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If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
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.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
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Poor thing it must have been very cold. Once I found a parrot stuck in a pool in summer, and took it to the vet. The parrot was fine but had hypothermia.
It was very lucky you came along!
The only similar thing I've had was with one of my upstairs neighbor's cats that I used to look after while she was away. She was home, but as we got home late one night, it was wintertime and raining, and as we approached the house, we heard meowing. The cat must have followed her out into the deck earlier in the day and was locked out!
She was asleep and had her phone ringer off so it took some work to wake her up, but eventually kitty was let back inside.
Owl feather bristles are much less thickly packed than other birds, so much more water will cling to them, so it's very fortunate this caring crew came up in it.
Nooo kitty! Glad to know you got the cat back inside :) And yes, the owl too.
They had 4 cats, and that one was my favorite, the big fluffy Maine Coon!
So glad there is explanation. The picture sorta got me worried at first.
Me too! I hope it has a swift recovery. I'm glad they were able to spor the little guy floating around.