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A baby Rubalina Macaw. The mother is a Ruby macaw and the father is a Catalina Macaw.
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Scroll down to the bottom of the page to read Dr. Sakas final report in regards to Keates.
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Its beauty actually brought tears to these old eyes. If you love birds you will love this.
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Dr. Sakas final report on Keates, the old, abused and finally rescued and repaired macaw....
Glenn-
I read the entire Keates saga off the link at your website as you said. It is very heartwarming to see how many people really cared for Keates and his plight. It is people like you, Glenn and the compassionate people that were inquiring about Keates' progress that reaffirms my decision to become a veterinarian and provides me with the positive reinforcement that makes me still love my profession after nearly 25 years.
Feel free to post this response below for everyone to read on Keates' medical condition.
I felt it would be meaningful to address the Keates situation from my perspective. Glenn has done a great job relaying the medical procedures that Keates was going through so you all were pretty much up to speed all along.
First of all I would like to applaud Glenn for his efforts in this entire endeavor. Without Glenn none of this would have happened. My friendship for Glenn is deep, a sort of mutual admiration society if you will, so when he related this sad tale to me I was willing to give it a chance. Glenn did all the leg work. Picking up Keates from the airport, lugging him back and forth to our animal hospital, housing him at his home in between visits, medicating him, and finally shipping him back home. Glenn and people like him who care deeply for our animal companions and give of themselves to provide the best for their care our undoubtedly angels on earth who deserve all the accolades we can offer them.
When Glenn first brought Keates to me the poor bird was an awful sight. Twisted wings, hanging wings, discolored feathers, very quiet, calm, not a whole lot of exuberance, unlike the typical macaw, but he had a spark in his eyes. He walked out of his carrier right onto my arm and looked right into my eyes. Glenn said he knows you are going to help him.....that was the feeling I had as well and it was a bit spiritual in that sense. That is a moment I will not forget.
(As an aside......I do indeed feel that animals have souls. When I look into their eyes there is something indescribable there. One time we had a Catholic priest come over to bless our house. My wife is Catholic and I am Greek Orthodox. I asked him, "Father, I have a question that has been nagging me for years and I would like to know the opinion of the Church.Do animals have souls?" He thought deeply and said, "No they do not, only Man has a soul. Animals have anima or the spark of life." I replied, "Not because I am Greek Orthodox and being disrespectful, but I feel that is wrong...they do have souls. When I look in their eyes I see much more than the 'spark of life." He smiled warmly and said, "We'll just have to wait and see what is right when we get to Heaven!")
Both of Keates wings were twisted at the carpi (wrist joints) a term called angel wings that we see often in ducks and geese. The right wing was held abnormally and the humerus felt abnormally thickened and irregular. The left wing drooped and there was a non-union fracture mid-humerus. The tips of the bone fragments were nearly poking through the skin and you could see that any movement of the wing caused discomfort as the bone fragments were irritating other tissues. In fact the elbow was very swollen and upon close inspection I could see that the end of the humerus was open and skin was growing into the lining of the humerus. (The humerus is a hollow bone normally.....it connects to the air sac system. However, it should not be open like that.) It showed that this was a very old injury.
We conducted a series of tests on Keates, including x-rays, blood work and fecal analyses. He had an increased white blood cell count, indicating an infection, probably due to the open wound at the old, non-healing fracture site. X-rays indicated fractures of both wings. The left wing was a old, non-union fracture with no callus forming and there was an old fracture of the right wing that had healed, but poorly, so that the wing was abnormally positioned.
Due to the high white blood cell count (indicating infection) we felt surgery was not a good option at this time. So we taped the wings into normal position, trimmed some flight feathers that were out of position and irritating Keates and began antibiotic therapy. Keates did not like having his right wing taped and bit the heck out of the bandage with almost a fervor. We had to place a collar on him. But it was tough keeping that wing restricted. Following antibiotic therapy we decided to undertake surgical intervention and see if we could pin the non-union fracture.
It was a nightmare from the start.....the normal anatomy of the wing was non-existent, due to the long term nature of the injury. Major blood vessels were out of position, there was extensive scarring and fibrosis of the muscle tissue. The ends of the fractures were covered over with scar tissue and callus. We tried to clean everything up as well as possible but there was no way that the ends of the bones could be brought close together without causing significant and possible fatal complications. We decided that perhaps the intervention would provide some healing, further scarring and fibrosis which could provide some stability to the fracture site so we applied a splint and kept our fingers crossed. We also worked on the elbow and cleaned and flushed the open end of the bone and resealed the skin over the end. Keates was held in the hospital for a few days on antibiotics and Glenn continued treatment at home.
We had a few follow-up exams to see how the healing was progressing but both Glenn and I knew that it was not happening. We finally decided that the prudent course of action was to amputate the wing at the fracture site as the bone fragment arising from the elbow was non-viable.
The amputation was performed and Keates went through the surgery just fine. After removal of the wing I dissected the amputated portion to evaluate the bone fragment. It was necrotic (non-viable) and almost rubbery. It never would have healed and was obviously a source of extreme discomfort as well as potential infections for Keates.
Keates seemed pretty good immediately after surgery and each subsequent day began to thrive. He really felt a lot better. Glenn immediately noticed that when he came to pick Keates up. He wondered as I did, if we should have performed the amputation right away...but we had to give him a chance. But the way he looked post amputation showed that the non-union fracture was a source of extreme discomfort for him.
As it stands now I have heard from Keates' bird Mom that he is getting feisty...which is great as it is a macaw personality trait and he is getting back to normal......not the zombie he was when we first saw him.It is a heartwarming story which could not have been accomplished without a whole series of dedicated individuals. I know there have been kudos directed towards me but others involved included my caring staff, especially Deb Koss our long term head avian technician and Eileen Fricke, another of our long time avain technicians. They assisted with the surgeries and aftercare.
There you go...a rather lengthy synopsis. I hope it will warm the cockles of you hearts to think about the Keates story, in contrast to all the horrible negative news stories we are accosted with on a day to day basis. Keates definitely had some angels on his side, on this earth and elsewhere, as I know deep in my heart that there are higher powers at work and I do not work alone.
Peter S. Sakas DVM, MS
Dear Readers,
Keates is doing fine now especially for a 64 year old rescued and abused Blue and Gold Macaw that had so many health issues. He is back to normal and being well taken care for by Kathy in upstate New York. ;) Keates whole story was posted on a parrot forum but now that website is no longer available. Sorry.
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