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Admission date2024-10-28
Final date -
Days in captivity24
SpeciesBADO - Barred owl
AgeHY
SexUNK
StatusReh
Band18192
Emaciation
Feather damage - Major
Feathers - sooty/soiled
Fracture - radius, right

Cause of injury: Trapped in chimney

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

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate2415.40369.60
Radiographs5300.001500.00
Physical therapy5110.00550.00
Fecal exam162.0062.00
Total  2601.60

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

2024-10-29

2024-11-01

2024-11-01

2024-11-01

2024-11-15

2024-11-15
2024-11-20 16:14 SD
Leftovers: 0
Food: 68 g R (+ vit + Ca)
PT: PROM R wing

BAR. A little feisty when grabbing out of box. NOLO.

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
TypePROM
 ElbowWrist
Before130180
After140180
Notes
Under 2% anesthesia via mask performed R wing PT. Wrist was a little stiff at the start but quickly loosened up. Wrist was great. Discontinue anesthesia for PT.

2024-11-20 10:30 cd

Accidentally given OD pred / OS terramycin / 0.38 ml PO meloxi that was meant for other bird in condo. Changed papers while in hand.

2024-11-19 11:43 AL
Leftovers: 0
Food: 63 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
BARP, flew to ceiling of condo when I opened door to feed. NOLO.

2024-11-19 09:05 MS


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
dec food to 60-65 g

2024-11-18 11:26 me

Intentionally skipped today

2024-11-17 16:49 AG
Leftovers: 0
Food: 75 g ck
BARP, NOLO, Clacky

2024-11-16 15:00 ABH
Leftovers: 0
Food: 76 g m

NOLO. BARP.

2024-11-15 11:15 me
Weight: 704 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +66 g (10 %)
Food: 70 g m (+ vit + Ca)
NOLO
Anesthetized with ISO via mask (5% induction, 3.5% maintenance) for PT and follow-up Radiograph: 2 views of R wing - large callus, fx stable
PT: PROM R wing - wrist a little stiff; reapplied velcro bandage and duct tape chew tabs
Quick recovery
Feather check

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
TypePROM
 ElbowWrist
Before140150
After140180
Notes
wrist a little stiff, large callus palpated, fx feels stable
Feather check
Right
Left
0987654321
Tail
1234567890
 654321123456 
 
  Ok  Fault bar  Dystrophic
  Old  Curled  Broken, not impable
  Extra  Tipped  Missing
  IB, mature  Soiled  Mutilated
  IB  Bent  Unknown
  Imped  Broken, impable   
  Frayed  Singed   
     Stripped   

2024-11-14 14:42 KK
Leftovers: 0
Food: 78 g m
BARP NOLO

2024-11-13 16:22 MB
Leftovers: 0
Food: 77 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BAR NOLO. Perched. Wrap in place. Clacking. Clung to ceiling a few times. Changed papers.

2024-11-12 15:50 LKM
Leftovers: 0
Food: 72 g m

BARP, hung from ceiling twice, then perched, clacky, watched me intently, changed papers, NOLO


2024-11-11 16:04 AL
Weight: 638 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +9 g (1 %)
Food: 81g m (+ vit + Ca)
Weigh - 638g
PT: PROM R wing
Bird was BARP and was very reactive to some extensions during PT.Re-wrapped with velcro wrap and chew tabs. Wing drooped significantly while in hand. NOLO.

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
TypePROM
 ElbowWrist
Before80145
After140180
Notes
Did multiple full extensions and held at full extension. Stiff at first but only took a couple of reps before it became lose enough to extend fully.

2024-11-10 16:37 AG
Leftovers: 0
Food: 75 g ck
BARP, NOLO

2024-11-09 14:00 ABH
Leftovers: 0
Food: 77 g m

NOLO. BARP. Alert, but not defensive.

2024-11-08 16:04 cd
Weight: 629 grams
Weight change: +27 g (4 %)
Food: 93g m (+ vit + Ca)
Weigh
PT: PROM R wing
decrease food? - yes

BARP, jumping & clacking. NOLO. Brought inside for PT. Great extension with no reactivity. Reacted a bit to heavier manipulation but fx feels stable. Switched to velcro wrap, applied chew tabs.

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
decrease food to normal amount

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
TypePROM
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180
Notes
small amount of muscle stiffness on first rep but otherwise immediate full extension. Did a few reps & held at extension for a few seconds at a time.

2024-11-07 17:51 cd

Food: 90g m

No notes recorded other than food amt. Entry made 11/8

2024-11-06 16:00 MB
Leftovers: 0
Food: 90 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BAR NOLO. Perched than clung to ceiling once. Wrap in place. lots of mutes, changes paper. walked around perch, while changing paper.

2024-11-05 10:55 MS
Weight: 602 grams, Leftovers: 0
Food: 84 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Weigh

BARP, clung to ceiling. NOLO. Changed paper. Weight was skipped yesterday, reweighed today with wrap.

2024-11-04 10:00 me
Keel score: 2.5Leftovers: 0
Food: 98 g M/Ck/Fl (+ vit + Ca)
NOLO
BAR, perched, bandage intact
Anesthetized with ISO via mask (5% Induction, 3% maintain) for PT: PROM R wing; full extension immediately, no stiffness; re-applied padded Fig 8 with duct tape and chew tabs
Fairly quick recovery
Keel score 2.5


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

Physical therapy
Limb/jointRight wing
TypePROM
 ElbowWrist
Before140180
After140180

2024-11-03 16:09 AG
Leftovers: 0
Food: 51 g 1/2 FL + 1/2 ck

BARP, NoLo, Clacky

2024-11-03 09:12 dg/fm/cd
Weight: 564 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +75 g (15 %)
Food: 53 g 1/2 FL & 1/2 m
Weigh

BARP
active
refreshed condo
NOLO

2024-11-02 13:22 CPR
Leftovers: 0
Food: 97 g FL ck

BARP. NoLo.

2024-11-01 17:12 LT
Leftovers: 0
Food: 50 g 1/2 FL + 1/2 m/ck (+ vit + Ca)

BARP, NOLO. Very bright and responsive.

2024-11-01 09:03 ME
Weight: 489 grams, Keel score: 2.0, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: -3 g (1 %)
Food: 57 g 1/2 FL + 1/2 m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Radiograph: intake
Weigh
Wound care/bandage change: Wipe down with a damp cloth
Move to - condo if wipe down is clean and weigh/keel is up
SID - wipe out kennel for soot or move to a new kennel
BAR, Perched, NOLO. New weight 489, down 3 g. Clacking and jumpy, alert and looking for an escape, head on a swivel. Radiograph showed a distal radial fracture, very close to joint. Bone fragments are slightly misaligned. Has a callous on fracture. Feels somewhat stable but still has some movement. Bandaged fractured area with a padded figure 8.


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Add 10 g to food intake
Start PT R wing twice weekly.
Follow-up Rads in 2 weeks.
Feather Check in 2 weeks - signs of new tail feathers?.

MOVED TO: 17 C

2024-10-31 17:54 MS


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to BID, 1/2 + 1/2

2024-10-31 12:07 me
Leftovers: 0
Food: 26 g FL
NOLO
BAR, perched

2024-10-31 09:05 ME
Leftovers: 0
Food: 20 g FL
NOLO
BAR, perched
Wiped down with a damp cloth - very little soot coming off
Wiped out kennel for soot

2024-10-30 17:05 MS
Leftovers: 0
Food: 19 g FL (+ vit + Ca)

BAR, standing in the back, clacking. NOLO. Unsure the total food prepped.

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
inc FIC to 20-25

2024-10-30 13:23 RMB

Fecal
Collection date2024-10-30
ResultsNEG

2024-10-30 12:17 cd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 21 g FL (+ vit + Ca)

BARP, clacking. NOLO. Looked around and crouched, jumped to ground

2024-10-30 10:35 RMB

Band changed to: 18192

2024-10-30 09:40 RMB
Weight: 492 grams, Keel score: 1.5, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +68 g (16 %)
Food: 22 g FL (+ vit + Ca)

Radiograph: intake - postpone until O2 get here
Weigh
Wound care/bandage change: Wipe down with a damp cloth - lots still coming off
Fecal-yes
SID - wipe out kennel for soot yes

NOLO, Jumpy, much more BAR

2024-10-29 17:31 MS
Leftovers: 0
Food: 11 g FL (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 35 ml R leg

BAR, jumpy and bitey. NOLO!

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
inc FIC to 15-20 g

2024-10-29 12:25 MS

Food: 10 g FL (+ vit + Ca)

BARP, sleeping at first. clacking and looking around. Looks like bird didn't eat AM meal, but I left it there behind perch to not disturb.

2024-10-29 08:47 sc
Leftovers: 0
Food: 7g FL - placed on perc
Force feed: Nutrical +3g FL
SQ fluids: 40

Perched and clacking. More BAR than yesterday. NOLO. Unable to get fecal due to mutes being dried from heating pad. Increased amount of fluids due to dehydration. Wiped down with a damp cloth, soot still comes off but much less than yesterday. Had to wipe out the kennel because there is soot all over the walls. Left a note to wipe down kennel or move SID


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Stop Nutrical midday
Increase food in kennel TID
Increase fluids BID for today

2024-10-28 17:20 sc

Added 5g fl piece in front. Perched and quiet, eyes closed and "looking" up.

2024-10-28 14:52 me
Weight: 424 grams, Keel score: 2.0
History: First heard 10/24, reported today and volunteer extracted owl (very sooty)


------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: QAR
Mouth: sooty
Beak: sooty
Body
Wings
Left metacarpal: small scab ventrally
Right metacarpal: small scab ventrally
Legs
Left foot, ankle, digits: talons a little blunt
Right foot, ankle, digits: talons a little blunt
Feathers: overall fairly sooty; Only R retrices # 6 and 5 present but bent and with curly edges (singed?),remaining retrices missing, no shafts palpated

wiped bird down with damp cloth; swabbed out mouth
30 cc LRS/Vit B SQ
0.04 cc Iron Dextran IM
Nutrical PO
Placed in kennel with heating pad - stood up


Feather check
Right
Left
0987654321
Tail
1234567890
 654321123456 
 
  Ok  Fault bar  Dystrophic
  Old  Curled  Broken, not impable
  Extra  Tipped  Missing
  IB, mature  Soiled  Mutilated
  IB  Bent  Unknown
  Imped  Broken, impable   
  Frayed  Singed   
     Stripped   
Eye exam
Exam date - 2024-10-28
Examiner - me
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++DNE++DNE
Stain Stain 
NEG NEG 
Right eye:
small amount of retinal scaring cranial to pecten
Left eye:
NSF

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