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Admission date2025-01-15
Final date2025-02-24
Days in captivity40
SpeciesAMKE - American kestrel
AgeASY
SexM
StatusR
Band2023-09903
Emaciation
Soft tissue wounds - right wrist

Cause of injury: HBC suspect

Finder present at release
Release approved
Release where found

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

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate4012.60504.00
Radiographs6300.001800.00
Fecal exam162.0062.00
Total  2486.00

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

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2025-02-24 13:00 sc
Weight: 114 grams
Weight change: -2 g (2 %)

Release record
Date2025-02-24
Band/tag number2023-09903
Band size3B
Released byfinder
Location
Mt Ulla, Rowan county, Nc

2025-02-23 11:16 CPR
Leftovers: 0
Food: 32 g m
Exercise: 8-10x

BARP. Ex 10x. Flew from P to P well. NoLo

2025-02-22 13:16 MR
Leftovers: 0
Food: 25 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 8-10x
BAR, did 10x very easily and quickly, quiet flight, NOLO

2025-02-21 11:12 kjd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 23 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 8-10x

flew 9x good flights and landings, NOLO

2025-02-20 16:42 MS

Food: 25-30 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: flew 8 full circles around enclosure, but did fly to the ground one time in the middle.
BAR and perched in box upon arrival

2025-02-20 14:22 MS

Pushed release to Monday PM due to weather

2025-02-20 12:36 CPR

Food: 26 g m
Exercise: 8-10x

BARP. ex 10x. Flew from perch to perch well. NoLo

2025-02-19 09:53 MS

Food: 33 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Release eval by staff

BAR, perched in box. Ready to go. 16 g m LO. Finder will pick up Fri morning.

Flight eval
Exam date - 2025-02-19
Examiner - MS
FlightSound
Notes:
Flew 20x+, mostly p2p but a few continuous loops. No OMB, good stamina.

2025-02-18 13:24 JD
Leftovers: 0
Food: 28 g m
Exercise: 8-10x
NOLO, sleeping upon entry, BARP, completed 10x

2025-02-17 10:19 me
Weight: 116 grams, Keel score: 3.5, Leftovers: 42
Weight change: +5 g (5 %)
Food: 30 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 6x loop, almost all in half-loops
42 g LO
Lower food if weight is good


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Reduce food

2025-02-17 08:43 sc

increase exercise

2025-02-16 12:53 cd/ac
Leftovers: 19
Food: 42g m
Exercise: 6-8x

BAR, 19g LO removed, good stamina. Flew well perch to perch too many times to count.

2025-02-15 10:01 kj
Leftovers: 11
BARP
LO: 11g
Food: 40g m
Exercise: 8x

2025-02-14 11:29 kjd
Leftovers: 34
Food: 45g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 6-8x

flew 7x, some ceilings landings, 34g m LO

2025-02-13 15:23 ME
Leftovers: 0
Food: 35 g m
NOLO
Exercise: 10x
Release eval by staff

Flight eval
Exam date - 2025-02-13
Examiner - ME
FlightSound
Notes:
flew ~ 20 times half loop or less, only once did he fly a full loop. Strong but slowly losing altitude later on; ended up on ground but got back up to perch soon after each time; seemed winded at end and stayed on ground. Needs more time

2025-02-12 11:51 RN
Leftovers: 13
Food: 34 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BARP, flew from perch to perch as I checked for LOs, LO 13g on ground, placed food on textured perch on L side of enclosure

2025-02-11 13:13 JD
Leftovers: 0
Food: 35 g m
Exercise: 6-8x
NOLO, flew at any and all approach, completed 8x, BARP

2025-02-10 11:41 sec
Leftovers: 40
Food: 35 g m (+ vit + Ca) 40g m LO- 2 mice
Exercise: 6-8x- BAR-P 8x- flew around enclosure 8x sometimes flying to corner then to perch. Strong and fast flights and landings

2025-02-09 11:30 cd
Leftovers: 18
Food: 41 g m
Exercise: 6-8x

Perched in back hide box initially. 18g LO removed, one whole m. Exercised ~10x, flew well. Had some trouble getting back up to perch at one point when he tried to cling in the corner, but flew back up to opposite perch.

2025-02-08 13:22 MR
Leftovers: 7
Food: 37 g m
Exercise: 6-8x
BAR, did exercise quickly and with ease, quiet flight, leftover mouse

2025-02-07 11:09 cm
Leftovers: 43
Food: 42 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 6-8x

QARP perched in box. 43 g LO (two full mice). Exercised 7x (full loop around enclosure).

2025-02-06 15:35 me
Leftovers: 0
Food: 42 g m
NOLO
Release eval by staff


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
start regular exercise

Flight eval
Exam date - 2025-02-06
Examiner - me
FlightSound
Notes:
Flew 7x cage loop, mostly in half-loops; overshot perches frequently; strong lights with some gliding at first, little to no gliding later; ended up on ground several times but woud take off almost immediately; Slight R wing droop; Needs more time

2025-02-05 17:59 cd

Pushed flight eval to tomorrow, ran out of time today

2025-02-05 16:59 jh
Leftovers: 0
Food: 38 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BARP, NOLO. Flew 3 laps around enclosure.

2025-02-04 13:30 JD
Leftovers: 0
Food: 35 g m
NOLO, BARP, very flighty, great flight around enclosure

2025-02-03 12:09 sec
Leftovers: 0
Food: 40 g m (+ vit + Ca)NOLO
Release eval by staff
Ex 6-8x, BAR-P, 8x, flew to corner of enclosure a few times then to perch, other than that strong flight and landings

2025-02-02 13:17 JN
Leftovers: 0
Food: 30-40 g m (+ vit + Ca)
nolo, BAR, on perch, flew p2p

2025-02-01 13:19 MR
Leftovers: 0
Food: 36 g m
Exercise 8-10x
BAR, fluttered on and off perch, some wall gripping, NOLO.

2025-01-31 15:17 DR G/MS
Weight: 111 grams
Weight change: +5 g (5 %)
Flying readily and well, no apparent wing droop.
Carpus looks great - skin slightly thickened, but not swollen or painful, no wounds, good ROM.
Moved to larger mew. Flew well. Check for plan to rehab and release on Monday. Dr Gardner
Food: 38 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

MOVED TO: F2

2025-01-30 11:41 mgs
Leftovers: 0
Food: 36 g m
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR and perched. R wing looked OK. Flew far end perch to perch maybe 4X Looked fine. NOLO

2025-01-29 11:26 RTS
Leftovers: 0
Food: 30 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases
Note R wing of droop, note flight

NoLo, BAR, Perching, Flying, No Noticeable R wing droop.

2025-01-28 12:57 JD
Leftovers: 0
Food: 38 g m
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases
Note R wing of droop, note flight
NOLO, very frantic flight, BARP, continuously bobbing head, no visible R wing droop

2025-01-27 11:04 sec
Leftovers: 0
Food: 41 g m (+ vit + Ca)NOLO
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases
Note R wing of droop, note flight- BAR-P no right wing droop noticed, flew a few times to other perch, then perched close to wall.

2025-01-26 12:44 jn
Leftovers: 0
Food: 30g m
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
nolo; bar
on perch; flew well p2p; no R wing droop noted

2025-01-25 13:56 MGR
Leftovers: 23
Food: 33 g m
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases
BAR, no noticeable wing droop, wall gripping, frantic flying but otherwise looked okay.

2025-01-24 11:39 Dr G/ ME
Weight: 106 grams
Weight change: +1 g (1 %)
Adorable.
Radiographs taken - there is still some soft tissue swelling over the right carpus but it is improved. The radiographs are not conclusive - there is a small dot of radiopacity over the carpus that may be a bone chip, but the surrounding bony protrusions look intact. The joint has good range of motion and swelling is much improved.
Scab over carpus exfoliated to reveal a tiny wound - applied Silver gel.
Per staff he is flying in hab and using both wings well.
Will check outside next week, may repeat radiographs in 2 weeks pending progress.
OK to d/c antibiotics if still on them. Would continue Meloxicam. Dr Gardner

2025-01-23 11:50 mgs
Leftovers: 0
Food: 33 g m
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases

BAR and perched. Immediately fluttered all around at his end - to ground, to side, to perch, etc - obviously nervous but looked ok. NOLO

2025-01-22 16:00 cd

Skip day due to inclement weather schedule

2025-01-21 10:53 AL
Leftovers: 0
Food: 40g m
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases

Wound care/bandage change: Flush/ silver-gel R carpus wound
Switch to: SID

Wound on R carpus swollen with slight active bleeding. Flushed and applied pressure until bleeding stopped, and then applied silver gel.

MOVED TO: R11

2025-01-20 16:15 gm
Leftovers: 0
Food: 22 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR, hissy, standing on floor at back of enclosure. NOLO.

2025-01-20 13:30 AL

Fecal
Collection date2025-01-20
ResultsNEG

2025-01-20 08:50 eb
Leftovers: 0
Food: 15 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases

QAR
on floor of enclosure
flying around when door was opened
changed newspaper

2025-01-19 17:39 AG
Leftovers: 0
Food: 22 g m
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Weigh
Wound care/bandage change: Flush/ silver-gel R carpus wound
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases

BARP, NOLO, flapped around a bit and settled down in corner of cage

2025-01-19 10:38 cd
Weight: 105 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +7 g (7 %)
Food: 19g m
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Weigh
Wound care/bandage change: Flush/ silver-gel R carpus wound
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases

BARP, NOLO, mutes ++. Recollected fecal sample; had not been read yet. Wrist wound is scabbed well. flushed gently and dried but nothing came up. Applied silver gel.

Surgery report
Procedure - Wound debridement
Performed by - cd
Surgery time - 0 minutes

cleaned/flushed carpus wound & applied silver gel

2025-01-18 16:12 CPR
Leftovers: 0
Food: 19 g m
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases

BARP. changed papers. Flattened himself in the back right corner facing the wall. NoLo.

2025-01-18 10:17 cd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 19 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases

BARP, NOLO. Flew/crashed against back wall when I opened door and continued jumping as I dropped food. Papers looked okay, did not change them this morning to avoid further stress

2025-01-17 11:24 Dr. G/MS
Weight: 98 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +7 g (8 %)
Food: 19 g m + 2 MWs (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.03 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Vet check: R wrist
D/C Meloxicam if appetite decreases

BAR and trying to fly around carrier.
R carpus palpably swollen but good ROM and not particularly painful.
Radiographs are indistinct over carpus due to small size and soft tissue swelling.
I cleaned the carpus carefully and was able to remove the small scab. There is a superficial abrasion just distal to the peak of the carpal joint.
Cleaned and applied Silver-gel - continue EOD.
Added meloxicam because he is eating and gained - however, put note to d/c if appetite decreases.
Moved to condo.
If repeating radiographs, do a skyline of the R wing as well. Dr Gardner

MOVED TO: R17a

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
increase food by 5 g

2025-01-16 17:20 ME
Leftovers: 0
Food: 10g m plus 3 giant mealworms in deep cup
Bird sitting in back of kennel; was perched earlier today
NOLO!

2025-01-16 11:33 me
Weight: 91 grams, Keel score: 3.0, Leftovers: 26
Food: 15g m
Force feed: 5 g ck, c/u small
SQ fluids: 7
Check eyes: OU
26 g LO
Anesthetized with ISO via mask for intake Radiographs, using dirty box: soft tissue swelling at R wrist
Fecal
Follow up exam - NSF other than R wrist swelling and small scab, no crepitation, full ROM; some feather damage on tail

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 - 2025-01-16
Examiner - me
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
WNL
Left eye:
WNL

2025-01-15 18:34 cd

Food: 1 m

BARP, dove into back wall and kept jumping/crashing against wall as I put food in and closed door.

2025-01-15 18:09 cd
Weight: 93 grams, Keel score: 2.5
Found 1/9 sitting on road with wing out. Finder contained and kept in large kennel space, reported he would fly around. Fed crickets, mealworms, & waxworms. Finder saw a larger AMKE at the same spot, suspects mate.

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Mouth: clean
Ears: clean
Body
Vent: clean
Body condition score: 2.5
Wings
Left wing: wnl full ext, in use
Right wing: wnl full ext, in use
Right wrist: small possible scab, didn't pick
Legs
Left leg: wnl full ext, in use
Right leg: wnl full ext, in use
Ectoparasites: none seen

Bird presents BAR and feisty, vocal. Finder reported suspected wing injury. No crepitation felt, small scab on right wrist, did not pick. Uses both wings, no droop seen but KEO. No other findings. Set up in KR2 - ran/flew to back of kennel and hunched down.
Treatment
---------
8cc LRS SQ R leg

Plan
---------
Monitor for wing droop. Check OU and get rads tomorrow as time allows.

Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-01-15
Examiner - cd
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++++
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
did not do full exam, but menace/PLR ++
Left eye:
did not do full exam, but menace/PLR ++
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