{"id":6391,"date":"2019-05-28T01:51:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T01:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/?p=6391"},"modified":"2019-05-28T01:51:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T01:51:48","slug":"wild-turkey-survives-flying-truck-grille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wild-turkey-survives-flying-truck-grille\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Turkey Survives Flying Into Truck Grille"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6403\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/turkey-3-gold-country-wildlife-rescue-1905.jpg\" alt=\"photo collage of turkey rescued from truck grille\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/turkey-3-gold-country-wildlife-rescue-1905.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/turkey-3-gold-country-wildlife-rescue-1905-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This story was shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/goldcountrywildliferescue.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gold Country Wildlife Rescue<\/a> in Auburn, California.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Patient number 19-98 is a female wild turkey that came to Gold Country Wildlife Rescue after having flown into the grille of a truck that was driving in Rancho Cordova, California. This turkey was stuck in the truck\u2019s grille, unable to move.<\/p>\n<p>We had a volunteer from our organization who specializes in animal rescue go and remove the turkey. It took about two hours of careful work to accomplish. When the turkey arrived at our center she was very tired, bruised, and battered. Luckily she did not have any severe breaks. It was found that the turkey had a severe leg sprain, which was something she could heal from.<\/p>\n<p>We provided the turkey with pain meds and fluids and placed her in a quiet location to recover. This turkey was too weak to eat when she first arrived in our care, so we tube fed <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-omnivore\/\">EmerAid Intensive Care Omnivore<\/a> to supplement her diet until she had the strength to begin eating on her own.<\/p>\n<p>The turkey made a full recovery and was released three weeks after she arrived at our facility. When the turkey arrived she weighed 4,000 grams (8.8 pounds). Upon release she was up in weight to 4,600 grams (10.1 pounds). We were able to give this turkey a second chance at life after her unfortunate accident with this vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a happy ending for a wild turkey that flew into the grille of a truck that was moving, thanks to help from people at the Gold Country Wildlife Rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6399,"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-6391","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>Wild Turkey Survives Flying Into Truck Grille - 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