{"id":11213,"date":"2022-12-14T09:10:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=11213"},"modified":"2022-12-13T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T20:31:11","slug":"young-wilsons-snipe-chick-beats-the-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/young-wilsons-snipe-chick-beats-the-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Wilson\u2019s Snipe Chick Beats The Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11214\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-american-heritage-wildlife-202212-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wilson's snipe standing in cage by water bowl\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-american-heritage-wildlife-202212-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-american-heritage-wildlife-202212-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-american-heritage-wildlife-202212-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-american-heritage-wildlife-202212.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a Wilson\u2019s snipe chick was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahwf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Heritage Wildlife Foundation<\/a> in Idaho.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On August 1, 2022, our small, nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation center accepted a single, 10 gm (about 0.35 ounces) common snipe chick, also known as a Wilson\u2019s snipe.<\/p>\n<p>I understand the difficult nature of precocial chicks and the reality of this being a hatchling. The odds of survival were not great, but the effort had to be attempted.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully due to using the <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a> as a primary means to sustain this little fluffball, and having wonderful volunteers, we were able to successfully rehabilitate this unique species.<\/p>\n<p>This data and assorted photos have been submitted to the Tufts University bird database.<\/p>\n<p>4 August = 12.9 grams (about 0.45 ounces)<br \/>\n8 August = 19.1 grams<br \/>\n10 August = 23.5 grams<br \/>\nObserved beak not quite 1 inch and height approximately 4 inches.<\/p>\n<p>14 August = 40.4 grams (about 1.4 ounces)<br \/>\n15 August = 45.7 grams<br \/>\n15 August = 53.1 grams<br \/>\nObserved beak 1 inch and 2\/16ths and height at 5 inches.<\/p>\n<p>17 August = 56.8 grams (about 2 ounces)<br \/>\n18 August = 58.1 grams<br \/>\n21 August = 63.6 grams<br \/>\n22 August = 65.3 grams<br \/>\n24 August = 70.4 grams<br \/>\n25 August = 75.5 grams<br \/>\nObserved down feathering mostly all gone. Body at 3 inches and height nearly 6 inches upright with full<br \/>\nstretch of neck.<\/p>\n<p>27 August = tail feathers coming in<br \/>\n30 August = wings fully developed<br \/>\n31 August = 81.9 grams (about 2.9 ounces)<br \/>\nObserved a half circle flight.<\/p>\n<p>7 September = 85 grams<br \/>\nHeight is 6 inches, and tail feathers are \u00bd inch<\/p>\n<p>13 September = 87.7 grams (about 3.1 ounces)<br \/>\nBody length is 15 cm (about 5.9 inches)<\/p>\n<p>After 44 days in care, the snipe was released in home territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Wilson&#8217;s snipe chick with only a small chance of survival is nursed from hatchling to release into the wild by the American Heritage Wildlife Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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