I was out in the yard today feeding Autumn on the bottom half of a squirrel and noticed that after she was done and when she sliced she had blood in her mutes...not a runny mixture but a thick mixture and just a little. She did it again and it was the same, a dark red bloody mute but without any fecal in it. What does this mean? Why is this happening again to me?!? I dont want to lose this bird.....I am freaking and am unsure on what to do...
Is it really dark, like black? Or does it look like really fresh blood? Fresh blood in the mutes usually means a small cut near the end of the digestive tract (not far up from the cloaca). It is not likely serious. However, darker, tarry looking blood is indicative of a cut or puncture higher up in the digestive tract. Take her to the vet.
Last Edit: Mar 23, 2009 18:31:08 GMT -5 by waterbug
Aurelia - General I ------------------------------------------- "It's not about the style of the flight; it's about the blood on the glove"
Its a light color. I spoke with Kurt about it and tomorrow she is going into the vets. I found a few more tiny areas within her mews that had the blood. I am keeping her inside of the GH tonight to be able to keep an eye on her mutes. I should add that its a light blood, nothing dark or anything and its not mixed with the urates at all. Its actually placed in the middle of the urates as if it were fecal matter. She has another tiny area already at the bottom of her box on the paper and I got her onto the fist and she sliced again, this time it was slighty runny fecal with a tiny amount of blood. Going to be keeping a very sharp eye on her tonight. I just feel like its my fault for this happening. I've already lost one bird, I dont want to lose another. She has already been treated for internal parasites (in Feb.), and is not flying anymore...she is still very keen in her actions and is merely sitting on her perch as she always does. Pray for Autumn and I.
Post by forestfalcon on Mar 23, 2009 22:36:08 GMT -5
I wouldn't beat yourself up about it. You are doing the right thing by getting her in to the vet. Raptors get parasites. They eat things that are loaded with parasites. It's bound to happen, you just have to know when to seek medical attention. Good luck and let us know what the vet says.
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Post by pioneersnt on Mar 23, 2009 23:04:53 GMT -5
Isn't this a symptom of coccidia?
If so I think it should be easy to clear up.
Edd/ Rural SoCal "Question with boldness even the very existence of God; For if there be a God, he must surely rather honest questioning, than that of blind-folded fear." Thomas Jefferson
So ends up the vet is out of town until the end of the week. I kept her in the GH all night last night and as well as today just to keep an eye on her. She is acting just fine and last night her mutes began to get more normal. At first they were runny and kind of green but they are now a more firm and a nice healthy brown color. She is still acting normal, biting at my fingers when they get too close to her face (her usual attitude)...so we shall see....
Post by Master Yarak on Mar 24, 2009 14:21:44 GMT -5
Unprocessed blood can cause what you witnessed. If the bird simply cannot digest all the blood its given in its food some will pass out in the mutes. Yarak
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Migisi, I went to that site first thing last night....actually it did not look like any of the mutes on there, thank you for posting because that is a great site that has helped me many times.
Yarak, I am thinking that it might be unprocessed blood. It was just where the fecal should have been but other than that it was normal looking.
Came home and got her out of the GH, she was ready to get out of there. Waited until she sliced one last time on the papers and took a look...nice and healthy. I called my sponsor again today about it and he said I did the right thing with noticing something like that. I got her a freshly killed red-sided garter snake that had been run over by the car in front of me...sponsor said that its ok to feed and I think Autumn will love it. She is having rat today though, and I let her back outside in the mews and caught her on her bathpan drinking water and walking around in it...lol...she's happy to be back outside.
Unprocessed blood can cause what you witnessed. If the bird simply cannot digest all the blood its given in its food some will pass out in the mutes. Yarak
And for a falcon, very quickly.
Caught a duck, barbary got lots of blood. Within 1/2 was passing blood. Then all fine.