The one-month-old baby eagle from the Norfolk Botanical Garden, who impressed people around the world with its appearances on “Eagle Cam,” has been admitted to the Wildlife Center of Virginia for extended care and treatment.

After an unusual growth appeared on the eaglet’s upper mandible approximately 10 days ago, the bird was removed from the nest last week, in order to be examined by Dr. Jonathan Sleeman, the state wildlife veterinarian.

According to Ed Clark, the president of the Wildlife Center in Virginia, the growth on the beak is very serious, and things don’t look too promising for the little one. However, he said the center will use all available resources to save its life.

Scientists fear that as the tissue grows, the mandible will also become deformed, which will interfere with the eaglet’s eating.

Last week, the center sent a biopsy from the tissue mass on the eaglet’s beak to the Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study center at the University of Georgia, and results are expected sometime this week.

According to a statement released by the Wildlife Center in Virginia, the eagle appears to eat well and to be “in normal chatty spirits.” However, doctors’ concern grows every day, as the tissue mass appears to have increased in size since Saturday.

Clark called it a “heartrending” case, and promised that the veterinary team at the center “will go to the wall” for this patient, by using all tests and treatments available to save its life. The results of the biopsy should arrive within the next few days.