This secondary poisoning is also what affects birds of prey. The poison doesn’t hurt them, but they scatter the poisoned material and also store it in their bodies, which can lead to secondary poisoning of anything that eats it (small mammals, birds). Cockroaches and other invertebrates eat the bait placed in outdoor bait stations. This includes chipmunks, squirrels, and even songbirds. Non-targeted wildlife species and pets are also often attracted to these baits when they are put outside. Once ingested the animal, or human, begins to bleed internally and hemorrhage. It inhibits the Vitamin K enzyme that would normally activate Vitamin K into the system. Most rat poison is Warfarin, which works by disturbing the normal blood clotting process. Rodenticide poisoning happens when a person or animal ingests rat poison. That takes care of the fracture, but what about the rodenticide poisoning? He will be moved from his enclosure in the clinic to an outdoor aviary flight cage. The next step in his recovery will be to build back his muscles and learn to fly silently. Due to their excess weight, they cannot be left in or the hawk would not be able to fly.
The femur fracture should heal in about three weeks, at which time all the metal pieces will be removed. An external metal bar was then screwed to the outside of the leg. Our veterinary staff was able to repair the fractured femur with surgery that included pins being put into the bones to hold them together. The red-tailed hawk featured here came to us with a fractured femur and rodenticide poisoning. They are all hunting in earnest for their next rodent meal. Almost all of the center’s large mammals have been released our small mammal babies are grown up enough to be on their own and find new homes, and our admission of birds of prey starts to rise. October is the month when we finally know it is Fall.
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