Critters

I was getting ready to get go get Connor at school this past Friday, when I noticed this white fluff ball in the bushes. Turns out if was a Great Horned owlet. I left him there while I went to get Connor at school not wanting to disturb him if his mom was still around. Low and behold he was still there when we returned, so I left him there and watched through the living room window for a while to see if he was being taken care of. After a while with no mom in site I went out to take a closer look and discovered he was slightly emaciated so of course we got a box for him and brought him in the house to figure out what to do. I looked up the local rescue on line because I just don't have the time to rehabilitate him, and they would do a better job. The nearest rescue was in town about twenty five minutes away. You have to take them in they will not pick them up, so he stayed with us over the weekend since I did not have time to run him in.

I of course called my mom and sister to tell them about the cute little owlet I had found. My mom researched what they ate, and found stew meat was on the menu, I just so happen to have some in the freezer. I fed him the thawed meat all weekend and he did really well, he was really easy to feed. I would just cut up the pieces and put them on a skewer stick and he would take them right off the stick. He ate about every four hours. It was a great learning experience for the boys they even helped me feed him. Connor even said," it is just like we are zoo keepers." The boys wanted to keep him as a pet of course and I explained to them why he needed to stay wild and that was why we were taking him to the rescue center. That they would raise him and teach him how to be a wild bird again. It was a fun experience and he was by far the most interesting animal I have found.