Wednesday, December 22, 2010
New Patient - Barred Owl in shock
Admitted an adult barred owl 2 days ago. Had gotten trapped in a barn in a confined space for several days. The owner of the property thought it was dead until he saw its head move. The bird was still in decent flesh but was badly dehydrated. We gave her IV fluids ( assuming a female because of higher body weight, females are larger than males in species of birds of prey) and put her in an incubator to bring her body temperature up. Within 12 hours she was looking better and we repeated her fluids. A few hours later we fed her a food slurry and then the next day, a small mouse. Happy to report that today she is quite bright and has eaten 2 mice! Pics to follow :)
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