Avian Trichomoniasis strikes

[Donna]

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.696657957026646.1073741947.590679534291156&type=1  Doing well and eating!

Laura said that the granuloma that was removed was huge and it was no wonder she couldn’t eat! Her name is "Spirit"

[MAK]

I love the name and the news! 

[Donna]

Update on Spirit

Spirit post surgery update: Went to visit Laura (8-5-13) and got to see Spirit (from the ArcelorMittal site) before I went away for a few days. Even though she’s no longer on a timetable to return to the nest site (as her siblings have dispersed and returning to her natal area is no longer an option) Spirit continues to progress since the large granuloma was removed from her throat. While I was there I got to hear her “voice�—her call is no longer muffled and strained. She’s eating on her own (and is using her tongue, which wasn’t functioning previously) and has just been taken off medication, so next she will be in a flight cage. It may continue to be a long road for her, but it was fantastic to see her bright eyed and “peregrine-like� after seeing her nearly lifeless when I first picked her up. She is able to be hooded now during weigh-ins (as before she couldn’t close her mouth because of the plaque so hooding her would have actually been more stressful). This shot is just after a weigh-in and some treatment with meds (which is why the feathers are wet around her mouth). She came in at around 650 grams (where she was with the last shots of her that I posted) and at this weigh-in she was 780 grams.

   

[Kris G.]

Update on Spirit

Spirit post surgery update: Went to visit Laura (8-5-13) and got to see Spirit (from the ArcelorMittal site) before I went away for a few days. Even though she’s no longer on a timetable to return to the nest site (as her siblings have dispersed and returning to her natal area is no longer an option) Spirit continues to progress since the large granuloma was removed from her throat. While I was there I got to hear her “voice�—her call is no longer muffled and strained. She’s eating on her own (and is using her tongue, which wasn’t functioning previously) and has just been taken off medication, so next she will be in a flight cage. It may continue to be a long road for her, but it was fantastic to see her bright eyed and “peregrine-like� after seeing her nearly lifeless when I first picked her up. She is able to be hooded now during weigh-ins (as before she couldn’t close her mouth because of the plaque so hooding her would have actually been more stressful). This shot is just after a weigh-in and some treatment with meds (which is why the feathers are wet around her mouth). She came in at around 650 grams (where she was with the last shots of her that I posted) and at this weigh-in she was 780 grams.

   

                             

[MAK]

  That's great-she looks good! 

[AlisonL]

Thank you for posting the update on Spirit, Donna. She has already come a long way, and I hope she will continue to do well and make a full recovery. I am so glad she has already gained a significant amount of weight.