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Admission date2025-03-31
Final date -
Days in captivity3
SpeciesRTHA - Red-tailed hawk
AgeASY
SexUNK
StatusReh
Band
Bruised
Emaciation
Parasitic - Fluke
Soft tissue wounds - left wing

Cause of injury: Unknown

No towels

Found in Lenoir,NC
Caldwell county
Here is a summary of this patient's treatments and expenses:

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate315.4046.20
Fecal exam262.00124.00
Total  290.20

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

2025-04-01
2025-04-02 17:31 cd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 5 g FL (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 8 g FL plus Nutrical (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 35 ml
Terbinafine: 0.48 ml (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.26 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.40 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

QARP, NOLO. Grabbed for treatment, fairly quiet and weak in hand but swallowed well and jumped to back when placed in.

2025-04-02 12:28 RMB


Force feed: 7 g FL (+ vit + Ca)

BAR, Stressed. Had played with morning FIC. Wet and left on perch. After grabbed, laid down on perch.

2025-04-02 09:00 RN
Leftovers: 0
Food: 6 g FL (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 10 g FL plus Nutrical (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 25 ml
Fenbendazole: 0.24 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Terbinafine: 0.48 ml (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.26 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.40 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR, perched, fell back into kennel but perched again, prepped 35 cc but leaked so stopped at 25cc L leg, bird kept mouth open so TF food in mouth but didn't swallow until gave him water, wiped mouth from Nutrical

2025-04-01 18:17 kc
Leftovers: 0
Force feed: 8 g FL plus Nutrical
SQ fluids: 35cc
Terbinafine: 0.48 ml (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.26 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.40 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Start fl ff in PM

BARP. Very bright and alert. Meds, ff, and Nutrical all given successfully. Bruising found proximal in R leg pit, gave 35cc SQ in back. NOLO

2025-04-01 13:37 CPR


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Start Fenben

Fecal
Collection date2025-04-01
ResultsPOS for
fluke
capillaria
Fecal
Collection date2025-04-01
ResultsNEG

2025-04-01 12:49 LT/MS
Leftovers: 0
Force feed: 9 g FL plus Nutrical

BARP. Very alert and responsive. 9 g fl force fed and nutrical given.

2025-04-01 09:13 sc

Force feed: Nutrical
SQ fluids: 35cc with Vit B complex
Terbinafine: 0.48 ml (25 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.40 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
Fe Dextran: 0.08 ml (100 mg/ml inj) IM
Perched, QAR
bandage intact
collected Fecal
shredding his towels


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Start fl ff and Meloxi in PM

2025-03-31 16:26 lt/me
Weight: 803 grams, Keel score: 1.5

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Mouth: Clear
Glottis: Clear
Choana: Clear
Nares: Clean/ No discoloration
Ears: Clean/ No discoloration
Body
Vent: Clean/ No discoloration
Body condition score: 1, 1.5
Wings
Left ulna and radius: Distal, possible fx. large blood clot and scabbing. slight active bleeding
Right wing: NSF. Full extension
Legs
Left leg: NSF. Full extension
Right leg: NSF. Full extension
Feathers: NSF

L wing has large blood clot distal ulnar with significant swelling and scabbing. Shoulder, humorous, wrists, and mcm of L wing revealed no significant findings during palpation and ROM extension. Dried transfer blood present on L wing primary feathers.
L wing wound left mostly alone. Covered with gauze and Tega, wrapped with padded fig-8. Finished treatment and set up in KR2 with donut. Laid down

Treatment
---------
Torb 0.16 IM
Fluid-SQ 35cc LRS in R Leg
Gauze and tegaderm applied to wound on L wing
Padded figure 8 wrap

Plan
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Continue emac protocol. Check wound tomorrow. Radiograph when stable.

Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-03-31
Examiner - lt/me
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
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Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
NSF
Left eye:
NSF

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