From World Bird Sanctuary

Mistakes were made. Barred Owl 23-742 suffered an unusual accident while hunting, getting both legs wedged into a tree crook. Thankfully, a passerby noticed the poor owl’s plight as she hung upside down in the tree and called our hospital for help. Our rescuers successfully removed the owl from the tree and brought her in for care.

While 23-742 escaped without any fractures, she has significant constriction wounds to both her legs. With how tightly her legs were wedged, circulation would have been cut off to the area and to her feet for an unknown amount of time. With injuries like this, it can take several days before the full extent of the damage can be determined, so it is too early to tell if she will survive her accident.

So far, 23-742 is using both of her feet reasonably well and is resting comfortably with medications for both pain and to help improve circulation to the area. Her wounds are bandaged, and she will receive daily cleaning and dressing changes to monitor the condition of the tissue.