{"id":12884,"date":"2024-08-27T08:05:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T13:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=12884"},"modified":"2024-07-31T14:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T19:51:24","slug":"juvenile-hooded-merganser-struggles-to-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/juvenile-hooded-merganser-struggles-to-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Hooded Merganser Struggles To Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12886\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-sit-cwr-240813-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"hooded merganser sitting on towel on table\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-sit-cwr-240813-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-sit-cwr-240813-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-sit-cwr-240813-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-sit-cwr-240813.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12890\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-held-cwr-240813-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"hooded merganser held in hand above floor\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-held-cwr-240813-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-held-cwr-240813-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-held-cwr-240813-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-held-cwr-240813.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a hooded merganser was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwrescue.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolina Waterfowl Rescue<\/a> in North Carolina.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Was this juvenile hooded merganser the first of its species to ever ride a bicycle? Perhaps! In his account of the rescue, finder Robert was out on an evening bike ride when he noticed this juvenile curled up on the sidewalk. He approached the bird, hoping his movement would be enough to motivate the merganser to up and away; however, the bird didn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12895\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-xray-cwr-240813-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"X-ray showing broken femur of hooded merganser\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-xray-cwr-240813-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-xray-cwr-240813-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-xray-cwr-240813-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hooded-merganser-xray-cwr-240813.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cWhen he did move he was struggling with walking,\u201d wrote Robert in an account posted on his Facebook. Robert examined him, looking for any sign of injury but found none. When the merganser (named \u201cHoward\u201d by Robert) did finally attempt to take off, the bird couldn\u2019t achieve much height and ended up flying into a parked car. The bird definitely needed medical attention, so Robert rode the bird home on his bike and contacted Carolina Waterfowl Rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Once at our rehabilitation center, we examined this juvie and observed what felt like trauma in the bird\u2019s right leg. Howard weighed 440 grams at intake (about 15.5 ounces). To get a better sense of the bird\u2019s injury, we took radiographs and saw a clear distal fracture of the right femur, an injury that was unlikely to heal on its own. But, with some expert guidance from our trained rehabbers and staff veterinarian, we are still hopeful to return this beautiful merganser to the wild!<\/p>\n<p>Under sedation, our staff veterinarian was able to splint the leg to the body. This will position the bones ideally for healing. In this critical stage, rehabbers have been tube feeding the animal patient <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-piscivore\/\">EmerAid IC Piscivore<\/a> and have recorded a weight gain of 22 grams (about 0.7 ounces) since beginning EmerAid treatment. With daily wrap checks, CWR rehabbers aren\u2019t leaving Howard\u2019s fate up to chance; it\u2019s up to us!<\/p>\n<p>Happy healing Howard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young hooded merganser with a broken femur struggles to move but makes strides toward good health with help from Carolina Waterfowl Rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12886,"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-12884","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>Juvenile Hooded Merganser Struggles To Move - 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