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Admission date2025-03-23
Final date -
Days in captivity11
SpeciesBADO - Barred owl
AgeASY
SexF
StatusReh
Band
Ectoparasite - lice
Feather damage - Minor
Ocular - chorioretinitis, OD

Cause of injury: fishing line

Finder present at release
Release where found

Found in Blythewood,SC
Fairfield county
Here is a summary of this patient's treatments and expenses:

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate1115.40169.40
Radiographs3300.00900.00
Total  1189.40

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

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2025-04-02 17:23 ek
Leftovers: 0
72g m.
no exercise. BARP

2025-04-01 14:49 MS/LT
Weight: 820 grams, Keel score: 4.0, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: -15 g (2 %)
Food: 72 g m/ck
Check eyes: OU
Weigh
Release eval by staff
Do I need imped?

BAR, vocal in hand. Bird seems to be forming a brood patch. NOLO. Eyes look great. Only one primary broken, no need to imp. Ready to be evaluated for release.

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 - 2025-04-01
Examiner - MS/LT
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++DNE++DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
Left eye:

2025-03-31 17:00 cd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 78g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)

BARP, NOLO. No wing droop noticed. Watched me as I placed food. Pushed tx to tomorrow due to rain.

2025-03-31 13:20 cd


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
d/c meloxi
will listen to flight today before treatment and schedule imp if needed - otherwise schedule release eval

2025-03-30 15:52 JB
Leftovers: 0
Food: 71g m
Meloxicam: 0.28 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Watch for L wing droop

No L wing droop noted; flew x8-10 to try and see if droop can be exercised-induced. Still none seen and flying really well.

2025-03-29 17:38 EGG
Weight: 835 grams, Keel score: 3.0, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: -1 g (0 %)
Food: 74 g m
Meloxicam: 0.28 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Watch for L wing droop
BAR, Perched, NOLO. Bird caught and moved. Weighed and keel checked. Wt-835g K-3


MOVED TO: R5

2025-03-28 17:10 MB
Leftovers: 0
Food: 77 g ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.28 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Watch for L wing droop

NOLO, BARP- flew p2p twice when I opened door, no noticeable L wing droop.

2025-03-27 16:17 ah
Leftovers: 0
Food: fed 75 g m/ck; NOLO
Meloxicam: 0.28 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Watch for L wing droop: did not notice wing drop but bird was on the floor and started hopping around when I opened the door to the enclosure

2025-03-26 16:33 jh
Leftovers: 0
Food: 73 g dkm (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.28 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, flew 3x well while I refreshed water
NOLO

2025-03-26 14:06 cd
Weight: 836 grams
Weight change: -23 g (3 %)
BARP, flying perch to perch readily and well. Slight audible whoosh in flight and slight L wing droop evident after a lap or two. Brought inside for rads under ISO and oxygen via mask (5% ind, 2.5% maint) - no fx, some soft tissue swelling in L shoulder. Normal recovery.

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
start meloxi SID

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   

2025-03-25 16:27 kc
Leftovers: 0
Food: 76 g m/ck
BAR, NOLO, on perch

2025-03-24 17:23 gm
Leftovers: 0
Food: 74 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Fecal

QARP, let me get very close as I was looking under perch for adequate fecal sample. Quiet. Unable to obtain sample, as there was not much under perch and it was dried up. Changed water. NOLO.

2025-03-23 17:29 JB
Weight: 859 grams, Keel score: 3.5
Bird found hanging above water caught in fishing line. Finders waded into lake to retrieve bird and contained until Mark H could arrive to transport to hospital.
------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Mouth: Stringy saliva, appears moderately dehydrated
Body
Clavicle and coracoid: wnl
Pelvis: wnl
Vent: wnl, well toned
Body condition score: 3.5
Wings
Left wing: wnl with minor to moderate feather damage at distal ends of shafts
Right wing: wnl with minor feather damage (frayed)
Legs
Left leg: wnl
Right leg: wnl
Left remiges: minor to moderate damage, see feather check chart - any moderate damage/bending at distal end of shafts
Right remiges: wnl with minor frayed damage
Retrices: wnl with minor frayed damage
Ectoparasites: feather lice

Patient presents BAR with moments of quiet; appears tired but would not classify as truly lethargic. Physical exam surprisingly unremarkable. Great body condition, brood patch present, eyes in good shape, but with minor to moderate feather damage.

Administered 35mL SQ LRS for apparent dehydration
Sprayed bronco for mites

Placed in R12b - flew to perch immediately, no wing droops noted.
Left 1 mouse just in case she decides to eat overnight. Can eval over next day or two to see if she can be released quickly or for any underlying conditions to come to the surface.

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 - 2025-03-23
Examiner - JB
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++DNE++DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
Slight lack of pattern lateral to pectin and very minor debris diffusely noted but overall in good condition
Left eye:
Overall within normal limits

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