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WillParkinson

(16,869 posts)
4. Unfortunately...
Fri May 18, 2012, 02:34 AM
May 2012

They had to put her down. The said:

"In this case, this patient was emaciated and severely dehydrated at admission - additionally, she was suffering from a severely dislocated wing. In wild animals - dislocations are serious injuries as the soft tissue damage associated with the injury will forever make them more susceptible to so re-injury, and there is chronic pain associated with this amount of tissue damage as well. In the expert opinion of our experienced wildlife rehabilitators and in the best interest of this wild patient (because of her overall condition in addition to her severe shoulder luxation), the difficult decision was made for humane euthanasia to end her suffering. "

Now I get to start the sadness part. I always feel bad when this happens, wishing I could have gotten there sooner. Later will be the angry part that the bird was there all day and no one did anything to help.

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Nice work, sir. flvegan May 2012 #1
We took him in... WillParkinson May 2012 #2
Good for you and I hope he pulls through. Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #3
Unfortunately... WillParkinson May 2012 #4
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