The Vet has decided to NOT return the eaglet to the nest.
They are taking it away to a rehab center.
The parents will then leave the nest. It is over for the cam.
But we can hope the vets can save this little tyke!
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Norfolk Botanical: The eaglet will not be going back into the nest today
Norfolk Botanical: The eaglet will be taken to a rehabilitation center
Norfolk Botanical: it will probably be to the Wildlife Center of VA at Lyndhurst (near Waynesboro). What the course of treatment will be depends on the extent disease.
Norfolk Botanical: Dr Jonathan Sleeman is the vet performing the examination today. He works with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
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Norfolk Botanical: The growth seems large and agressive and is starting to interfere with his breathing on his left nostril
Norfolk Botanical: It may interfere with eating soon
Norfolk Botanical: He is being put in a transport box now
Norfolk Botanical: They have taken tissue samples and will send to make a correct diagnosis
Norfolk Botanical: Blood samples were taken as well
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As disappointing as this situation is....I expect the biologists will learn alot from this situation.
And if this condition is contagious...all the more reason to remove the chick to protect the parents.
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