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Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.

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Carolina Raptor Center Reaches Patient #27,000! (lemmy.world)

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From Carolina Raptor Center

Meet a very special bird - our 27,000th patient in our Raptor Hospital!

Patient #27000 is a baby Barred Owl that lost its nest during a wind storm. This baby is currently rooming with another young Barred Owl in our care, and we are hoping that we can renest both soon!

I've visited CRC and it's a great place!

If you're wondering why they are sporting some colored hairdos, that is a dye marker so the care team knows who's who.

If there's more than one animal kept together, this makes identifying them easy so their specific feeding and care instructions can be followed.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't blame you! I'm hard-headed though, and I did get mad when he bit me, when I was just trying to free him from choking on his chain and giving him fresh water! But I got over it and resolved to become friends. It took several months, but it worked out. It was more about me though. I knew if I didn't approach him again, I'd be a prisoner of my own fear, and resenting the poor dog, for it. He did what he did, and I was too stubborn and proud to admit defeat.

The day before we parted, it was like he knew. He came to me as I sat on my porch and laid his head in my lap, staring into my eyes. Perhaps I projected my own sorrow into those eyes, because he sure looked sad to me. After a few moments, I kissed his nose, he nuzzled my cheek, and that was the last I saw him. I moved. I do so hope he is happy and well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm glad you both got to understand each other! They never understand our intentions, especially if they've only ever known bad people. But just like people, with some compassion and time, we can be friends with almost anyone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes sir. "Almost" being key. Sometimes you just have to respect boundaries, your own and others.