Rebecca's blog: OWL

Our year-end holiday card included the following story:

A late afternoon day.

Owl is very sick, laying on the ground for hours.

Finally he is rescued and brought to Wings of Wonder.

Rigid as a board, his body is racked by seizures, nonstop. There is no respite.

Now, immediate medical help. Warmth. Owl is safe for the night.

Morning arrives, the seizures continue, but less intense.

More medicines, quiet, comfort, darkness.

Time passes, there are moments of calm before the seizures return.

Sleep finally comes in between.

At last no more seizures. Owl can eat small bites of meat.

He stands. Drinks water.

Soon he is strong enough and is moved outside to a small flight pen.

Perched atop a stump, Owl looks all around as he did before he was sick.

Each day Owl eats a bit more and his strength returns.

He will fly free once again.

Owl had eaten poison meant to kill rodents who were destroying trees.

Owl ate these mice who had eaten the poison, and he himself nearly died.

Now, Owl will live for many more moons thanks to Wings of Wonder.

As promised, some pictures of Owl

Here is Owl several days after being admitted to WOW. This was his first day without continual seizures. He is very weak and sore...hence the squatted posture. He struggled all day to stay up on his feet atop the perch.

Each day he gets a bit stronger

Once he was eating solid foods he was moved from the hospital to an outdoor aviary. This is Owl looking at the food I have just brought him. It was so wonderful to see him perching and showing an interest in his dinner.