{"id":13740,"date":"2025-06-10T08:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=13740"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:11:25","slug":"red-tailed-hawk-injured-and-emaciated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/red-tailed-hawk-injured-and-emaciated\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-Tailed Hawk Injured And Emaciated"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13742\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13742\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-tailed-hawk-px-250610-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"red-tailed hawk standing in grass\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-tailed-hawk-px-250610-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-tailed-hawk-px-250610-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-tailed-hawk-px-250610-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-tailed-hawk-px-250610.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is a representative red-tailed hawk, not the one from this article. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/red-tailed-hawk-red-tailed-hawk-1827949\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">edbo23\/Pixabay<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>The following story about a red-tailed hawk was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/goldcountrywildliferescue.org\/\">Gold Country Wildlife Rescue<\/a> in California.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This red-tailed hawk came into Gold Country Wildlife Rescue on March 8, 2024, from Auburn, California. Upon examination, our technicians found that one of the hawk&#8217;s eyes was extremely cloudy. He was also emaciated and likely suffering from a pelvic injury, as he was unable to stand. He weighed 646 grams (about 1.4 pounds) on intake.<\/p>\n<p>Following our emaciation protocol, we started tube-feeding at 2% <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a> and working our way up to 5% daily. He slowly began gaining weight and was able to stand and perch.<\/p>\n<p>It was determined that the cloudiness was due to an ulcer, which we also began treating with medication.<\/p>\n<p>After about three months in our care, this hawk was ready for his return to the wild. He was released on June 2, 2024, weighing in at 1,250 grams (about 2.7 pounds)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ailing red-tailed hawk recovers and is released to the wild after treatment from Gold Country Wildlife Rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":13742,"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-13740","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Red-Tailed Hawk Injured And Emaciated - 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