Apparently (Shhh! Knock on wood!) the fall slowdown has begun for LWR, as we had only one new intake over the past two weeks.
That new intake is a juvenile turkey vulture found in the middle of the road in Toombs County. Nothing is broken, but he may have soft tissue damage on the left wing. Also, for several days after intake he suffered trauma-induced blindness. His head trauma apparently led to swelling/pressure on the optic nerve, and he showed every symptom of blindness. After a week of hand-feeding him with no improvements, I was honestly ready to call it but opted for a few more days…just in case. Lo and behold, he seems to be regaining sight and can find his own stinky food now! The jury’s still out on the soft tissue damage, though, so we shall see…
That new intake is a juvenile turkey vulture found in the middle of the road in Toombs County. Nothing is broken, but he may have soft tissue damage on the left wing. Also, for several days after intake he suffered trauma-induced blindness. His head trauma apparently led to swelling/pressure on the optic nerve, and he showed every symptom of blindness. After a week of hand-feeding him with no improvements, I was honestly ready to call it but opted for a few more days…just in case. Lo and behold, he seems to be regaining sight and can find his own stinky food now! The jury’s still out on the soft tissue damage, though, so we shall see…
The barred owl is beak-clicking along as we wait for his wing to heal. We should know if he’s healed for flight by the end of this month.
And that’s it for this week’s update!
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