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--f46d04088ef534cea304cff63aa5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 We just admitted a female evening grosbeak that likely hit a window. She looks "inflated", almost like she is puffed up with air. Birds have air sacs as part of their respiratory system, and if they fly into something, break a bone, or get a puncture wound these air sacs rupture and inflate under the skin. Still looking for a cat bite wound on her too. It is very important not to stress birds who have this injury as sometimes the rupture acts like a one way valve and they continue to inflate which is painful and sometimes fatal. So far so good with this one, the finders kept her nice and quiet...just a little FYI :) Helene -- Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 902-893-0253 birdvet@hotmail.com www.cwrc.net --f46d04088ef534cea304cff63aa5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',taho= ma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px;background-colo= r:rgb(255,255,255)">We just admitted a female evening grosbeak that likely = hit a window. She looks "inflated", almost like she is puffed up = with air. Birds have air sacs as part of their respiratory system, and if t= hey fly into something, break a bone, or get a puncture wound these air sac= s rupture and inflate under the skin. Still looking for a cat bite wound on= her too. It is very important not to stress birds who have this injury as = sometimes the rupture acts like a one way valve and they continue to inflat= e which is painful and sometimes fatal. So far so good with this one, the f= inders kept her nice and quiet...just a little FYI :)</span><div> <font color=3D"#333333" face=3D"lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans= -serif"><span style=3D"line-height:17px"><br></span></font></div><div><font= color=3D"#333333" face=3D"lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-seri= f"><span style=3D"line-height:17px">Helene<br clear=3D"all"> </span></font><div><br></div>-- <br>Helene Van Doninck DVM<br>Cobequid Wild= life Rehabilitation Centre<br>RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0<br>902-893-0253<br>= <a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">birdvet@hotmail.co= m</a><br> www.cwrc.net<br><br> </div> --f46d04088ef534cea304cff63aa5--
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