Red-shouldered hawk with a shattered shoulder. He was covered in lice and piegon flies and was in bad shape all around. My hands have been shaky today and I slipped while giving him the injection and the needle, full of euthanasia solution, went straight into my forearm. I sighed and shook my head and treated it like a snake bite, sucking the venom from the wound then filled out an accident report. I don't think any chemicals ended up in me but it's a good reminder that we are all just meat.
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my head started spinning as i read your story. i feel dizzy. thank you for doing the right thing. thank you for saving the hawk.
Erm, you're not supposed to suck any kind of injected fluid out of a wound. :/
"Sucking out venom, either by mouth or with a pump does not work and may harm the affected area directly. Suction started after 3 minutes removes a clinically insignificant quantity - less than one thousandth of the venom injected - as shown in a human study. In a study with pigs, suction not only caused no improvement but led to necrosis in the suctioned area. Suctioning by mouth presents a risk of further poisoning through the mouth's mucous tissues. The well-meaning family member or friend may also release bacteria into the victim’s wound, leading to infection."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_bite
I too work and have been for a veterinary clinic (and running a satellite clinic) for 18 years. I always bond with the pets who are on 'their way to heaven' which is where I believe most end up and become messangers of the Gods.Never feel alone my friend for you are not. I see the abused, the forgotten, beaten and mangled and we always connect for I too have been beaten, forgotten and left behind. Words will never express what the heart feels and the eyes see. Yah Te Hey and thank you for being there. Buffy (p.s. I got your link from a Technician magazine for animals...so people are noticing and responding and feel they are not so quite alone..thanks to you. Remember if you can...hawks, kestrals can be given to American Indians to perform ceremonies. Just a thought.
In Austin,Texas I have witnessed 3 dove, a red shoulder hawk, and 3 squirrels in a 1/4 mile radius,over a 1 month period of time. There was no apparent injury. The Hawk was on its back wings outstretched.
Now I notice sevin dust, sprinkled over small areas where, a witness told me that someone-a city worker., had sprinkled the dust after removing yet another downed dove.
Austin allows Chickens to be kept in close proximity in Urban Neighborhoods. My Daughter's Parrot lost all breast feathers; I have respiratory issues and joint pain apparently due to red chicken mites. The mites were identified by An entomologist.
These mites carry Avian flu& are virtually indestructible once they are established. The parrot is now boarded; I am on Asthma Medication ; and much time and $ has been spent by me to deal with the situation, yet the chickens remain. It is a violation to keep them within 50" of any neighboring property.
One has to ask what is going on?
In Austin,Texas I have witnessed 3 dove, a red shoulder hawk, and 3 squirrels in a 1/4 mile radius,over a 1 month period of time. There was no apparent injury. The Hawk was on its back wings outstretched.
Now I notice sevin dust, sprinkled over small areas where, a witness told me that someone-a city worker., had sprinkled the dust after removing yet another downed dove.
Austin allows Chickens to be kept in close proximity in Urban Neighborhoods. My Daughter's Parrot lost all breast feathers; I have respiratory issues and joint pain apparently due to red chicken mites. The mites were identified by An entomologist.
These mites carry Avian flu& are virtually indestructible once they are established. The parrot is now boarded; I am on Asthma Medication ; and much time and $ has been spent by me to deal with the situation, yet the chickens remain. It is a violation to keep them within 50" of any neighboring property.
One has to ask what is going on?
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