A Very Sad Day

This weekend was not a good one. On Friday night, I weighed Katana and she was dead on to hunt the next day at the mini-meet. Problem was, Friday night it got very cold and I did not account for it. The next morning she was 20 grams lower than I have ever had her. Her bate was still strong and she seemed perfectly fine. I immediately fed her 40 grams of food and loaded her up in the car. A few hours later, I pulled her out to fly her. She immedately took off the fist and flew to a low perch. After letting a train pass, we began to work towards her. She then flew off again and landed on the ground. At this point I told everyone that she was done and I was just going to feed her up. I picked her up from the ground and after bating a few times she laid down on my fist. I then tried to get her to eat and she laid on the ground. I was eventually able to get 100 grams of meat into her and carried her out of the field. I took her home and perched her in the living room so I could keep a close eye on her and also because it was still very cold. She started to perk up that evening and had turned her crop so I fed her another 100 grams. The next morning however, I woke up to find her panting heavily and acting lathargic. She also had not turned her crop from the previous evening. Needless to say, I panicked. Noel was able to get ahold of Krys and he took my bird to Dr. Moores. It was unsure if she would make it through the night, but thankfully I received work from Krys this morning that she is doing ok, and even showing small signs of improvement. Hopefully she will eat today, that will make me feel even better. She is not out of the woods yet, but with Krys and Dr. Moore's expertise I know that if anything can be done, it will. I know that I need to tighten up on the weight management and keep a better eye on the weather forcast. Hopefully she will pull out of this and be ok. I will keep hoping...