Merlin is making progress

Merlin, our rescued Barn Owl, is making good progress.  When he first came in he flopped down on his side and couldn’t stand, now he’s on his feet all the time.  We used to prop him up in a corner of his pen, now it’s good to see him upright and managing to move around even though it’s only a little bit.   Apart from being very thin and light, he has a damaged wing, although we are hoping it’s an injury that will heal.   His feet have the most damage, one worse than the other.   This week was a breakthrough though and for the first time he put his talons on his perch (which is on the ground so that he doesn’t fall off it).  He must be feeling better to do that.

Merlin is eating well, intelligent and knows us, he hasn’t started ‘clicking’ to us yet but he is calm with us when we’re feeding him and cleaning him out.   If a stranger comes near him it’s wide eyes and panic mode though!   He is an amazing work of nature, beautiful colouring as you can see from the feathers on his back.

We still have to get him up to weight and although he is eating well now, it’s slow progress.