Oh gawd bureaucrats! That is to damn funny, "What do you call it?" I love your answer.
Yes, really.
You are exactly right. They live in generational nests! Which can have several generations of the same family. They are surprisingly familial. That's why the rehabs try to release them where they were found. But it depends on the amount of raptors and any endangered's they have in rehab what will happen with him.
My vet is a rehab licensed vet. He's also a pretty popular (out here), avian vet. He just got back from volunteering to help the Kakapos. So he'll make sure Vincent gets the best care he can. I just hope hope hope I don't have to pay for this. These are the birds my vet just got back from working with.
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You know you have a point. I do need more practice hitting moving targets with my Glock. If you would be so kind as to volunteer I'm sure I could do a much better job on the crows after you assisted me.
You need to speak to my husband. I think he is channeling you.
You know I think that would be funny. Just call him Jim. LOL
That would be cool.
Ok now I've had the time to examine, wash and dress Vincent's wounds. He had an open fracture of his distal ulna and radius. He's about 24 hours s/p injury and there was some exudate but no frank pus. I cleaned it with peroxide, rinsed well and dressed him in silver sulfadiazine. Then wrapped his wing to his body with a figure 8 body splint (right out of Harrison's Avian Medicine and Surgery). He's in the cage working his splint. It just makes me wince to see him pull at it.
Tomorrow he's off to the vet!
Here he is where he'll stay until he goes into rehab or stays with me for rehab (I hope the vet has room). Turns out he's a juvenile. I was sort of surprised because he's quite large but his feet give him away. I hope he survives this and flies away.
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