My Favorite

We euthanized my favorite patient today, the Barred owl.

a quick and painless death

He was a cool bird. They have the most piercing eyes, in my opinion.

"furry" legs and feet

We got a Bald eagle in yesterday. He's pretty sad, kinda lethargic, and ungodly stinky. When you open his room a terrible funk hits you like a red-hot bowling ball to the face. We've had to tube him 2 times a day. He bit me. Now my finger smells too, and it's bleeding.


Last night Meg and I had to tube him all by ourselves. I picked him up without problem and the tubing went well, but right at the end he threw up about a fourth of what we gave him. Our boss said that was common for dehydrated birds, so no worries.


So far he's not improving, but as long as he doesn't have West Nile virus or die from a lack of will to live he should be releasable, since he only has a slight shoulder luxation.

sad