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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01CDD15D.911E53E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 :)=20 Helene ............ Suggestions as to how To quieten such a bird, just cover with a cloth?=20 Marg Millard, White Point, Queens http://MargMillard.ca ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01CDD15D.911E53E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19328"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 13px">We=20 just admitted a female evening grosbeak that likely hit a window. She = looks=20 "inflated", almost like she is puffed up with air. Birds have air sacs = as part=20 of their respiratory system, and if they fly into something, break a = bone, or=20 get a puncture wound these air sacs rupture and inflate under the skin. = Still=20 looking for a cat bite wound on her too. It is very important not to = stress=20 birds who have this injury as sometimes the rupture acts like a one way = valve=20 and they continue to inflate which is painful and sometimes fatal. So = far so=20 good with this one, the finders kept her nice and quiet...just a little = FYI=20 :)</SPAN><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"> </FONT> <DIV><FONT color=3D#333333><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#333333=20 face=3D"lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px">Helene<BR = clear=3Dall>............</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#333333=20 face=3D"lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#333333=20 face=3D"lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px">Suggestions as to how To quieten such a = bird, just=20 cover with a cloth? <BR>Marg Millard, White Point,=20 Queens</SPAN></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><A=20 href=3D"http://MargMillard.ca">http://MargMillard.ca</A></FONT></DIV></BO= DY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01CDD15D.911E53E0--
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