Feeding the Baby

From Bat Rehabilitation Ireland Facebook

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The youngest of the barn owls we currently have in care.

This little one was very weak on arrival from Kilkenny. He was underweight and suffering from subcutaneous emphysema. This is when air is trapped under the skin and was most likely the result of trauma caused by one of his siblings in the nest as small puncture wounds were visible.

The air was removed and he is receiving a course of antibiotics. The poor thing is not out of the woods yet but is still strong enough to give a nasty injury with his talons so the blanket is to keep him from doing just that.

Thank you so much to the finder for contacting The Barn Owl Project and to Saoirse Deely and Josh for collecting him and getting him to us.