Rescuing a Great Horned Owl
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- 24 hours caring for a Great Horned Owl while we waited for the game warden to come and take him to a wildlife rehabilitation center. No updates are available on his outcome. The warden would not/ could not tell me where he was going. I was only told that they have several rehabilitation centers that they use and that someone else would be placing him in one of those.
To address a few concerns: There are power lines around but he was initially found in my back yard which is in a heavily wooded area, and then later in the day just over the fence outside my yard (he was probably trying to get into my predator-proofed chicken run). When I picked him up out of the woods he was using his wings to try and move along the ground, so it was questionable as to whether it was a wing injury or something else entirely. I would not have handled or fed him had the warden picked him up in a timely manner, but since I was given a time frame of 24-72 hours for pick-up I didn't think it was kind to keep him in a cardboard box without food or water for that amount of time considering the lethargic condition he was already in. Obviously the care wasn't perfect but it sufficed and he perked up significantly. He also was not subjected to unnecessary interaction and petting but he only ate when I hand fed him and you can see in the video that he actually shut his eyes and stopped shaking while being gently touched. This interaction occurred while I was trying to get some nutrition into him. It worked and once he had some meat and water he perked up. Otherwise he spent most of the time with a towel covering the cage so he could relax and not have to look at the hen recovering from a leg injury.
Chicken- "Oh god it's gonna kill us all!"
Owl- "Chill out your making my hangover worse!"
😂😂😂😂😂🤣
"What is your problem?' she asks the chicken while feeding chicken to the owl lol. I had to laugh at that. Owls are amazing.
So true lol hahahahhaha
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@@blueorchid514 Nah I just didn't read the comments before commenting...a year ago.
By the way, giving an owl a piece of chicken may sound like cannibalism- a bird eating another bird- but remember, owls are birds of prey (carnivorous birds), so that’s entirely normal.
@@n.d.engleson6499 I mean, vultures would eat any dead animal, and falcon would eat smaller birds. Don't forget the skua that eats penguins
Owl: "Lady, how about feeding me a live little chick?"
Chicken: "Traitor. Traitor. Traitor."
lol hen was like “ THERE IS A DAMN OWL IN HERE, HELP ME”
Who is this strange lady and why is she being so nice to me. This could be my new gig.
Your English isn’t your strong point is it... lol I wonder if you’re going to fix it.
Bless his heart. I hope he was ok. It seemed like he may have had a broken wing. It was so kind of you to help him. He opened his mouth for you to feed him almost like a baby bird would.
And him limped so he might have hurt his leg
He was flying normall at the start but he did look like he couldnt fly higher but hopefully hes okay now!
owls are so freaking cute. His big eyes and little beak. his round head and fluffy feathers 🥺❤️ thank you for saving him!
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"does your owl bite?"
worse... *it judges you*
Owls are so intelligent, at least they know from observation that a human can help, where most birds of prey completely avoid humans unless it is a life threatening situation, then they might allow human intervention, but even that is uncommon. Owls just seem to know we are good for something at least, so I gotta thank You for helping this beautiful owl, I just hope it remains happy thru rehab and can return to the wild successfully & hopefully.
Kerrye they arent smart thier just as smart as other raptors maybe even dumber
>Calls something dumb
>has a 69 joke in their name
Owls are actually more "brawn" than "brain". Smart birds are parrots and crows.
Article 69 you're brilliant, thank you for sharing.
Kerrye I’m sure it was just hurt to the point it can’t react to anything. It didn’t really look like it was appreciating her help but at least it was still eating the food somewhat
An injured Blue Heron landed in our yard and I called several places and was finally told to bring him to the Raptor center 40 miles away. When we got there we were only then told the truth which was he would be euthanized as soon as we left. I was so mad that I was told on the phone he would be helped which was a lie. We brought the huge bird back home and put him in our horse trailer, then everyday we went to the local Bait store and bought any dead or dying fish that he ate without hesitation. After many calls I found a woman that had friends that could try to rehabilitate the Heron. After 3 weeks of doing all the work of caring for this bird, he was on a Helicopter leaving Alabama and on his way to a forever home in South Carolina.The work required for that one bird really makes me admire you that much more. Wishing you a Happy Birthday for all the hard work you do for these amazing birds, you and your wife are great people and really appreciated. God Bless you both !!!!
There's a helicopter that flies between Alabama and South Carolina?
You my friend are awesome!!
True stuff. The handful of times I’ve reached out to a wildlife rehabber I was told every time they didn’t have space, enuf help, or some other reason why they couldn’t help. They either passed the buck and I’d keep getting the same answer or they said it would have to be euthanized. Saddest part is in my state you have to jump thru hoops to be a volunteer rehabber which makes no sense. While I’d be more than happy to take a couple classes and put some hours in at a center to get certified, I’ve already been all the way thru graduate school to be a nurse practitioner so I’m not going back to college for it. They need free help that bad they need to make it doable.
BLESS YOU, Ashley Myers!!! Many breeds of owl have an angry look about them, but you could tell just by looking in GORGEOUS Lucifer's eyes how grateful he was for your love and care! And I loved how he reveled in your petting him!!! Animals instinctively know how much one cares about them, and they have that capacity to love unconditionally which is one of the most beautiful things about them! Your video was a truly heart-warming treat!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
P. J. Bovio the owl looked like it wanted to bite her couple times though
@@Sevan_UP that seemed to mostly be later in the afternoon was he was more awake, and when she touched his injured wing. Completely understandable, and avoidable circumstances *^*
Your hen is like: "You're feeding that thing my relative!"
Ha ha good point! 😀
That owl looks so miserable at the beginning! I hope everything worked out for it.
Hope he turned out alright. Thank you for being kind and taking care of him.
hes being so calm and gentle. too bad he couldnt tell you what was wrong
That chicken was cussing you and the owl out big time!
I did wildlife rehabilitation for years and worked with many owls including great horns like this one. I have never seen an owl take that quickly to hand feeding. Shocking it let you so close without freaking out or trying to defend itself.
Oh, you dear sweet, kind, loving woman to care for that sweet little birdy and pet him and soothe him after giving food/water. What a nice soul you are. You didn't maybe know what to do, but you did so much. That is lovely. He was soothed and comforted when your chicken got pissed.
Woman: are you injured?
Owl: hoo?
Woman: I’m talking to you, Mr. Owl
I just rescued a Great Horned Owl from where I work and it was the most amazing birds of prey that I have cared for. I also fed it raw meat and fresh fish...and tonight was release time!
It was amazing to help and see nature up close and personal 😳😊
I swear that owl was thinking, I am gonna eat that chicken for dinner if she doesn't shut up! 😂😂😂😂
I see you have a "To address a few concerns:" in the description... nevermind the malcontents, you did a great job.
Lol... when the chicken starts kicking up a fuss, the owl has the look of a long suffering husband with a wife that never shuts up. 😅
Ha! That cracked me up, so true!😂
ES UN BUHO, NO UNA LECHUZA
It's so hard to watch that animal suffer . You did such a great job on making him comfortable
You did a great job. That poor thing is terrified . It's strange when a wild animal will tolerate human contact . I feel so bad for him . I sometimes think they know you are helping him. And what is funny is he was around to feed on your animals and you still help him . You truly have a great heart . It's nice to know that people like you are out there
Thank you for being a kind human.
You did such an incredible job! Thank you for not waiting it out!!
Lol!
What is your problem?
She asks the chicken...,
while feeding chicken meat to the owl.
LMAOL!
....Owls don't just eat rodents, but also other birds.
Haha good point! That hen was Whitie, she was in for treatment and rehab on a bone infection in her leg. She had to wear a special shoe to learn how to walk again so she was mad at me anyway. I think she still holds a grudge for the owl situation.
Chicken: You bitch, your feeding that owl my hatchling?! How Dare You! 😂
@@Phantazma1988 Hens are so damn annoying, I would've turned that fucker into chicken wings before I'd listen to it make all that racket.
@@jakearmitage7811 Agreed!
You're an amazing human being Ashley thanks for taking care of him and doing the right thing. This made me happy, and I hope things worked out for Lucifer at the rehab.
This is so amazing I almost cried, the way this smart bird let you take care of it and pet it and almost seemed to enjoy you loving on it, was so amazing
He's beautiful. Thank you for helping him 🙂
Wonderful and kind what you did for this sweetheart. And he knew it too! Thankyou and for sharing. I love owls!✌🙏🐾💞🎃
I love how he is so calm with the chicken freaking out! He is beautiful!! You did awesome taking care of him!
Lovely that you take care of him! Thank you !
Poor Owl. I hope it recovers well. Thank you for helping jt
It's terrible that the owl had to wait so long. His wing is shaking, makes me think he's in pain, maybe cold too. I hope he got to the vets for help. Thanks for your care.
I love owls ♥️ you’re a great person!
What a wonderful thing you did.
Thank you for taking the effort to help keep Lucifer alive. What an incredible story . I am greatful to have got to watch your journey with such a magnificent Raptor.
“The game commission told me call them back if he’s still there when I got home from work, and guess who was still there, just laying on the ground, unable to get away from me.”
It’s like he knew you, as a human, could help him, so he went to where humans could find him. Bless his adorable, fluffy lil heart
You have a good heart. That’s one lucky owl.
If the owl's right wing must be hurt. It was still able to fly for a bit before it was taken in. It was probably trembling from the pain it was in.
You are an amazing person! I, personally, would have been scared to death of handling him the way you did. You probably saved that bird’s life and you will be rewarded in heaven one day.
I loved this video! Thank you for taking care of this beautiful baby! You so lucky that you got this close to him. Great Horned Owls are the best!💓💓🦉🦉
His eyes are so adorable and pretty
He is so beautiful I love owls💜💙💜 Thank you for taking care of him☺☺☺
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I feel like he definitely felt like he was in good, safe hands with you, Ash. Especially when he closed his eyes while you were petting him.
He knew that you were just helping him to get better for the night, so he kept calm, and didn't resist any of your feeding or comforting.
Thank You for taking care of him/her. It would be a privilege to be able to offer help to such a regal bird.
Owl looks like a cute little furball when he/she had his/her head patted on.
"I'm on a hunger strike until I'm let out of jail."
You should see pythons. There's a particular species that's known for exactly that, reptile lovers have hard time owning them.
Aw, look at him soaking up all that feminine motherly love at the end. How precious.
That was very nice of you to take care of that owl God bless you we need a lot more people like you in this world
The chicken was betrayed.
Thank you for taking such great care of this beautiful owl. You can really tell the condition of a person's heart by how they treat animals. Best, Michael
Amaizing rescue... so touching... thank you bird lady
Love the soft baby talk ❤️ so warm & kind seems like it knew u were helping & felt calm @ you enough to trust but game Warden either had louder voice or scent or didn't offer any food or time which is understandable
Thank you! I love how calming your voice is. You have a wonderful love for animals :)
Thank you you’re so kind
Just fyi... owls swallow their prey whole...Fur, bones and all. This is used for digestion. The fur and bones then get horked up in what's called a pellet. Feeding an owl just a tiny amount of chicken most likely wouldn't hurt a great horned owl but just thought you might want to know. The person you spoke with that said to put in a bowl of water probably didn't know that owls don't really drink like that either.. still taking this owl in and keeping it from other predators till someone knowledgeable arrived was very kind. I really hope things worked out for the owl and it was able to be released again.
yeah it was very nice of her to do that, i just wished that she hadn't added so much stress to the birds by simply deciding petting and "Loving on it" was the best course of action for an injured wild animal
When owls are sick you can feed raw meat (No pork) as is without furs and bones. It doesn't matter. They can go on this diet for months until they recover. The bird is sick, you don't know what's wrong with it, so it's not recommended to feed it anything complicated. It's much easier to digest raw meat during this phase.
What she did was fine. The drop of water and emergency meat could very well kept him up and running until the rescuer came. To be honest the bird needs a proper raptor/avian vet for meds. That's priority one.
Yeah - first 24 hours a small amount of water via syringe like she was doing with a electrolyte solution (even just a small amount of sugar and salt dissolved in water) is probably all they need in this kind of condition - if they are hungry/starving enough they will take raw meat if offered - won't need to force it on them.
@@KaySan666 I have saved many wild birds and some do not like touching at all and some actually do like it. If they like it you are not stressing them out. When you rescue a bird they don't want you to handle it mainly because they want to keep if wild. If they can't keep it wild they have to euthanize the bird. It's a horrible outdated law.
I am not sure about owl, but for other predators bird like eagle. They do not like human touching them at all. If you try to, they will fight very aggressively. Their talon are are extremely strong and sharp. You pretty much have to grab hold of their leg and cover their head to keep them calm.
If they ever sit still, calm and let you handle them. It actually is NOT a good sign. Their are either critically ill or exhausted.
Aww they remind me of the animals we'd take care of as I grew up. Started out just a blue jay caged safely in my room now and again but over time I had a few visitors like woodpeckers, a bat we named Simon, and once even a very aggressive but badly injured fully-grown hawk. She never did get too friendly but it must have been a traumatic experience being injured in an unfamiliar, even if providing, environment as a very large bird of prey. She ended up making a full recovery at least.
Thank you so much for caring for precious Lucifer. You were so sweet how you nurtured him. He is a cutie. I'm glad he was placed in a rehab facility.
Ashley, you are very kind. I think the owl realized that the first time you pet its head. I could see it was at ease.
I can see why the owl liked you... the both of you have beautiful eyes :)
This is just so priceless. Human always shine to reach out to inured animals. They are part of us.
Thank you
You were so gentle. Well done.
He's just a little hooter! ❤❤☺
I lived in a small town in SW Washington state some years back. We had heat reflecting window tint on our bedroom window, and it created an almost mirror like reflection. We came home to a juvenile redtail hawk laying on the ground below our window flapping and generally looking hurt. Pretty quick we saw where he'd hit the window and knocked himself loopy. We called the local wildlife rescue line attached to our animal shelter. They said something similar... "put it in a box with some water, and we'll come get it Monday. I'm off for the weekend." It didn't sound like a real good idea to me, crating up an injured wild bird of prey for two days with just water, but we did as we were told. The next day, it was noticeably weaker, so we called again... "No, it will be fine. Leave me alone. I'm at home with my family." The next day, Sunday, we got up that morning and it was dead.
I WAS LIVID!!!! By the time I finished with her and her useless drones she'd been pulled from her job and reassigned to something more suitable to her lack of give-a-damn, one of her drones was fired, one was written up on a handful of infractions, and her partner was promoted to her position. The partner (work, not domestic) came out and spent an hour talking with us, apologizing and explaining how she was hindered from responding by a direct order not to come get the hawk on a weekend, etc etc. I'd even offered to bring it to them. I am absolutely certain that animal could have been saved with prompt medical attention, but too often the general public is written off as stupid and uninformed on what constitutes an injured raptor. I'm sorry... it's not hard to get an idea what's wrong is serious when this poor creature has a bloodshot eye, bloody nose, and can't hold its head or itself up straight. Gee... that looks an awful lot like my fiance did when she got hit by a pickup on her mountain bike... I mean how hard is it to recognize a concussion?
I tore raw bloody strips off that entire animal shelter/wildlife rescue facility staff until I'd finally chewed far enough up the food chain to get someone who could... and would... do something to keep this from happening again.
Bless you for taking care of this wonderful animal. I liked the way you got in a few strokes and pats!!! These are fierce hunters and quite dangerous but for some reason he trusted you.
You are a very gentle person...poor bird.
Chicken: From now on we are stranger...don't ever call me again
What a cute owl 🥰
Very nice job. Thanks for caring for him, and for making/posting the video. I'm surprised to notice of the several predatory bird rescues I've seen videos of, owls and eagles, the birds have made no effort to bite their rescuers. I'd still take every precaution, as those beaks are perfectly designed for tearing flesh. And the talons. But the birds seem intelligent enough to know when they're being helped.
That's one pretty looking bird.hope he's going to be ok.
thank you for being king with animals. This guy was alone and sick and you gave him attention, food and drink. I thank you on his behalf!
I had a Golden Eagle rescue video that was in my CZcams Recommendations list which peaked my interest to watch initially just because of the sheer size of this full grown Female .
That took me down the Raptor Rabbit hole the last week or two. I came across this wildlife rescue called
"The Enoch Wildlife Rescue" out of Utah which is run by a Gentleman (Martin I think is his name) & his Wife I think to a lesser extent.
If you ever want to learn about Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Grey Horned Owl, Turkey Vultures, Peregrine Falcons behavior specifically when sick, injured, poisoned vs Healthy vs recovered & Healthy then this is ur guy...
He does not needlessly interact with any of the rescues with the exception of feeding health check ups to prevent potential Habitualization but he is exceptionally attentive when he has to feed them and give them health checks....
Something else I found fascinating and unique,
This guy is also a Falconer.He has a Golden Eagle & a Peregrine Falcon which he will use as one method to feed the other sick and injured in his care..He also obviously buys the farmed mice and stuff but when he has full grown Eagles baby mice don't suffice...Anyways I just thought I would share the info for people to check out...
I don’t know why but I think owls are amazing. For sure my favorite animal.
Thank you for your kindness!❤️
Wow that chicken is going off. Hilarious. So much attitude. Someone is forgetting who's boss around here.
The "horns" on this owl are lookin' mighty droopy!
Beautiful creatures
Did you ever find out what happened with him?
Stanley Jedrzejczyk You're pessimistic.
Stanley Jedrzejczyk You're just a negative bitch ass pansy. Get over yourself.
@@wilykat WOW
@@wilykat cant accept that it's probably true though....
From a realistic point, we can see that the owl is weak and probably has a broken wing. After the rehabilitation center she is probably good to go back into nature. Saying that she destined to die is pretty unrealistic und pessimistic. Owls, just like any other animal, are able to heal. A broken wing and recovery shouldn't end an owls life. Also, I know that the owl looks pretty sick but all animals do if there is something wrong with them. Don't forget that a broken wing must be painful too.
Owls can also get pretty old, especially in comparison with pets like cats and dogs. The owl is more likely to be alive than dead.
I actually don't know who is the "idealistic fool".
gah its so fluffy
Great Thanks to you.
He trusted you so much!!!!!!
Awwwwww so cute 😄 and you rotten hem good. Beautiful owl. Love those creature's of nature. Good heart for you too look after hem
He's shivering.
The chicken's like... 🐔 "You left me in here with that murderer??" 😆
Thank u for helping this beautiful bird
that feels like lead poisoning 😫 thank you for helping that poor owl 🦉
God Bless You
8:45 Owl: listen dude would you just shut up and relax. I'm hurt and was just get the best head rub EEEEEEEVER and you screwed it up!!! 🦉🦉🦉
He's so cute drinking and eating from her hand. Sweet.
Anyone else talk to birds like that or is it just me
A bealtiful girl doing a beatiful work! Thank you!
Ive got some Great Horned owls behind my house. They hoot to each other most every night. I enjoy listening to them.
You, my dear, are phenomenally gifted with animals. That was one lucky owl to have been found by you. It does look like he had a fractured hip or pelvis rather than a wing injury. The pain would have been terrible. You gave him all the comfort you could. The game warden had no regard for the owl's pain or fear, hence the hissing and attempt to attack. Pure stupidity and cruelty by a so called caretaker of nature.
Thank you alot for rescuing him/her!
Lol i keep seeing the owl like a kid, closing his eyes in disgust, "dont feed me anymore of that crappy meat". "Look I ate some, im sleepy!" "The chicken is scary, and im good boy" lmao you're a great person, to help like you did! Awesome job!