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Admission date2024-04-12
Final date -
Days in captivity23
SpeciesRTHA - Red-tailed hawk
AgeSY
SexUNK
StatusReh
Bandno color
Parasitic - Capillaria
Soft tissue wounds - right leg

Cause of injury: Gunshot

Do NOT release where found

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

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate2315.40354.20
Radiographs2300.00600.00
Complete blood count160.0060.00
Packed cell volume125.0025.00
Blood lead1180.00180.00
Fecal exam262.00124.00
Total  1463.20

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

2024-04-16

2024-04-16
2024-05-05 17:43 BW/KL
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 308 g R
Exercise: 10-12x
Note L wing droop for lime

2024-05-04 10:30 AH/CD
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 3 animals
329g R/ck in total.

NOLO. BARP. Able to fly p2p accurately without incident. LIME showing obvious L wing
droop.



2024-05-03 16:21 MS

Band changed to: no color

2024-05-03 10:28 pw/ms
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 300 g m (+vit +Ca) total
Exercised 10x per bird
Wing droop for lime not noted
BARP flying easily from perch to perch, occasionally flying to ground for both patients

NOLO

2024-05-02 09:43 me/mkf
Leftovers: 0
Food: 110 g R + m

BAR, flew 14 lengths normally, well and quickly

2024-05-01 12:08 RTS/MS
Leftovers: 0
Food: 101gck (+ vit + Ca) +Terbinafine: 0.70 cc
BAR,Perching, Exercised: 10x, NoLo

2024-04-30 10:34 AO

Food: 100 g m
Terbinafine: 0.70 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Exercise: 9 x
Note behavior. Perched?

BAR, Perched. Was not able to give food combo. Did very good with excerise and landed each time. I made the mistake of putting food down before exercise so bird flew down and grabbed the food and did not let it go until about the 6th flight where he ate it. NOLO.

2024-04-29 09:45 eb/me
Leftovers: 0
Food: 112 g ck + Q wings (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.70 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Exercise: 8-10x
Note behavior. Perched?

BAR
perched
nolo
no unusual behavior was observed
flew 10x perch to perch gracefully and without incident
changed water

2024-04-28 10:00 DG/CD
Weight: 1184 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +24 g (2 %)
Food: 105 g R
Terbinafine: 0.70 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Move to - F5

Note behavior. Perched?

BAR, perched, flew a few times before being netted, moved to F5 from F9, flew straight to perch once in F5, grabbed food as soon as we left the enclosure, weighed 1184g, NOLO

MOVED TO: F5

2024-04-27 13:53 MS
Weight: 1160 grams, Keel score: 3.0, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +7 g (1 %)
Food: 100-110 g Q & m/ck combo (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.70 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Weighed

BARP, flying perfectly back and forth. Ready for a flight enclosure. NOLO. Grabbed for Bird Handling Training.

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
increase exercise

2024-04-26 11:43 MS/kjd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 81g Q, 36g m (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.70 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Exercise: 6-8x-- flew 8 times, good flights, good landings
Note behavior. Perched? perched but willing to fly without prodding
NOLO

2024-04-25 09:30 lm/me
Weight: 1153 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: -6 g (1 %)
Food: 110g Q/ck/m combo
Terbinafine: 0.70 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Weighed
Exercise: Flew 6x pretty well perch to perch before grabbing from ground, BAR
Flew back up to perch when released.
NOLO
Filled up water

2024-04-24 10:46 MS


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
start exercise tomorrow

2024-04-24 09:00 mkf/ms
Leftovers: 0
Food: 109 g mixture Q & m &ck combo (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.70 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Note behavior. Perched?

Nolo
BAR - Bird on high perch, then flew 6 lengths landing on high perch each time.
Behavior appeared normal.

2024-04-24 08:30 MS


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

2024-04-23 16:55 lkm/bw
Leftovers: 0
Food: 61 g Q & M combo
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note behavior. Perched?

BARP, flew as soon as entered, flew up to ceiling then landed on perch, flew back to other perch flying low and close to me, bird looking all around, put food down and walked back to door and bird flew down to food, NOLO

2024-04-23 09:15 eg/me
Leftovers: 0
Food: 62 g Q & Ck combo
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Wound care/bandage change: check R leg
no fresh Fecal material found
NOLO
All talons very blunt
Could not find any wounds on R leg, no swelling noted
R and L hallux have abrasions/wounds on distal plantar surfaces - cleaned, applied 2 layers of Newskin

BID: Note behavior. BAR, Perched


MOVED TO: F 9 - flew up to low perch

2024-04-22 16:26 bw/Srm
Leftovers: 0
Food: 47 g Q & M/Ck combo (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note behavior. Perched?

perched, qar, nolo, nothing of note

2024-04-22 09:20 bt/me
Weight: 1159 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +1 g (0 %)
Food: 39 g Q (+ vit + Ca)
Fenbendazole: 0.39 cc (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
NOLO
BID: Note behavior. Perched, flying


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
increase food

2024-04-21 16:27 BW/KL
Leftovers: 0
Food: 51 g Q
Force feed: 20-25 g m/ck c/u (+ vit + Ca), If not eating
SQ fluids: 35 cc, if not eating
Fenbendazole: 0.39 cc (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note behavior. Perched?


BAR perched
nolo
went immediately to food

2024-04-21 09:19 dg/cd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 54 g Q

Fenbendazole: 0.39 cc (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note behavior. Perched?

BAR, heard landing on ground when approaching enclosure so possibly perched before, stood on ground behind perch and walked around a little, NOLO

2024-04-20 16:21 BT/MS
Leftovers: 0
Food: 66 g Q
Fenbendazole: 0.39 cc (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) POh
QAR, perched when entered than dropped to ground. Repeating this several times.
NOLO
Not grabbed

2024-04-20 10:05 cd/kmj/mlm
Weight: 1158 grams, Leftovers: 35
Weight change: -8 g (1 %)
Food: 39 g Q
Force feed: 25g ck
SQ fluids: 35 cc
Fenbendazole: 0.39 cc (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Weigh:1158g
Fecal: none found
LO: 35g
BARP, hopped to ground, then back to perch, then back to ground and skittered around like a COHA
Mice from previous feeding were scattered around enclosure
Changed water

2024-04-19 16:50 cd/ms
Leftovers: 27
Food: 33g Q (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 21g ck c/u (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 35 cc
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, leapt off perch when we entered and flighty during grab attempts. R leg looks & palpates normal. Admin fluids and meds/ff and released - reperched. 27g LO removed.

2024-04-19 10:10 MS
Leftovers: 29
Food: 31 g Q (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 28 g ck c/u (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 35 cc L leg
Fenbendazole: 0.39 cc (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note behavior. Perched?

BAR, ran around enclosure and flew briefly. 29 g m c/u on brick. TF okay, swallowed well. Didn't weigh and didn't notice any swelling, but should have examined the whole leg closer.

2024-04-18 16:05 sc/ah
Leftovers: 0
Food: fed 34 g R in cage, did not see any LO
Force feed: FF 24 g m
SQ fluids: Given 35 cc fluids to R leg, noticed that R leg felt swollen and warm to touch
Fenbendazole: 0.39 cc (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Weigh
BID: Note behavior:Bird on perch upon arrival but flew from perch to ground several times while grabbing. While administering fluids to r leg, noticed it felt swollen and warm to touch. Compared to L leg after administering fluids and his R leg does appear larger (swollen) than the L leg.

2024-04-18 15:59 sc/ah
Leftovers: 0
Food: Bird was on the ground upon arrival but flew from ground to perch to ground and back several times before grabbing. Fed 34 g R in cage, and FF 24 g m; NOLO. Cleaned water dish and refilled. R leg felt swollen and warm
Force feed: 20-25 g m/ck c/u (+ vit + Ca), If not eating
SQ fluids: 35 cc, if not eating
Fenbendazole: 0.39 cc (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Weigh
BID: Note behavior. Perched?

2024-04-18 11:56 MS


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to FF and weigh SID, BW suggested to try offering Q

2024-04-18 10:00 lm/ms
Weight: 1166 grams, Keel score: 2.0, Leftovers: 54
Weight change: -118 g (9 %)
Food: 57g m - placed on perch
FF: 12g m c/u
SQ fluids: 35 cc
Fenbendazole: 0.39 cc (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR, perched and flew to ground and back up 2x, hopping around
54g lo cks
FF 12g m
Weight and keel both down

2024-04-17 16:14 cd
Leftovers: 76
Food: 56g ck (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 35 cc
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, defensive posture. Hopped to ground while trying to grab. Whole meal plus one old m LO, 76g. Placed new food on perch, reperched when released

2024-04-17 10:08 MS
Leftovers: 18
Food: 61 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Fenbendazole: 0.39 cc (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note behavior. Perched?

BARP, ran and fluttered around enclosure. Grabbed to give meds. 18 g whole m LO. Didn't give fluids.

2024-04-16 17:00 SK/BW
Leftovers: 48
Food: 55 g m
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

LO: 48g m, untouched on block
Perched, flew to ground, ran around to avoid feeder (skittish like a COHA), flew to perch to avoid feeder. leg band jangling audibly.

2024-04-16 10:28 sc

US FWS notified via email: illegal cause of injury.

2024-04-16 10:11 sc/ae
Leftovers: 78
Food: 49 g m (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 35
Fenbendazole: 0.39 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

very active in kennel before entry to enclosure. 4 feathers found, papers trashed,2 meals of LO under papers. Rads under 4% ISO via mask showed a bullet in his L leg. We were able to palpate it when he was laying down but not upright. It is in muscle and not visible. Took blood for lead, cbc and pcv/ts. Rads showed NSF. Opted to move to DLB1 for more space. Gave water and banded.

flew to perch in new enclosure out of the box. Hopefully he will start eating on his own soon.

PCV/TP
Collection date2024-04-16 10:11:00
PCV34 %
TS3.3 g\dl
Serumclear
Blood lead
Collection date2024-04-16
Level4.70 ug/dL
CBC
Collection date2024-04-16
WBC count25600
Corrected count19342
Hets/Neut64% - 12378
  Bands0+
  Toxics0+
Lymphs18% - 3481
Eos10% - 1934
Mono8% - 1547
Baso0% - 0
Thrombocytes
PI2
HemoproteusNEG
LeukocytozoonNEG
PlasmodiumNEG
Read bycd
mild heterophilia, total count elevated

2024-04-15 17:15 bw/rf
Leftovers: 0
Food: 49g m (+ vit + Ca)
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

Bird was perched and alert. Nolo so did not grab

2024-04-15 13:29 jh/bw


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
start fenben SIDx5

Fecal
Collection date2024-04-15
ResultsPOS for
capillaria
fluke
coccidia
Fecal
Collection date2024-04-15
ResultsPOS for
fluke
coccidia

2024-04-15 09:50 me
Leftovers: 55
Food: 58 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Forcefeed: 21 g M
SQ fluids: 35
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
perched, BAR

2024-04-14 16:59 bw/kl
Leftovers: 38
Food: 54g R
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

Bird was perched and alert. Defensive when grabbing for fluids

2024-04-14 10:35 me/cd
Leftovers: 47
Food: 55g m
SQ fluids: 33
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, looking around to fly as soon as door opened. 47g LO removed. Flew and clung around while trying to grab. Breathing slightly audible during tx. placed new food on perch, bird perched when placed back

2024-04-13 17:04 MS
Leftovers: 50
Food: 49 g m
SQ fluids: 35 cc R leg
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: note behavior, perched?

BARP, hopped off perch when door opened. Behavior is normal. Did not eat, gave fluids.

2024-04-13 10:46 bw
Leftovers: 55
Food: 52g m
Terbinafine: 0.77 cc (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.45 cc (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

Bird was perced with back facing away at first. Did turn to look at me. Alert but quiet

2024-04-12 18:01 cd
Weight: 1284 grams, Keel score: 3.5

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Mouth: some fresh and old blood
Glottis: possible source but unsure
Nares: old blood in and around nares
Beak: bloody
Ears: clear
Body
Vent: clean
Body condition score: 3.5
Wings
Left wing: wnl full ext
Right wing: wnl full ext
Legs
Left foot, ankle, digits: sm amt of road rash
Right stifle: some skin scraped off medially, superficial
Right hock: transfer blood, no wounds seen
Right foot, ankle, digits: some blood, no wounds seen
Feathers: molting; some remiges & retrices IB

Bird presents mostly BAR. Finder reports bird was sitting on ground and able to be approached within an arm's length. When approached to grab, he flew up to the top of a wall, but was unable to fly away further.
Transfer blood on R hock - initially thought wound but can't see any abrasion, just dried blood. Some on both feet, little road rash on L foot. Mouth and nares are bloody, swabbed out. Can't find any wounds on body except for mild skin scrape on R knee. Finished treatment and placed in condo - sitting on ground.

Treatment
---------
0.13 meloxi IM
35cc LRS SQ
55g ck

Plan
---------
Monitor behavior and watch for blood in mouth. Intake rads after quarantine.

Eye exam
Exam date - 2024-04-12
Examiner - cd
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
wnl
Left eye:
wnl

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