{"id":11406,"date":"2023-01-09T09:10:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T15:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=11406"},"modified":"2023-01-08T19:06:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T01:06:08","slug":"belted-kingfisher-with-head-trauma-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/belted-kingfisher-with-head-trauma-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Belted Kingfisher With Head Trauma Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11407\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11407 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/belted-kingfisher-px-6378814-k-harvey-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"belted kingfisher perched on a branch \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/belted-kingfisher-px-6378814-k-harvey-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/belted-kingfisher-px-6378814-k-harvey-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/belted-kingfisher-px-6378814-k-harvey-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/belted-kingfisher-px-6378814-k-harvey.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This is a stock image of a belted kingfisher for reference. <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/belted-kingfisher-bird-kingfisher-6378814\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">K_harvey\/Pixabay<\/a> <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>The following story about a belted kingfisher was shared with us by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avian Conservation Center<\/a> in South Carolina.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A belted kingfisher was admitted to the Avian Conservation Center\u2019s Medical Clinic after being found on the ground unable to fly in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. Clinical signs including poor pupillary light response and blood in the mouth, as well as the location the patient was found, indicated impact head trauma due to colliding with a window.<\/p>\n<p>The patient was given supportive care and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories to treat the head trauma and was offered solid food.<\/p>\n<p>Belted kingfishers are notorious for not self-feeding while in human care. After a few days of not eating on its own, we began supplementing the patient with <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-piscivore\/\">EmerAid IC Piscivore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After several days of supplemental gavage-feeding combined with offering smelt, the kingfisher began feeding on its own. The patient was then placed outside for flight training. After a week, the kingfisher was released back into the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A belted kingfisher injured by likely colliding with a window gets care from the Avian Conservation Center to recover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11407,"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-11406","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Belted Kingfisher With Head Trauma Released - EmerAidVet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A belted kingfisher injured by likely colliding with a window gets care from the Avian Conservation Center to recover.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/belted-kingfisher-with-head-trauma-released\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Belted Kingfisher With Head Trauma Released - 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