From Raptors Rise Rehab Center
Sweet Barry came to us on October 30th. He had been struck by a vehicle and had a concussion as well as a badly broken beak. With time and a good vitamin enriched diet, his beak is healing well! We chopped his food for him for a long while. We do regular trimming, smoothing and shaping as the beak grows. He now can tear meat once again. Barry should be going free in early Spring! He’s been the best patient and guest!
We’ve discussed coping before, where the beak is trimmed if it grows too long. This is a bit of the opposite, where the beak has been broken off and now has to grow back.
There was an intake photo shared, but I left it out since it was pretty gory. This owl would have been in serious pain and trouble if someone hadn’t rescued it. Now it gets a second chance in life.
Thanks for taking the time to type this out!
Of course! This is why I love participating here so much. Most of this info was new to me as well. I know a lot of basic facts by now, but these more specific conversations give me opportunities to dive deeper on more specific things.
The eagle’s story is also so amazing! The spirit of that bird fighting through the pain, all the work of the people to heal it, and all this is still just people giving of themselves with time and resources, as it is all donation based work. It took so many individuals to make this story happen, and this happens so many times a day, all over the world. I think it is tremendously inspiring.