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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

Here are some examples of when a bird definitely needs your help and a call to a federally permitted bird rehabilitator is warranted. It needs to be properly medicated and triaged. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? So: When do you intervene? Bird brought in by a cat or dog.

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Lightning Storms and Eagles

10,000 Birds

She chirped a quiet but definite message, and everyone in the room understood she was not done with life yet. In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds. We medicated her for maggots, picked at least 100,000 of the creepy critters from her abdomen, and finally treated the injury.

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