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Admission date	2024-11-30
Final date	-
Days in captivity	48
Species	BADO - Barred owl
Age	ATY
Sex	UNK
Status	Reh
Band	18191/lime

Bruised

Feather damage - Minor

Ocular - chorioretinitis, OD

Ocular - chorioretinitis, OS

Cause of injury: Tangled in string

Release approved

PASSED mouse school - 2025-01-01.

Found in Matthews,NC
Mecklenburg county

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

Desc Qty Cost Subtotal

Examination 1 120.00 120.00

Daily rate 48 15.40 739.20

Total 859.20

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

Radiographs and images
2024-11-30	2024-11-30

2025-01-17 16:37 jkb

Leftovers: 0
Food: 69 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 10-12x

BARP, NOLO, Exercised 10x, clung to wall 3x

2025-01-16 17:10 ah

Leftovers: 0
Food: fed 70 g m/ck
Exercise: flew perch to perch x 12
NOLO
Was on perch upon arrival, BAR.

2025-01-15 17:38 MS

Leftovers: 0
Food: 68 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 10-12x

BARP, flew 12x with almost no encouragement. NOLO seen. Looks great.

2025-01-14 15:38 LKM

Leftovers: 0
Food: 77 g m/ck 
Exercise: 12x

BARP, flew as soon as I entered, making 2 complete loops before landing on perch, flying and gliding well, bird does not need much encouragement to fly, NOLO

2025-01-13 16:42 AL

Leftovers: 0
Food: 66 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 12x
BARP. NOLO. Flew 12x p2p well with quiet glides. 

2025-01-12 13:30 cd

Leftovers: 0
Food: 67g ck/m
Exercise: 10-12x

BARP, NOLO. Exercised 12x. Almost silent but does have a slight ruffle each flight. Good stamina & perching. 

2025-01-11 11:41 MS

Leftovers: 0
Food: 50 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BARP, flew p2p twice. Did not exercise due to weather.

2025-01-10 09:48 cm

Leftovers: 0
Food: 72g m/ck (34 ck, 38 m)
Exercise: 10-12x

BARP. NOLO. Flew well perch to perch. Exercised 12x.

2025-01-09 15:42 jb/mgs

Leftovers: 0
Food: 63g m 
Exercise: 10-12x
Did 14 laps. Flight increasingly more graceful
NOLO

2025-01-08 15:16 CPR

Leftovers: 0
Food: 67 g ck 
Exercise: 10-12x

BARP. NoLo. Flew from perch to perch well.

2025-01-07 16:10 LKM

Leftovers: 0
Food: 66 m 
Exercise: 11x

BARP, flew from perch to perch, gliding at halfway, staying up high, NOLO

2025-01-06 16:28 GM

Leftovers: 0
Food: 65 g m
Exercise: 10-12x

BARP, exercised 12x, flew well p2p. NOLO.

2025-01-05 16:40 AG

Leftovers: 0
Food: 65 g ck 
Exercise: 10-12x
BARP, NOLO, P to P with some clinging to corner of rafters

2025-01-04 11:54 EGG

Leftovers: 0
Food: 70 g m 
Exercise: 10-12x
BAR, flying. NOLO. Flying as I entered. Ex. 12+ times. Flew very well and consistently.

2025-01-04 10:00 cd

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
was still on live prey, switched to normal

2025-01-03 16:20 LT

Leftovers: 0
Food: 2 LM 
Exercise: 10-12x

BARP, NOLO. Very bright and alert. Flew 12x with no issues. 2 Live mice placed in enclosure

2025-01-02 11:58 mgs

Leftovers: 0
Food: 57g m/ck
BAR and perched; NOLO
Exercise: 12x very well. Perch to perch each time with good flight and glide landing.  

2025-01-01 10:49 SC

Weight: 832 grams, Keel score: 4.0
Live prey test results: starting weight = 736 g, final weight = 832 g
     Gained 96 grams -> PASSED

Weight change: +58 g (7 %)
Food: 2 LM 
Exercise: 10-12x

Flying well. Caught 1 mouse right away. Flew at least 8x when attempting to catch and several times after. Making good u-turns and only clung to the wall a few times.



Flight eval
Exam date - 2025-01-01
Examiner - SC
FlightSound
Notes:
Flight looks great. Really quiet
too. Able to make u-turns and fly
overhead without being heard

2024-12-31 12:16 JD

Leftovers: 0
Food: 2 LM 
Exercise: 10-12x
BARP, NOLO, good flight, completed 12x, didn't go for mouse upon release 

2024-12-30 16:37 GM

Leftovers: 53
Food: 2 LM 
Exercised: 12x

BAR, flew well P2P, grounded once, but then able to fly to perch. I found one dead mouse on perch. Placed 2 live mice in enclosure. While outside typing notes, I heard bird grab a mouse. I checked and bird had one mouse in talon on perch. 

2024-12-30 11:17 MS

Weight: 774 grams, Keel score: 4.5
Weight change: +38 g (5 %)
Food: 2 LM 

BARP, flew p2p 6x before being caught. Clacky and bitey. NOLO seen. 2 pellets. Was looking and following the mice when they were dropped.

2024-12-29 17:10 AG

Leftovers: 0
Food: 2 LM 
Exercise: 10-12x
BARP, NOLO, P to P, Caught one live mouse fairly quickly

2024-12-28 15:25 CPR

Leftovers: 0
Food: 2 LM 

BARP. NoLo.

2024-12-28 12:00 cd

Weight: 736 grams, Keel score: 4.0
Weight change: +12 g (2 %)
BAR, flying perch to perch. NOLO

2024-12-27 17:01 MS

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to live mice starting tomorrow

2024-12-27 12:45 cd

Food: 60g m
Release eval by staff

BARP, NOLO. Flies well and very readily. Tail is potentially a tad damaged on R side but doesn't majorly affect flight. Eyed food as I placed it and left. 

Flight eval
Exam date - 2024-12-27
Examiner - cd
FlightSound
Notes:
18-20x, silent, fast, ~1/3 length
glide. Great stamina and flies
w little encouragement. Sometimes
some hard perching and wall clinging
but doesn't seem to miss perch

2024-12-26 15:30 ME

Weight: 724 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: -27 g (4 %)
Food: 62 g m/ck
Check eyes: OU
Exercise: 10x before capture - fast, gliding some, quiet


Eye exam
Exam date - 2024-12-26
Examiner - ME
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
+DNE+DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
widespread lack of pattern or weak
pattern; gray scarring caudal to
pecten, 5% affected
Left eye:
PLR present, a little slow? weak
pattern or lack of pattern cranial/lateral;
widespread gray scarring medial
and caudal to pecten, 40% affected

2024-12-25 08:57 jh

Leftovers: 0
Food: 66 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
BARP, NOLO
flew 3 laps well while I dropped food and collected pellets

2024-12-24 11:00 MS

FASTED

2024-12-23 15:28 GM

Leftovers: 1
Food: 60 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercised: 12x

BAR, flew well perch to perch, completed exercise well. Ck foot LO, but flew down and grabbed a mouse immediately after I closed door. 

2024-12-22 16:28 AG

Leftovers: 0
Food: 65 g ck 
Exercise: 10-12x
BARP, NOLO, flew perch to corner/wall and then back to perch, rarely p to p

2024-12-21 15:00 ABH

Leftovers: 0
Food: 60 g m
Exercise: 12x


NOLO. BARP. Able to fly p2p with occasional wall/aborted landing. Quiet flights.

2024-12-20 16:53 MB

Leftovers: 0
Food: 62 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 10-12x

NOLO, BARP- flew back and forth 3 times when I opened enclosure door. Exercised 10 more times: mostly grabbed onto the top of the walls behind perches instead of landing on perches.

2024-12-19 15:11 jb

Leftovers: 0
Food:fed 64 g m/ck; NOLO
Exercise: 12 times perch to perch but a few times he did latch on to the side wall first, and a few time her flew 2 laps without stopping.
Water was emptied

2024-12-18 15:38 MB

Leftovers: 0
Food: 62 g ck (+ vit + Ca)

BAR NOLO. Perched. Flew back and forth quietly. some dipping and clinging. changed water

2024-12-18 13:06 SC/ME

Band changed to: 18191/lime

2024-12-18 13:04 SC/ME

Weight: 751 grams, Keel score: 4.5
Weight change: -9 g (1 %)
Decrease food and increase exercise, Moved to R30

2024-12-17 15:21 LR

Leftovers: 0
Food: 78 g ck/m

BAR, NOLO, flying while entering enclosure, flew from perch to perch around 5 times during the short amount of time I was in there

2024-12-16 18:00 AL

Leftovers: 0
Food: 71 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
BARP, flew around when I entered to feed. NOLO.

2024-12-15 13:49 jn

Leftovers: 0
Food: 72g m
nolo, bar, on perch, flew p2p

2024-12-14 15:24 CPR

Leftovers: 0
Food: 67 g m

BAR. Flying back and forth across the back wall while in enclosure. NoLo.

2024-12-13 15:59 MB

Leftovers: 0
Food: 73 g ck (+ vit + Ca)

NOLO, BARP- flying p2p, stopped and grabbed onto wall w/ talons once

2024-12-12 14:29 KK

Leftovers: 0
Food: 72 g m  BARP  NOLO

2024-12-11 15:28 MB

Leftovers: 0
Food: 69 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BAR NOLO. Perched. Flying from perch to perch quietly. Clinging to corners. 

2024-12-10 15:48 kc

Leftovers: 72
Food: 93 g m/ck
BAR on perch. Flew three times across enclosure. LO 72 g ck. collected mutes.

2024-12-09 11:30 cd

Weight: 760 grams, Keel score: 3.5
Weight change: +6 g (1 %)
Food: 66g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
Check eyes: OU
Weigh
Keel check

BARP, flying and clinging to top corners. Eyes look the same as intake, did notice lack of pattern and OS caudal-most tear today, again nothing fresh. Need a second opinion later but bird came in with old damage at a good body condition and appears to navigate enclosure well and eat consistently. Flew perch to perch immediately when placed in 12b. 
MOVED TO: R12b

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
switch to SID
stop meloxi & tram

Eye exam
Exam date - 2024-12-09
Examiner - cd
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
+DNE+DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
PLR incomplete but regular. Little
to no pattern widespread. Minor
scarring in caudal quarter, some
pits medial/caudal, two small pits
just cranial/lateral to pecten.
Left eye:
PLR incomplete and less than OD
but present. Little to no pattern
widespread. Tear along most caudal
edge, ~4-8 o clock, heavy localized
scarring on margins. Light scarring
in caudal quarter overall. Bright
region just caudal to pecten.

2024-12-08 16:12 AG

Leftovers: 0
Food: 30 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, NOLO, flew around and hung on walls/ceiling

2024-12-08 09:29 fm

Leftovers: 0
Food: 40g m
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

NOLO
BAR
sitting above door when I entered and seems to spend a lot of time there - be aware
flew around top of enclosure and clung to ceiling several times

2024-12-07 15:15 ABH

Leftovers: 0
Food: 35 g m
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO


NOLO. BARP. Flighty. Flew p2p twice.

2024-12-07 09:00 kj

Leftovers: 0
Food: 37 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
NOLO
BARP - very active, hop/flying back and forth

2024-12-06 15:24 MB

Leftovers: 0
Food: 30-35 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

NOLO, BARP- perched on top of door when I entered, flew to wall and hung on by talons until I left.

2024-12-06 08:46 cm

Leftovers: 0
Food: 34 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR. NOLO. Grounded when I entered enclosure, successfully flew to perch while I placed food.

2024-12-05 15:28 KK

Leftovers: 16
Food: 30 g ck
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP  16 g LO R

2024-12-05 09:26 KRS

Leftovers: 34
Food: 35 g ck
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
34 g leftovers, BAR, very active, flying well between perches. Moved to R12A

MOVED TO: R12a

2024-12-04 16:34 MB

Leftovers: 31
Food: 33 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR LO=31g. Flew back and forth, some flapping noises. Watching closely 

2024-12-04 09:56 sc

Band changed to: 18191

2024-12-04 09:54 sc

Weight: 754 grams, Leftovers: 0
Food: 33 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP. NOLO. Started to fly around in kennel, clinging to the door. Half of the tail feathers are bent, not sure if they will need imping or not. Since NOLO and behaviorally more normal than upon intake, moved out to R12b. Banded. Flew straight up to perch.

Feather check
RightLeft
0987654321Tail1234567890
 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   

2024-12-03 16:42 MS

Leftovers: 0
Food: 33 g m
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, hissed. NOLO.

2024-12-03 10:30 EA

Leftovers: 0
Food: 31g m
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR, clacking, standing at back of kennel, flew out of kennel while attempting to change papers, flew around room and landed on several kennels before feeder was able to grab and place back into kennel.NOLO 

2024-12-02 17:26 AL

Leftovers: 17
Food: 33g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO


17g LO, QAR, handled to give meds due to LOs. 

2024-12-02 10:00 eb

Leftovers: 0
Food: 30-35 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR
clacky 
sitting on towel by the door
mutes present
nolo

2024-12-01 17:09 egg

Leftovers: 0
Food: 30 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
Check eyes: OU
QAR, Standing. NOLO. Alert, but not vocal or moving. Does quickly turn head when cover is removed from kennel. 

2024-12-01 09:25 cd

Leftovers: 28
Food: 36g m
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
Check eyes: OU

BARP, 28g lo removed. No wing droop while perched, did droop a little while in hand. Eyes have a good amount of scarring caudally but bird has a good body condition and came in for an unrelated issue, no fresh eye trauma. Bruising/swelling on back has receded, more pale red in color. 

Eye exam
Exam date - 2024-12-01
Examiner - cd
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++DNE+DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
Old damage caudally in two spots
- directly beneath pecten and slightly
medial. Both well defined areas
of scarring, some pits. Rest looks
okay.
Left eye:
PLR is slower but present. Old
damage caudally beginning just
below pecten, scarred, looks like
maybe an old tear?

2024-11-30 17:07 MS

Food: 35 g ck
Meloxicam: 0.25 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.37 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR, standing. Hopped to back when put back in kennel.

2024-11-30 13:05 egg

Weight: 748 grams, Keel score: 3.5

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
  Behavior and Neuro: QAR
  Mouth: Clear
  Nares: Clear
  Ears: Clear
Body
  Spine: Swelling and bruising
  Body condition score: 3.5
Wings
  Left wing: Drooping
    Left humerus: Proximal bruising, ventrally and dorsally, fresh
  Right wing: Drooping
    Right humerus: Proximal bruising, ventrally and dorsally, fresh
Legs
  Left leg: NSF
    Right foot, ankle, digits: Slight road rash digit 4
QAR, lying on keel in box, but gripping towel. Both wings drooping. Lethargic, did not fight or try to bite. Kept OD more closed than OS. String/rope tangled around both wings across back. No fractures palpated, but there was fresh bruising on humerus on both sides, proximal, and both dorsally and ventrally where the string was wrapped. Upper back also bruised and swollen, from around where the elbows rest upwards. Slightly dehydrated. There was a little road rash on digit 4 of the right foot. Placed in kennel with towel doughnut to support wings. 
Treatment:
Meloxicam: 0.07 mL IM
Fluids: 25 mL SQ

Eye exam
Exam date - 2024-11-30
Examiner - egg
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
+DNENEGDNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
Some scarring caudal and medial
to pecten. Low area, high density.
About 5%
Left eye:
PLR slow. Scarring medial to pecten,
as well as small areas throughout.
About 6-7%