{"id":12216,"date":"2024-02-20T09:10:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T15:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=12216"},"modified":"2024-01-09T22:34:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T04:34:35","slug":"double-crested-cormorant-fights-starvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/double-crested-cormorant-fights-starvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Double-Crested Cormorant Fights Starvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12219\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/double-crested-cormorant-fkwbc-20240220-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"double-crested cormorant standing on perch in cage\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/double-crested-cormorant-fkwbc-20240220-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/double-crested-cormorant-fkwbc-20240220-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/double-crested-cormorant-fkwbc-20240220-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/double-crested-cormorant-fkwbc-20240220.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a double-crested cormorant was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keepthemflying.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Keys Wild Bird Center<\/a> in Florida.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On November 4, 2023, the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center received this juvenile double-crested cormorant. He was found to be emaciated and his eyes were a little sunken in. His intake weight was 970 grams (about 2.1 pounds).<\/p>\n<p>We started him on <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-piscivore\/\">EmerAid IC Piscivore<\/a> at 3 percent of his body weight and each feed increased the amount to end up at 5 percent body weight. After three days on EmerAid, he was stable enough to start on fish smoothies.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually he started eating on his own. We moved him into a large flight cage so he could work on his conditioning. 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