HAWK FIELD INJURY?!✨ Bird FIRST AID, Equipment & Storytime | The Falconry Series

What should you do if your falcon or hawk gets injured?! What if your hawk gets ill, how do you nurse them back to health? Jo sits down to discuss all the steps you need to take care of a raptor if he or she is bleeding OR going down in condition!
Jo also details a pretty serious injury Mohave had about a year ago, how she took care of him and how nicely it healed! Picture included!
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WE ARE NOT VETS or MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS - please consult a vet or professional if you have a serious medical emergency.
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University of Minnesota Raptor Centre:
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Southwest Wildlife Foundation (Martin Tyner) on KZbin:
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~First Aid Kit~
Odor remover
Betadine
Q-tips
Syringes
Bandaids
Moist burn pads
Retractors
Tweezers
Pill poppers
Antiseptic swabs
Bene-bac pills urle.me/aoz
Saline Solution
Pedialyte
Colital silver (contact us to purchase)
Iodine
Dr. Bronner's soap
Stypic Powder (or cornstarch)
Water bottle
Self-adhesive wraps
Polysporin
Cat food
Work gloves
~Imping kit~
Sewing needles
Cyanoacrylate
Baby powder
Feathers
Crazy glue
Sandpaper
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Your guide is Journeyman Falconer Joanne Bentley, a practitioner with fifteen years experience in the handling and schooling of raptors, and her young assistant Leah Danielle, herself a student of the Art intent on deepening her understanding of the (at least) 8000+ year-old practice.
With light-hearted humour, and a gentle, informational approach to conveying the techniques of “winning” one’s Feathered-companion into first working with us, then for the eye of the camera, Jo and Leah’s desire is to inspire established and new participants, wildlife enthusiasts, birders, and the wider public to inform and teach humanity about the intangible “living human-heritage” which every one of us may lay claim to through the Art of Falconry.
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[@melissaann5102]

Oh my goodness, this was one of the most informative videos that I know is going to save me one day! I actually have started to put together a first aid kit for my hawk. I’ve have always kept separate first aid kits for my dogs and my horses, so of course I need one for my bird! (And Pedalyte is in all three..that stuff is amazing! It has saved my “babies” more times than I like to think about). 😁 thank you!!

[@TheFalconLady]

Hi again Charlee; If you'd like to share some stories with others in our community about how you've employed Pedialyte, please feel welcome to do so - we're all here learning from each other. :0) Best, Jo

[@alessandrodejongh7147]

Yes a new video! ❤️

[@TheFalconLady]

Yay! Hope you learn something new today, please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions! :) -Leah

[@brandondavid1453]

Thanks for this trying to find a decent premaid raptor first aid kit is hard so I'm putting my own together atleast them I can custom it and get rid of the useless stuff they put in them

[@elicohencohen]

My suggestion is to you put the name of each medicine and use for, because some people living too far from a vet.

[@blackhole3432]

some a-hole shot a hawk from out of the sky because the hawk was hunting random birds so the bird fell on its wing, and has a broken wing and an injured eye so i took him home and well i've really wanted to do falconry so i think its an opportunity but first i really want to focus on healing it

[@Daro-Wolfe]

How do you clean out their crops? I didn’t understand that part

[@TheFalconLady]

Hi again Gillian; The technique for flushing out the crop of a diurnal (daytime) hunting bird, like a falcon, or hawk, is often called gastric lavage. its a means of flushing the crop, or (in humans), flushing out the stomach to rid the sick individual of poisons or some other substance which is putrifying (rotting) in the crop, or stomach. Its unpleasant regardless of which side of the equation you're on (whether you're administering, or receiving the treatment), but definitely an effective technique. Think of times you've been sick to your stomach...as unpleasant as it is to go through the experience, after you've rid yourself of what's been making you feel ill, and you've had some cool water, you often feel a hundred times better. With our Feathered ones, by the time they're got to the point they''re unable - themselves - to bring up whatever is making them sick, they're often in a deeply bad way, and need us to step in - quickly. We do lavage to address the removal of the rotting food, then, sometimes, 'gavage' (feeding slurried food directly into their stomach) to give them energy to fight whatever has made them sick. I hope this clarifies...kind of a "yucky" subject, but a necessary discussion. I'll be asking Dr. Collis if there's some way he can walk us through the steps of how its done when we get back down to see him (hopefully in late-May). and I'll get it into a new "veterinary" themed episode. Best, Jo

[@KitisTheMandalorian]

Is colloidal silver bad for raptors? and if not, I really suggest using it!

[@TheFalconLady]

Yes! Jo uses and keeps in it in her first aid kit and toolkit. We've used it on Pfeiffer's chest injury and feather lice with various degrees of success. The feather injury gets a dose of colloidal silver after Jo cleans it up, and it's remained bacteria and infection free for over the 6 months that it's taken to heal. He also gets dosed on his hood when we notice a flare-up of an excess of feather lice. Thanks for your question, support and suggestion TheHawkNerd! :) - Leah

[@yopierre6407]

Do you ever hunt them? I haven’t found a video with you hunting the birds yet.

[@lakhwinderkaur8023]

How long to wait for the video on 'training longwing for wait on' ...? !!! - Gurwinder rai

[@wongthegreat]

I've been looking for those green bath pans. Do you have resources as to where to purchase those?

[@TheFalconLady]

Great question Bennett! I believe Jo has had them for many years, they're extra large plant pot saucers that typically go underneath plant pots - super random but it seriously does the trick! I'll ask Jo if she remembers where she got them :) -Leah

[@TheFalconLady]

Good evening Bennet; Great to hear from you, thanks for stopping in. The green bath-pans came from Canadian Tire's "garden centre" - they're for (you guessed it!) putting under large, potted-plants. The beige-coloured bathpan (if I recollect a-right) was purchased from either Western Sporting or Mike's Falconry. Hope this helps - have a great week. :0) Jo

[@jantirpak7902]

You try to find the horticulture containers under the pots of 4 "deep and direct 20" for medium predators.

[@richardjones4080]

don't know about betadine but iodine is seaweed based and works really well

[@TheFalconLady]

I believe Jo has used both of those to care for cuts and scrapes from time to time. Thanks for joining us today, Richard! :) -Leah

[@richardjones4080]

@@TheFalconLady I speak from personal experience btw your welcome as always

[@rogersmith9473]

What kind of cat food is that?

[@brucelane6276]

Great video, Jo! I thought I'd pop in and let you know the tape you're referring to is called 'Friction Tape.' It's most often used to protect exposed wiring from abrasion (say, passing through a rough-cut hole). Home Depot has stock -- Here's a link: www.homedepot.com/p/3M-3-4-in-x-20-ft-Friction-Tape-Black-3407NA-BA-6/202192876 Looking forward to next week's installment...

[@TheFalconLady]

Ooh good to know, thank you for adding to the conversation Bruce! That was very helpful! Sending all the best to you and yours! :) -Leah