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27349 Problems Notes Costs
Admission date2025-09-11
Final date2025-10-20
Days in captivity39
SpeciesEASO - Eastern screech owl
AgeHY
SexUNK
StatusR
Band1235-08478
Malnutrition - emaciation
Parasitic - Capillaria

Cause of injury: Unknown

Needs live prey test
Release approved

Local ID: 25B589 PASSED mouse school - 2025-10-19.

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

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate3912.60491.40
Radiographs3300.00900.00
Fecal exam462.00248.00
Eye exam325.0075.00
Total  1834.40

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

2025-09-13
2025-09-13
2025-09-13
2025-10-20 11:58 RMB
Weight: 204 grams

Release record
Date2025-10-20
Band/tag number1235-08478
Band size5
Released byApp Wild
Location
Marshall, Madison county, NC

2025-10-19 15:25 SI
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 48g m
BARP
NOLO

2025-10-19 13:13 RMB
Weight: 199 grams, Keel score: 3.5
Live prey test results: starting weight = 189 g, final weight = 199 g
Gained 10 grams -> PASSED

Weight change: +10 g (5 %)
Weigh for end of LPT

2025-10-18 15:48 EGG
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 2 LM total
Exercise: 12x
BAR, perched initially, trying to look like tree. Once i got close, both starteed
flying. Both flew well, quiet.
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[27349] / 6059 / HY / UNK -
[27359] / 5044/orange / AHY / UNK -

2025-10-17 16:47 JKB
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 1 LM PER BIRD
Exercise: 10-12x
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[27349] / 6059 / HY / UNK - BARP, NOLO, Camouflaging, Exercised 10x
[27359] / 5044/orange / AHY / UNK - BARP, NOLO, Camouflaging, Exercised 10x

2025-10-16 16:44 MS

Group entry: 2 animals
Birds were not switch to live mice after start of Mouse School Tuesday. Were given
dead food yesterday. Discussed with ME and opted to fast today, and continue on live
mice only starting tomorrow.

2025-10-15 15:37 jh
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 44 g m (+ vit + Ca) PER BIRD
Exercise: 10-12x

Both birds BAR, Perched in "house"
NOLO
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[27349] / 6059 / HY / UNK - makes a whislting sound in flight
[27359] / 5044/orange / AHY / UNK - flight is silent and balanced

2025-10-14 16:00 LMR
Weight: 189 grams, Keel score: 4.5
Weight change: +6 g (3 %)

2025-10-14 16:00 LMR
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 2 LM

BARP, flew as soon as I approached, dropped LM, NOLO

2025-10-13 17:23 cd
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 40 g m (+ vit + Ca) TOTAL
Exercise: 10-12x

Both BARP, orange perched near door. NOLO.

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[27349] / 6059 / HY / UNK - flew ~8x. Quiet but definite whistle, most audible during
flaps.
[27359] / 5044/orange / AHY / UNK - flew ~14-16x, flies very readily, silent

2025-10-12 16:45 AD
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 41 g m FIC

Both BARP. NOLO
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[27349] / 6059 / HY / UNK - BAR. Aged by RMB.
[27359] / 5044/orange / AHY / UNK - BARP, flying p2p as I dropped food in enclosure.

2025-10-12 16:41 RMB

Aged with black light, all feathers are the same color.

2025-10-11 15:54 ih
Leftovers: 0
Group entry, 67g m Ex 12 times, no issues w/flights seen.
6059 BARD, ears down
5044/orange BARD, ears up

2025-10-11 12:01 MS

Group entry: 2 animals

----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Add exercise

2025-10-10 16:34 JKB
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 43 g m (+ vit + Ca) TOTAL
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[27349] / 6059 / UNK / UNK - BARP, NOLO, Camouflaging
[27359] / 5044/orange / AHY / UNK - BARP, NOLO, Camouflaging

2025-10-10 14:05 RS/ME
Weight: 183 grams, Keel score: 3.0
Weight change: +13 g (8 %)
Flying well, very quiet - no whistling noted
primaries & secondaries look good

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   
Flight eval
Exam date - 2025-10-10
Examiner - RS/ME
FlightSound
Notes:

2025-10-09 15:50 LT
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 43 g m TOTAL

BARP, both perched against back wall. Both flew p2p multiple times. NOLO
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[27349] / 6059 / UNK / UNK -
[27359] / 5044/orange / AHY / UNK -

2025-10-08 15:20 cd
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 42g m (+ vit + Ca) TOTAL

Both camouflaged in back, NOLO. Flight eval for both. Orange tape has been taken off, can't tell who's who, assumed based on whistling.

Flight eval
Exam date - 2025-10-08
Examiner - cd
FlightSound
Notes:
flew 7x, needed a little more push than other, noticeable whistling while flapping. otherwise flight looks great

2025-10-07 16:55 LMR
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 46 g m total

Quiet 1 perched on back perch and 1 in house, both flew to front perch as I approached,
dropped food and birds flew to back as I walked towards door, NOLO

2025-10-06 16:23 AD
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 42 g m FIC (+ Vit + Cal)
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[27349] / 6059 / UNK / UNK - BARP. Flying p2p as I dropped food.
[27359] / 5044/ Orange / AHY / UNK - QARP. Remained perched whole time.

2025-10-05 17:12 LT
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 40 g m TOTAL

BAR, both birds grabbed for weight and keel recordning. Flew to perch immediately.
after. NOLO

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[27349] / 6059 / UNK / UNK -
[27359] / 5044/ Orange / AHY / UNK -

2025-10-05 17:10 LT
Weight: 170 grams, Keel score: 3.0
Weight change: -3 g (2 %)

Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-10-05
Examiner - LT
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++DNE++DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
NSF. EASO very visual OU, no floating debris or trauma.
Left eye:

2025-10-04 15:53 KG
Leftovers: 0
Food: 29 g m
BARP, NOLO. Perched in back box, began to fly readily when approached.
Ex. 10+ times.

2025-10-03 16:21 JKB
Leftovers: 0
Food: 25 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 8-10x

BARP, NOLO, Camouflaging, Exercised 8x

2025-10-02 16:01 KK
Leftovers: 0
Food: 25 g m
Exercise: 8-10x. Flew 10x well
BARP NOLO

2025-10-01 17:01 jh
Leftovers: 0
Food: 24 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 8-10x

BARP, NOLO
Flew 10x perfectly - eager to fly, balanced and silent

2025-09-30 14:38 ih
Leftovers: 0
Food: 28 g m

QAR Perched. Bird did not move from far wall of cage. NOLO

2025-09-30 09:22 ih

Exercise: 8-10x

QAR Perched. Exercised 10x. Note slight whistling during flight.

2025-09-29 15:00 AD
Leftovers: 0
Food: 19 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Exercise: 8-10x

BARP. Flew 9x p2p easily. Flew silent. NOLO

2025-09-28 15:11 KF
Leftovers: 0
Food: 19 g m
NOLO, BARP, P2P, Flappy flight

2025-09-27 17:07 EGG
Leftovers: 0
2 animals, Food in cage 52g mouse,BARD, NOLO

2025-09-26 15:50 LT
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 39 g m TOTAL (+ Vit + Cal)

BARP, on opposite perches. Did not feather check "no color" today due to inclement
weather. Both EASO very alert and responsive, flying p2p as food was placed in. NOLO
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[27305] / 5072/orange / UNK / UNK -
[27349] / 6059 / UNK / UNK -

2025-09-25 13:15 MS
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 47 g m

Both BAR, flying well. NOLO seen. Water was clean.

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[27305] / 5072/orange / UNK / UNK - Ready to go
[27349] / 6059 / UNK / UNK - Has a slight whistle during flight, but otherwise, doing
well. Schedule feather check and potentially another eval.

Flight eval
Exam date - 2025-09-25
Examiner - MS
FlightSound
Notes:
Flew 12x, needed some encouragement. Flight is great but bird has a slight whistle when flapping.

2025-09-24 10:26 RN
Weight: 173 grams, Keel score: 3.5, Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 42 g m (+ Vit + Cal)

Both BAR, perched, evasive, took a few tries to catch both, water looked good
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[27305] / 5072/orange / UNK / UNK - 125g, 3.5 no fat
[27349] / 6059 / UNK / UNK - 173, 3.5 little fat, big jump in weight/keel score?

2025-09-23 14:44 ih
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 56 g m


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[27305] / 5072/orange / UNK / UNK -
[27349] / 6059 / UNK / UNK -

Both BAR & Perched. Some flight from both. NOLO

2025-09-22 16:14 gm
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 41 g m (+ Vit + Cal)

Both BARP. Both staring at me. Not camofluaging. Changed water. NOLO.
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[27305] / 5072/ Orange / UNK / UNK - On top of nest box.
[27349] / 6059 / UNK / UNK - Perched inside box.

2025-09-21 16:54 LT
Leftovers: 0
Group entry: 2 animals
Food in cage: 82 g m TOTAL (+ Vit + Cal)

BARP, 6059 flying p2p as enclosure was entered. 5072/ Orange added to enclosure,
flew to perch immediately when released from transport box. NOLO
----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Stop Exercise
Decreased food to standard amount
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[27305] / 5072/ Orange / UNK / UNK -
[27349] / 6059 / UNK / UNK -

2025-09-20 16:30 KG
Leftovers: 0
Food: 39 g m
BAR, perched in box, but began to fly as I walked in to put food down. NOLO

2025-09-19 16:24 JKB
Leftovers: 0
Food: 43 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BARP, NOLO, Flying, Looking for escape

2025-09-18 14:57 KK
Leftovers: 0
Food: 23 g m
BARP NOLO

2025-09-18 12:04 RS


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Increased food, weigh in 1 week- eval for exercise

2025-09-17 10:07 RN
Weight: 135 grams, Keel score: 2.0, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +2 g (2 %)
Food: 30 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BAR, perched, bitey, flapping wings before under control, 135g, 2-2.5 keel

MOVED TO: R8

2025-09-17 08:25 RMB


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------

Switch to SID

2025-09-16 17:05 MS
Leftovers: 0
Food: 13 g m

BARP, camouflaging. NOLO.

2025-09-16 13:10 jh

Fecal
Collection date2025-09-16
ResultsNEG
Fecal
Collection date2025-09-16
ResultsNEG

2025-09-16 09:20 ws
Leftovers: 0
Food: 14 g m

Perched and some clacking. Very puffed. Defensive. R wing raised. NOLO.

2025-09-15 16:39 GM
Leftovers: 0
Food: 11 g m (+ vit + Ca)

BARP, clacking. Jumped and clung to ceiling, then reperched. NOLO.

2025-09-15 08:55 eb
Leftovers: 0
Food: 11 g dk m (+ vit + Ca)
Fenbendazole: 0.04 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR, perched on left side of condo
flew up to top of condo while I was cleaning; then went back down to left corner of condo
1 pellet collected
nolo
changed newspaper

2025-09-14 15:19 kf
Leftovers: 0
Food: 10 g m
BARP, NOLO

2025-09-14 09:22 ck
Leftovers: 0
Food: 12 g m
SQ fluids: 5 ml
Fenbendazole: 0.04 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR. standing on perch in corner. no leftovers. eyes slightly open. cleaned out newspapers

2025-09-13 16:35 EGG
Leftovers: 0
Food: 12 g m
Standing on perch, trying to camouflage. NOLO. Was still.

2025-09-13 16:26 IH/MS


----------- ORDER CHANGE -------------
Start fenben SIDx3

Fecal
Collection date2025-09-13
ResultsPOS for
capillaria
Fecal
Collection date2025-09-13
ResultsNEG

2025-09-13 09:15 cd
Weight: 133 grams, Keel score: 2.0, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +8 g (6 %)
Food: 11 g m (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 5 ml
Check eyes: OU
Radiograph: NSF
Weigh
Fecal sample collected

Perched, camouflaging, NOLO. BAR once grabbed. Brought inside and anaesthetized under ISO and oxygen via mask for rads (3.5% ind, 2% maint on account of emaciation) - NSF, quick and normal recovery. Only finding on rads was a tiny opacity on L side of lower mandible. No evidence of it visually or on palpation. Brought back outside, cleaned condo and replaced.

Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-09-13
Examiner - cd
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
DNEDNEDNEDNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
mild widespread scarring - thin, mottled dk grey
Left eye:
mild widespread scarring - thin, mottled dk grey

2025-09-12 16:36 MB
Leftovers: 0
Food: 13 g m (+ vit + Ca)

NOLO QAR- Stayed in one spot, camouflaging on perch.

2025-09-12 09:17 RS

Band changed to: 6059

2025-09-12 09:15 RS
Weight: 125 grams, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +5 g (4 %)
Food: 10 g M (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 5 ml

BAR, perched, clacky. NOLO. Squinting L eye. Banded and moved outside to R15e

MOVED TO: R15e

2025-09-11 15:33 ME
Weight: 120 grams, Keel score: 2.0

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Mouth: fresh blood - bird bit its tongue during examination
Body
Wings
Legs
Ectoparasites: small flat flies

Bird presented BAR, under APP Wild care since 9/7 pm; bloody discharge from nares on intake 9/7
6 cc LRS SQ with Vit B
0.01 cc Iron dextran IM
sprayed with Bronco

15 g M
Bird perched, BAR and clacky


Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-09-11
Examiner - ME
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
+DNE+DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
WNL
Left eye:
WNL
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