From SOAR:
D32 spent several days evading searchers before spotted hunkered down in the trout stream.
D32 is definitely impacted by black fly / buffalo gnat bites and is
emaciated and dehydrated. As happens with birds in poor condition D32
has feather lice. Feather lice may crawl on you, but only in search of
feathers.
The biggest concern for D32 is that the tibiotarsus in
the right leg is broken just above the ankle. Kay consulted with SOAR
veterinarians and all agreed that pinning the bones together was not an
option.
The only option, and it is a long-shot, is to align and
stabilize the bones while D32 is under anesthesia. Surgery is scheduled
to align the bones and apply an external stabilizer - like a cast.
Then we all wait.
D32 is on antibiotics and is eating cut up food.
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