chunky
debris, cannot visualize much
Left eye:
Circular black scarring (?) still
present but looks like its beginning
to clear, some stringy fibrinous
debris

2019-08-17 18:14 RMB/BPH/MEM/KJL

Leftovers: 37
Food: 45 g m/ck/R (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 35 cc
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Butorphanol: 0.25 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BNP ointment - OD; OD was a little gunky, flush before putting BNP in

Very stressed, mouth open.  Feet pads looked a little pink. Older scratch on right between digits 4 and 1

2019-08-17 08:45 rep

Leftovers: 31
Food: 42 g m 
SQ fluids: 35 cc
Terbinafine: 0.75 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Butorphanol: 0.25 cc (10 mg/ml inj) IM
Meloxicam: 0.44 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BNP ointment - OD 

not squinting, BAR, standing, all LO (R)

2019-08-16 17:48 lea

Stressed, mouth open but standing

2019-08-16 17:24 lea

Still laying down, I think its due to stress. She was grabbing during intake

2019-08-16 15:12 lea/me

Weight: 1245 grams, Keel score: 3.0
Found this morning on the side of the interstate when finder was en route to work. Finder captured and brought to CRC.

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
  Behavior and Neuro: BAR
  Ears: clean
Body
  Vent: clean
  Fat: Keel
Wings
    Left elbow: small pops felt during extension
  Right wing: WNL
Legs
    Left foot, ankle, digits: small scrapes
    Right stifle: minor abrasion cranially
    Right foot, ankle, digits: small scrapes
  Retrices: dirty
  Ectoparasites: flat flies

BAR. In good body condition. Did not palpate any fractures.  Eye damage is a concern, 0.22 torb IM. Anesthesized with iso via mask at 2.5% for rad- reveals what looks like an old, healed L TBT fx but other than that, WNL. I couldnt even palpate a callus. Bird seems very visual and the trauma appears fresh, will give a few days.

Cleaned scrape on left knee, minor but covered with ssd/telfa and tega.

BNP OD, 35 cc LRS SQ, 0.12 meloxicam IM, 0.70 terbinafine PO, placed in KR2 with 40 g m

Eye exam
Exam date - 2019-08-16
Examiner - lea
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++++
Stain Stain 
++ DNE 
Right eye:
Scratch from 9-11 o clock. Hard
to focus in PC but can visualize
some thick debris.
Left eye:
Black circular (scarring?) on lens
affects PC view. Definitely moderate
floating debris, can see portions
of retina