Overview
- The Ojai Raptor Center said Sunday that Jackie’s packed cell volume fell below 6% on Saturday and rose to about 9% on Sunday, leaving her red blood cell count critically low and her condition unstable.
- Jackie was rescued after being found grounded following an altercation with two subadult eagles on July 17 and was later treated with an emergency blood transfusion from a donor eagle named Spirit.
- A coordinated team of nine veterinarians and officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife have run a contrast CT scan and a bone marrow biopsy that the center called diagnostically important while awaiting expanded toxicology and specialized lab results.
- Imaging has helped rule out lead poisoning and obvious ingested metal, and caretakers have provisionally treated for rodenticide even though they do not believe it to be the primary cause.
- Jackie’s illness has drawn intense public attention through the Friends of Big Bear Valley nest livestream, prompted fundraising and warnings against harassment and AI misinformation, and could affect her mate Shadow and the pair’s fledglings as testing continues.