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Admission date2025-01-14
Final date2025-02-23
Days in captivity40
SpeciesRSHA - Red-shouldered hawk
AgeSY
SexUNK
StatusR
Band1235-08462
Neurologic - Leg paralysis, spinal trauma
Swollen face

Cause of injury: HBC

Release approved

Found in Gold Hill,NC
Rowan county
Here is a summary of this patient's treatments and expenses:

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate4015.40616.00
Radiographs3300.00900.00
Fecal exam362.00186.00
Total  1822.00

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

2025-01-15

2025-01-17

2025-01-17

2025-01-17
2025-02-23 16:19 JB

Release record
Date2025-02-23
Band/tag number1235-08462
Band size5
Released byJaclyn Barrett
Location
Hickory, Catawba county, NC

2025-02-22 13:25 MR

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 60-65 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca) PER BIRD
Exercise 6-8x
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[26816] / 6008/lime / ASY / UNK - Did 8x with encouragement
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK - More reluctant did 6x

Both BAR, quiet flight, NOLO

2025-02-22 13:18 MS

Group entry: 2 animals

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

2025-02-21 11:40 kjd
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 164g m (+ vit + Ca) TOTAL
Exercise 6-8x

eeach flew 8x, almost collided twice, NOLO
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[26816] / 6008/lime / ASY / UNK - flew8x
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK - flew 8x

2025-02-20 12:56 CPR
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 140 g M Total
Exercise 6-8x
Both BARP. NoLo
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[26816] / 6008/lime / ASY / UNK - When approached flew to the ceiling multiple times
and fell to the ground. stood in defensive stance when approached afterward. Seen
flying to low perch when exiting enclosure.
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK - Ex 8x. Fllew from P to P well.

2025-02-19 11:45 ms
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 140 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise 6-8x
NOLO

2025-02-18 14:37 MS

Group move to: F9

2025-02-18 14:35 MS
Keel score: 4.5
Group entry: 2 animals
Grabbed both to move to F9. Both BARP, flying well.

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[26816] / 6008/lime / ASY / UNK -
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK - vocal in hand

2025-02-17 09:50 eb
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 153 g ck (+ vit + Ca) total weight
Exercise 6-8x
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could hear the birds moving / flying around as I was walking up
both birds were on right perch when I opened the door
nolo; water was available for the birds

[26816] / 6008 LIME / ASY / UNK - was apprehensive to fly at first, but finally took
flight when I got a bit closer. 7 flights; all to ceiling, then back to the same
perch. Would sometimes crash into strips before perching

[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK - 8 flights, from perch across toward other perch, then
would sweep around before landing on the other side of the perch

2025-02-16 13:17 AL

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 143g m/ck TOTAL
Weighed & keel scored both, did not exercise

2025-02-16 12:31 AL
Weight: 581 grams, Keel score: 4.0, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +84 g (17 %)
Keel: 4 with fat
Weight: 581g

Grabbed to weigh and keel check. Bird vocal in hand. Keel score 4 with some fat. NOLO.

2025-02-15 09:54 kj
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
BARP
NOLO
Food in cage: 152g m
Exercise:
[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK - 6x, kept flying to the ceiling then finally landed on
the ground and refused to budge after
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK - 8x, very good berb

2025-02-14 14:00 ME
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 159 g m (+ vit + Ca)
NOLO
Exercise 6-8x
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[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK - 10x
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK - 18x

Flight eval
Exam date - 2025-02-14
Examiner - ME
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 18 x eagerly, fast, gliding last 5-10', overshooting perches a few times; a couple of double lengths - looks great

2025-02-13 12:02 mgs
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 140 g m total
BAR; NOLO; needs fresh water but spigot broken
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[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK - 4x with much prodding and grabbed above several times
so stopped. Was perched on entry.
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK -flying on entry and continued flying about 12x with some
grabbing above. To ground a few times. More flutter than clean fly at times.

2025-02-12 12:00 DM
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 74 g m (+ vit + Ca) PER BIRD

BARP. Both tried to fly a few times when approached. Both flew towards ceiling and
fell or had difficulty landing on perches. Larger bird seemed to struggle more with
landing on perches.
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[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK - seemed to struggle more with landing on perches, fell to the ground more often
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK -

2025-02-11 15:45 lkm
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 140 g ck
Exercise 6x, 8x

BARP, smaller bird flew immediately and made a complete loop, larger bird needed
encouragement and flew up to ceiling at halfway 2x, EX 6x for larger bird ad landed
on ground the last time and stayed, EX 8x for smaller bird, both birds flying well
and gliding, NOLO

2025-02-10 11:46 sec
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 149 g ck (+ vit + Ca) NOLO
Exercise 6-8x,Both BAR-P
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[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK - flew well 8x, but was mouth breathing after 4 flights
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK - flew well 8x, but was flying toward corner several times
before flying across enclosure

2025-02-09 11:29 cd
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 140g ck total

Both BARP, NOLO. SY flew perch to perch and ceiling clung almost the entire time,
adult ceiling clung once but otherwise stayed perched.

2025-02-08 13:32 MR

Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 150g m/ck

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[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK -
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK -

Both BAR,

2025-02-07 11:06 cm
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 70-75 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca) PER BIRD
157 g ck total in enclosure

BARP. NOLO. Both flew well perch to perch.
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[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK -
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK -

2025-02-06 16:00 JB
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 149 g ck
NOLO
both flew 2 lengths well

2025-02-05 16:43 jh
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 142 g ck(+ vit + Ca)
Both BARP, flew 3-4x while i dropped food
NOLO

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[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK -
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK -

2025-02-04 16:23 AL

Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 210 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca) total
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[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK -
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK -
[26843] / ASY / UNK -


All BARP. All could fly p2p well but landed on ground or tried to go to ceiling a
lot.

2025-02-03 12:15 sec
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 3 animals
Food in cage: 213 g ck (+ vit + Ca) NOLO
BAR-P, all were running and jumping on perch

2025-02-02 13:09 JN
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 151g m
nolo, BAR, on perch, one bird flew p2p

2025-02-01 13:27 MR
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 146 g m/ck in total

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[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK -
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK -

BAR, both stayed perched, NOLO

2025-01-31 09:44 cm
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 151g m/ck total (+ vit + Ca)

NOLO.

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[26816] / 6008 / ASY / UNK - BARP
[26818] / 6039 / SY / UNK - BARP

2025-01-30 11:33 me

Band changed to: 6039

2025-01-30 11:15 me
Weight: 497 grams, Keel score: 3.0, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +27 g (6 %)
NOLO
Using legs well
Applied ID band 6039

MOVED TO:R 9

2025-01-29 16:31 jh
Leftovers: 0
Food: 33 g ck (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
BID: Note leg use

BARP, Hopped from perch to ground multiple times, using legs and feet evenly
NOLO, took food to perch immediately

2025-01-29 09:49 RN
Leftovers: 0
Food: 44g ck (+ vit + Ca)

BAR, not perched, NOLO, ran back and forth once in enclosure, went for food immediately once I closed door

2025-01-28 17:07 kc
Leftovers: 0
Food: 38g ck Watch food intake carefully
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use
BARP, NOLO, flew around 4x landed on ground and perch. no noticeable problems with legs

2025-01-28 10:00 EA
Leftovers: 0
Food:35 g ck (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BAR, flying around enclosure then perched with weight evenly on both legs, NOLO

2025-01-27 17:52 gm
Leftovers: 0
Food: 33 g m (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BARP when entering. Very active. Using legs well. Perched, jumped at back wall to escape and then ran along back of enclosure. Flew back to perch. NOLO.

2025-01-27 10:17 bt
Leftovers: 0
Food: 36 g ck (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
QAR, flying around enclosure when first entered. Then perched with weight evenly on both legs
NOLO

2025-01-26 16:15 AG
Leftovers: 0
Food: 31 g m
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use
BARP, NOLO, lots of flapping around and eventually landed and stayed on ground

2025-01-26 10:53 CPR
Leftovers: 0
Food: 35 g ck
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BAR. Running around when entering. seeming to be using both legs fine. Flew around and landed on perch. NoLo

2025-01-25 15:30 ABH
Leftovers: 0
Food: 34 g ck
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

NOLO. BAR. Grounded upon entry. Flighty.

2025-01-24 17:21 jkb
Leftovers: 0
Food: 35 g m (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BARP, NOLO, Legs seemed normal

2025-01-24 09:30 cm
Leftovers: 0
Food: 34 g ck (+ vit + Ca) Watch food intake carefully
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BARP. NOLO. Flying around enclosure while placing food. Using both legs to perch and grab side of enclosure.

2025-01-23 15:33 KK
Leftovers: 0
Food: 35 g ck
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use. No observable issues. BARP NOLO

2025-01-23 11:35 me
Leftovers: 0
Food: 38 g m
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
NOLO
BID: Note leg use - walking on ground; also flying well

2025-01-22 17:39 cd


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
d/c ff & fluids

2025-01-22 15:18 cd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 49g m partially c/u
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BARP, NOLO. Hopped down to ground and ran along back, flew up to cling to walls a few times. Fed as SID due to inclement weather schedule

2025-01-21 16:00 LKM
Leftovers: 22
Food: 25 g m
Force feed: 16 g ck Size B, If not eating
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BARP, flew to ceiling then landed on ground and stayed, Katrina held bird while I gave meds and force fed, LO 22 g

2025-01-21 10:00 ME
Leftovers: 9
Food: 23 g ck
Force feed: 21 g m
SQ fluids: 15 ml
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BAR, walking, flying and perching well
9 g LO

2025-01-20 17:00 cd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 37g m/ck
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BAR, running along ground and flew up to perch once or twice. NOLO, dropped all food
Had been moved to R35d this morning.

2025-01-20 13:29 AL

Fecal
Collection date2025-01-20
ResultsNEG

2025-01-20 12:58 sc


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Stop FL and c/u
Stop tram

2025-01-20 08:55 eb
Leftovers: 47
Food: 21 g m FIC (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 18 g (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 15 ml
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BAR
perched and flapping/flying around
normal use of legs was observed
47 g total FL & dk m LO
gave FF, meds and SQ FL with no issue

2025-01-19 16:31 JB

Very high stress/severe crashing, all LO from this am but decided not to grab to give him a chance to destress after being moved.
Food: 23g fl c/u
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use -- jumping/crashing/using legs well

2025-01-19 09:06 cd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 30 g 1/2 FL + 1/2 m c/u (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BARP and NOLO! Looking around to fly. Grabbed to move outside so we gave PO meds but combined FIC & FF and left in condo.

MOVED TO: R15b

2025-01-18 18:02 AL
Leftovers: 18
Food: 20-25 g 1/2 FL + 1/2 m/ck c/u (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 10-15 g if not eating (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 15 ml,
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use


Bird was BAR and perched, seemed to use both legs evenly. Bird was trembling a bit and was very vocal in hand. 18g LOs

2025-01-18 09:10 cd
Leftovers: 18
Food: 24g ck 1/2 FL
Force feed: 16g FL ck c/u
SQ fluids: 15 ml
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BAR, running/crouching in back. 18g LO removed. Ate one piece as tweezer feed but refused rest, force fed.

2025-01-17 17:51 MB
Leftovers: 18
Food: 25 g 1/2 FL + 1/2 m+ck c/u (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 11 g FL ck if not eating (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 15 ml, if not eating
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

18 g LO Q, BAR- crouched in back of kennel and ran away (towards kennel door) when being grabbed. Force fed all 11g and gave about 8 ml of fluids.

2025-01-17 10:17 me
Weight: 470 grams, Leftovers: 12
Food: 20 g Q (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 11 g FL
SQ fluids: 15 ml
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
12 g LO
Check eyes: OU
Anesthetized with ISO via mask for intake Radiograph: NSF
Standing, using legs well

Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-01-17
Examiner - Dr G
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
Some streaking and more pink coloration ventral to pecten
Left eye:

2025-01-16 17:15 ME
Leftovers: 18
Food: 20 g 1/2 FL c/u + 1/2 m c/u
Force feed: 11 g FL c/u
SQ fluids: 15 ml
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
Standing in back of kennel
18 g LO

2025-01-16 10:30 SC
Weight: 480 grams, Leftovers: 13
Weight change: -49 g (9 %)
Food: 19 g M
Force feed: 10 g
SQ fluids: 15 ml
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
Standing in back
BID: Note leg use
13 g LO

2025-01-15 16:55 cd
Leftovers: 20
Food: 22 g 1/2 FL + 1/2 m/ck c/u (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 15 ml
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Note leg use

BAR, running/crouching in back of kennel, seems a little disoriented. 20g LO removed. Grabbed for meds & fluids.

2025-01-15 11:13 RMB

Fecal
Collection date2025-01-15
ResultsPOS for
capillaria
Fecal
Collection date2025-01-15
ResultsNEG

2025-01-15 10:16 MS

Food: 24 g 1/2 FL + 1/2 ck c/u (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 15 ml L leg
Meloxicam: 0.17 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.26 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
Fecal
BID: Note leg use

BAR, hopping around! Not quite fully standing on legs, still a bit squatted. Face around eyes looks a bit swollen. Removed towel. Bird boated then scurried to back of kennel, half-standing.

2025-01-14 17:13 MS
Weight: 529 grams, Keel score: 4.0

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Mouth: dirty
Ears: AD bloody, crusted over
Body
Spine: NSF
Vent: NSF
Body condition score: 4
Fat: Keel, Abdomen
Wings
Left wing: No fx palpated, full extension
Right wing: No fx palpated, full extension
Legs
Left leg: No fx palpated, full extension, DPR ++ with some resistance
Right leg: No fx palpated, full extension, DPR ++ with some resistance
Ectoparasites: none seen

Finder witnessed young RSHA be HBC, brought in. On admission, bird was BAR and vocal. Menace was slow in either eye, and though both retinas were a bit hazy, no significant damage seen. Treated and placed in KR2 kennel with donut. Bird rolled out of donut and attempted standing a few times, hopped while squatted then landed on hocks and sat in the back. Start on 1/2 + 1/2 for now, monitor leg use.

TREATMENTS GIVEN
0.10 ml butorphanol tartrate IM
0.05 ml meloxicam IM
~12 ml LRS SQ R leg

Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-01-14
Examiner - MS
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
PLR and menace slow. Retina looks hazy, but no tears or scarring seen.
Left eye:
PLR and menace slow. Retina looks hazy, but no tears or scarring seen.

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