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Admission date	2024-12-26
Final date	-
Days in captivity	22
Species	BADO - Barred owl
Age	ATY
Sex	UNK
Status	Reh
Band	18192

Ectoparasite - flat flies

Feathers - sooty/soiled

Ocular - chorioretinitis, OD

Ocular - keratitis, OD

Cause of injury: Tangled in net

Finder present at release

Found in Indian Trail,NC
Union county

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

Desc Qty Cost Subtotal

Examination 1 120.00 120.00

Daily rate 22 15.40 338.80

Radiographs 3 300.00 900.00

Fecal exam 2 62.00 124.00

Total 1482.80

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

Radiographs and images
2024-12-26	2024-12-26	2024-12-29	2024-12-29	2024-12-29

2025-01-17 16:19 MB

Leftovers: 0
Food: 70 g m+ck (+ vit + Ca)

NOLO, BARP- flew p2p 4 times, grabbed onto / hung from enclosure wall twice.

2025-01-16 17:19 KK

Leftovers: 0
Food: 71 g m/ck 
BARP  NOLO

2025-01-15 17:44 MS

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

BARP, flew p2p a few times. NOLO, but collected a few pellets.

2025-01-14 15:21 LKM

Leftovers: 0
Food: 78 g m/ck 

BARP flew to other side of enclosure and hung from ceiling when entered, then dropped to perch, looking all around, flew up to ceiling again then back to perch, NOLO

2025-01-13 16:48 AL

Leftovers: 0
Food: 77 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)


BARP, NOLO. flew p2p when food was dropped.

2025-01-12 13:22 AL

Leftovers: 0
Food: 67 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)


BARP and flew p2p when food was dropped. 

2025-01-11 11:41 MS

Leftovers: 0
Food: 75 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BARP, flew p2p twice. NOLO.

2025-01-10 10:40 sc

Food: 71 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Stain: OD

Flying perch to perch. Stained neg. Plan to move to F9 soon


Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-01-10
Examiner - sc
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
DNEDNEDNEDNE
Stain Stain 
NEG DNE 
Right eye:
Maybe a small pinprick area stained
+ but nothing major
Left eye:

2025-01-09 15:51 jb/mgs

Leftovers: 0
Food: Food: 73 g m/ck
BARP

2025-01-08 15:12 CPR

Leftovers: 0
Food: 67 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BARP. Flew while in enclosure. NoLo.

2025-01-07 16:19 kc

Leftovers: 0
Food: 71 g m/ck 
BAR, on perch, NOLO, flew 4x crashed once

2025-01-07 14:42 ME

Weight: 808 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: -13 g (2 %)
NOLO
Stained OD - small area positive
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
stop eye meds since cornea is mostly healed. Moving to slightly larger enclosure with less chance of chrashin/ re-injuring eye
Will check/stain again in 3 days

MOVED TO:R 12 B



Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-01-07
Examiner - ME
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
DNEDNEDNEDNE
Stain Stain 
+ DNE 
Right eye:
small area of stain uptake ~ 9
o'clock position
Left eye:

2025-01-06 16:35 GM

Leftovers: 0
Food: 76 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 

BARP, trying to jump at wall above door and clung to ceiling. Touched wing to encourage bird to move from door, and then it reperched. While dropping food, tried to jump towards door again, but reperched. Drops not noted on food card, so I accidentally missed. Therefore did not get drops tonight. NOLO.

2025-01-05 17:00 AG

Leftovers: 0
Food: 74 g ck 
BARP, NOLO, very active, flapping around on ceiling and perching in corners

2025-01-04 15:44 egg

Leftovers: 0
Food: 69 g m
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 
BAR, Flying, NOLO. Bitey in hand. Was flying wall to wall in enclosure.

2025-01-03 17:29 LT

Leftovers: 0
Food: 72 g m/ck (meds in food) (+ vit + Ca)
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 

BARP, NOLO. Very alert and active. Both eye medications administered successfully to OD

2025-01-03 12:36 cd

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
removed note about wing droop/flight, seems to be flying well, no droop

2025-01-02 12:18 mgs

Leftovers: 0
Food: 35 g m
BAR and perched.  Flew once - flustered. NOLO  

2025-01-02 09:43 ME

Leftovers: 0
Food: 32 g ck (meds in food) 
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
NOLO
Very active, flying around
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 
Stain: OD - positive
BID: Do I have a wing droop? Difficult to evaluate since bird is so active 

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Switch to SID to reduce stress


Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-01-02
Examiner - ME
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
+DNE+DNE
Stain Stain 
+ DNE 
Right eye:
retina mildy "rough" ; no floating
debris; large (1 cm dia) area lateral
to center of cornea; edges of stained
area darker green (deeper) than
majority
Left eye:
retina mildy "rough" ; no floating
debris

2025-01-01 10:35 MS

Leftovers: 0
Food: 67 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 
BID: Do I have a wing droop? Flying? 

BARP, flew to ceiling and clung a few times. NOLO. No drooping seen.

2024-12-31 14:27 ME

Leftovers: 0
Food: 30 g m (meds in food) 
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 
Flying. No wing droop seen
NOLO? 

2024-12-31 09:20 SC

Weight: 821 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +1 g (0 %)
Food: 38 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 

BAR, perched upon entry end then flew around enclosure. NOLO. Put meds in food since eating

2024-12-30 16:34 cd/srm

Leftovers: 0
Food: 40g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 
BID: Do I have a wing droop? Flying? 

qar, perched, no noticeable wing droop and was flying well while in enclosure 

2024-12-30 09:00 eb

Leftovers: 0
Food: 34 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 
BID: Do I have a wing droop? Flying? 

QAR
flew up to ceiling upon entry, finally came down and we grabbed off perch
wing droop was not observed
nolo
4 pellets collected

2024-12-29 16:50 AL

Leftovers: 0
Food: 33 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Terramycin - OD
Diclofenac - OD 
BID: Do I have a wing droop? Flying? 

BARP, very jumpy and clinging to ceiling. could not tell if bird had a wing droop. Very active and defensive. 

2024-12-29 09:09 cd

Weight: 820 grams, Keel score: 4.0
Food: 32g ck
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 
Radiograph: intake
Weigh
Keel check
Move to - outside
Follow up exam
Check for bruising around neck from being tangled in string

BAR, NOLO. Crashing/bouncing around since early this morning. Anaesthetized under ISO and oxygen via mask (4% ind, 3% maint) for radiographs - NSF. Neck and upper keel/spine look good, no bruising or abrasions seen. Wings and shoulders palpate evenly but will keep an eye on use & posture. 
MOVED TO: R12c 

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
d/c fluids 

2024-12-28 16:34 MS

Leftovers: 37
Food: 37 g ck
SQ fluids: 20 ml R leg
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 

BARP, wanted to jump. Very bitey in hand. Did not eat.

2024-12-28 08:48 cd

Leftovers: 0
Food: 36g m 
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 

BAR, was crashing around kennel early this morning, jumping around. NOLO. Grabbed for eye meds.

2024-12-27 17:36 LT

Leftovers: 27
Food: 35 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 20 ml, if not eating
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 

BARP, 27 g m LO collected. 20ml SQ fluids given in L leg. Terramycin and Diclofenac both administered to OD successfully. Meloxicam given successfully. BADO was bright and alert during treatment

2024-12-27 10:33 GC

Fecal
Collection date2024-12-27
ResultsNEG

Fecal
Collection date2024-12-27
ResultsNEG

2024-12-27 09:42 ME

Band changed to: 18192

2024-12-27 09:00 ME

Weight: 805 grams, Leftovers: 52
Weight change: -22 g (3 %)
Food: 31 g m (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 20 ml
Meloxicam: 0.27 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
52 g LO
BAR, perched
Terramycin - OD - 
Diclofenac - OD - 
Fecal collected
Applied ID band #18192
Aged as ASY

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Moved to kennel

2024-12-26 14:21 MS

Weight: 827 grams, Keel score: 4.0

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
  Behavior and Neuro: BAR
  Mouth: dirty
  Ears: clear
Body
  Clavicle and coracoid: L shoulder feels a bit loose
  Vent: clear
  Body condition score: 4
  Fat: Keel
Wings
  Left wing: No fx palpated, full ext
  Right wing: No fx palpated, full ext
Legs
  Left leg: No fx palpated, full ext
    Left foot, ankle, digits: dirty
  Right leg: No fx palpated, full ext
    Right foot, ankle, digits: dirty
Feathers: dirty and soaking wet
  Ectoparasites: severe flat flies

BADO found in finder's pond tangled in pond net. Finders were able to remove most of the netting and trap bird. On admission, bird was very feisty and bitey, a bit cold. NSF on PE. Small piece of string still wrapped under neck, pulled it off. L shoulder felt loose, but I didn't palpate any fx or soft tissue swelling overall. Eyes have some scarring and lack of pattern, but nothing that I feel prohibits bird from being releasable. Didn't age since feathers are soaked. Set up in KR2 incubator to dry off/warm up, and bird immediately tried busting through door. Dropped 56 g m.

TREATMENTS GIVEN
0.08 ml meloxicam IM
25 ml LRS SQ L leg
Terramycin OD
Diclofenac OD
Sprayed with Bronco

Eye exam
Exam date - 2024-12-26
Examiner - MS
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++DNE++DNE
Stain Stain 
+ NEG 
Right eye:
Some floating debris ventral/medial
to pecten. Lack of pattern laterally
and what looks like old gray scarring
along caudal aspect of retina.
Stain uptake along lateral half
of cornea, mostly caudal.
Left eye:
Lack of pattern laterally and what
looks like some gray scarring caudal
to pecten.