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Admission date2025-10-22
Final date -
Days in captivity3
SpeciesGHOW - Great horned owl
AgeAHY
SexUNK
StatusReh
Band
Bruised - right leg/foot
Parasitic - Coccidia

Cause of injury: Tangled in net

Do NOT release where found
Finder present at release

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

DescQtyCostSubtotal
Examination1120.00120.00
Daily rate315.4046.20
Radiographs6300.001800.00
Fecal exam262.00124.00
Eye exam225.0050.00
Total  2140.20

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

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2025-10-25 16:03 ih
Leftovers: 0
Food: 55 g m
Meloxicam: 0.52 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR Grounded. Hissing and clacking. NOLO

2025-10-25 09:56 cd
Weight: 1544 grams, Keel score: 3.0, Leftovers: 0
Weight change: -46 g (3 %)
Food: 50 g R
Sulfadimethoxine: 0.80 ml (Albon 50 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.52 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Radiograph: intake
Weigh
Keel check

BARP & clacking, defensive posture. NOLO. Brought inside and anaesthetized under ISO and oxygen via mask (5% ind, 3% maint) for rads - NSF. Normal recovery.

2025-10-24 17:16 JKB
Leftovers: 62
Food: 55-60 g m/ck/r (+ vit + Ca)
Sulfadimethoxine: 0.80 ml (Albon 50 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.52 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.80 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR, Leftover 62g m, Vocal, Defensive

2025-10-24 11:15 MS

Pushed move to somewhere bigger to after parasite meds are finished.

2025-10-24 09:38 AL
Leftovers: 66
Food: 63 g M (+ vit + Ca)
Sulfadimethoxine: 0.80 ml (Albon 50 mg/ml susp) PO
Meloxicam: 0.52 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.80 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BAR, flew from perch to ground upon entering enclosure. Stood in a defensive posture. 66 g m LO.

2025-10-23 16:41 KK/PF
Leftovers: 57
Food: 55 g M
Meloxicam: 0.52 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.80 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO

BAR 57 g ck lo removed

2025-10-23 11:27 LT

Minor fecal infection, Start Albon PO, SID: 5 days

Fecal
Collection date2025-10-23
ResultsPOS for
coccidia
Fecal
Collection date2025-10-23
ResultsPOS for
coccidia

2025-10-23 10:29 me
Leftovers: 17
Food: 59 g CK
Meloxicam: 0.52 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.80 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
17 g lo
bar, flying
Check eyes: OU
Fecal collected
Applied Eagle-sized ID band # 6

Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-10-23
Examiner - me
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++DNE++DNE
Stain Stain 
DNE DNE 
Right eye:
WNL
Left eye:
WNL

2025-10-22 17:01 jh
Leftovers: 105
Food: 57 m/ck (+ vit + Ca)
Meloxicam: 0.52 ml (1.5 mg/ml susp) PO
Tramadol: 0.80 ml (40 mg/ml susp) PO
BID: Using both legs equally?

BARP, in defensive posture the entire time. Shifted weight on feet equally. No sign of favoring one side or the other.
All food from earlier untouched - collected since new food has meds - LO 105 g m

2025-10-22 11:21 RMB
Weight: 1590 grams, Keel score: 3.5

------------- PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS ----------------
Head
Behavior and Neuro: BAR
Mouth: Clean
Ears: baby flat flies
Body
Vent: Clean
Body condition score: 3.5
Wings
Left wing: NSF
Right wing: NSF
Legs
Left leg: NSF
Right leg: Seems stiff
Feathers: NSF
Ectoparasites: Flat flies

Exam:
Escaped original box. Standing in box, very angry. No fractures palpated and no open wounds. Right leg seems stiff and possibly sore from being in netting. Tried banding, GHOW size would not fit. Finished treatment and moved to R13. FLat flies collected for study.

Treatment:
Fluids: 50 ml LRS SQ
Meloxi: 0.16 ml IM
Bronco
Food: 105 g M


Eye exam
Exam date - 2025-10-22
Examiner - RMB
RIGHTLEFT
PLRMenacePLRMenace
++++++++
Stain Stain 
NEG NEG 
Right eye:
NSF, thought I saw scratches on both globes, both were neg
Left eye:

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