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Admission date2025-10-20
Final date -
Days in captivity5
SpeciesBADO - Barred owl
AgeSY
SexUNK
StatusReh
Band18184
Feather damage - Minor
Fracture - coracoid, left
Neurologic - Head trauma
Ocular - permanent, minor, OD
Ocular - permanent, minor, OS
Parasitic - Capillaria

Cause of injury: Unknown

Local ID 25B656

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

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate515.4077.00
Radiographs3300.00900.00
Fecal exam462.00248.00
Eye exam225.0050.00
Total  1395.00

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

2025-10-21

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2025-10-21
2025-10-25 16:01 ih
Leftovers: 29
Food: 28 g m
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR Perched. Lots of clacking. 29 g ck left over

2025-10-25 10:31 cd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 31g ck
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, clacking and hissing, defensive posture. NOLO, dropped all food w/ meds.

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

2025-10-24 17:48 MS
Leftovers: 0
Food: 30 g ck/FL (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.35 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, hissing/clacking. NOLO! Dropped food on brick.

2025-10-24 16:56 MS

No further tx necessary

Fecal
Collection date2025-10-24
ResultsPOS for
fluke
Fecal
Collection date2025-10-24
ResultsNEG

2025-10-24 09:31 AD/AL
Weight: 741 grams, Keel score: 3.0, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: +44 g (6 %)
Food: 14 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 15 g M/CK c/u (+ vit + Ca), If not eating
SQ fluids: 30 if not eating
Vitamin B: 0.05 (inj) SQ
Fenbendazole: 0.21 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.35 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
Weigh
Keel check
Fecal

BARP upon entry. Clacking and flaring up defensively while being grabbed for treatment. Keel felt squishy and fatty - very pale pink/white color. NOLO - AD

2025-10-23 17:04 LT
Leftovers: 16
Food: 12 g m
Force feed: 19 g M,
SQ fluids: 30
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.35 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, 16 g LO collected from previous meal. Defensive and responsive when grabbed for treatment. Fluids, PO meds, and force feed administered. FIC placed on perch

2025-10-23 10:00 AD/MKF
Leftovers: 0
Food: 16 g m
Force feed: 20 g m/ck, If not eating
SQ fluids: 30 if not eating
Fenbendazole: 0.21 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.35 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR, perched in corner upon entry. Clacky and defensive while grabbed. Gave fluids, PO meds, and FF. NOLO

2025-10-22 16:25 MS
Leftovers: 29
Food: 19 g m c/u (+ vit + Ca)
Force feed: 20 g m c/u (+ vit + Ca)
SQ fluids: 30 ml, R leg
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.35 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, hissing, clacking. Did not touch AM meal.

2025-10-22 09:00 ABH
Leftovers: 30
Food: 31 g m (+ vit + Ca)
Fenbendazole: 0.21 ml (100 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.35 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP. Defensive with clacking, hissing, and posturing. Did not attempt flight. L/O collected.

2025-10-21 16:37 LMR
Leftovers: 39
Food: 33 g m
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.35 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BARP, clacky, defensive when entered, wings spread and leaned against wall and laying on perch, LO 39 g,

2025-10-21 15:55 MS


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

2025-10-21 13:38 ih

Fecal
Collection date2025-10-21
ResultsPOS for
capillaria
Fecal
Collection date2025-10-21
ResultsNEG

2025-10-21 10:01 ME
Leftovers: 66
Food: 30-35g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.35 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
66 g LO
Feather lice - applied Bronco
Check eyes: OU
Anesthetized with ISO via mask for intake Radiographs: Luxated L coracoid at sternum/keel
Fairly quick recovery
Fecal collected

Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-10-21
Examiner - ME
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
+DNE+DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
one circular scar and small gray scarring cranial/lateral to pecten, 5 % affected
Left eye:
gray scarring medial to pecten, 5% affected

2025-10-20 17:07 cd
Leftovers: 0
Food: 68 g m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.23 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.35 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

On ground in back of enclosure staring at me. Clacked when I came in to drop food on brick, but stayed on ground.

2025-10-20 15:19 cd

Band changed to: 18184

2025-10-20 15:16 cd
Weight: 697 grams, Keel score: 3.5
Arrived at AWR 10/18 after being found in the road. Reported unequal and sluggish PLR, mild symptoms of head trauma noted from head posture.

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Mouth: clean
Beak: strong
Ears: clean
Body
Vent: clean
Body condition score: 3.5
Fat: Keel
Wings
Left wing: wnl full ext
Right wing: wnl full ext
Legs
Left leg: wnl full ext, in use
Right leg: wnl full ext, in use
Right remiges: primaries 2+1 broken, impable
Ectoparasites: none seen

Bird presents very BAR and strong, biting. Some scattered scarring OU, two feathers broken and impable on R wing, otherwise NSF. Due to found history and findings upon AWR exam, treated for head trauma and set up in R12c.

Treatment
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0.07 meloxi IM
0.32 tramadol PO
30cc LRS SQ R leg
banded

Plan
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Monitor for a few days in resting enclosure. Rads & recheck eyes tomorrow (clean). Move somewhere bigger in a few days if doing well.

Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-10-20
Examiner - cd
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
+DNE+DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
Hard to see into, head tilted back & keeping eyes closed. Scarring/brightness lateral/cranial, some patchy & varied scarring medial. PLR 'bouncy.'
Left eye:
Hard to see into, head tilted back & keeping eyes closed. Medium bright spot just dorsal to pecten. PLR 'bouncy.'

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