{"id":13258,"date":"2025-02-27T08:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=13258"},"modified":"2025-02-24T22:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T04:24:47","slug":"smooth-billed-ani-needed-a-bit-of-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/smooth-billed-ani-needed-a-bit-of-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Smooth-Billed Ani Needed A Bit Of Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13259\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/smooth-billed-ani-sjwr-250227-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"smooth-billed ani standing on towel \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/smooth-billed-ani-sjwr-250227-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/smooth-billed-ani-sjwr-250227-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/smooth-billed-ani-sjwr-250227-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/smooth-billed-ani-sjwr-250227.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a smooth-billed ani was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjohnwildliferehab.org\/\">St. John Wildlife Rehabilitation<\/a> in St. John Island, U.S. Virgin Islands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This smooth-billed ani is a younger bird that was found in dinghy off of the southern shoreline of St. John. The weight on intake was 95 grams (about 3.4 ounces).<\/p>\n<p>After hydration, the bird was offered <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a> and alternated with minced food rolled into small balls, during first and second day feedings.<\/p>\n<p>The bird seemed uninjured. We speculate that the ani may have just gotten into a bad situation on the dinghy.<\/p>\n<p>After care, the weight reached 100 grams (about 3. 5 ounces), and the bird was released back to the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A smooth-billed ani in need of help was aided by staff at St. John Wildlife Rehabilitation to regain strength and be released back to the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":13259,"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-13258","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 v27.5 - 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