From Wild Care Oklahoma
Great horned owl patient 24-8120 arrived last month from northwest Oklahoma. Pictured wearing a body wrap, this patient arrived with a mildly displaced humerus fracture, underweight, and dehydrated. The body wrap helps hold the wing in place giving it time to heal correctly. The raggedy pieces of tape on the wrap are actually distractions intentionally placed on the wrap. Rather than the owl tugging the wrap itself, it can tug on those tabs without disturbing the wrap itself. Pretty ingenious!
The trick with the tape is so interesting!
I was very confused the first time I saw it as I wondered why the patch up looked kinda crappy, but then I learned it’s by design to give the birds something to tug at that won’t mess with their recovery.
I would be displeased as well if you covered me in tape.
The tape is strategically placed so none actually touches the bird. It pulls at that instead of the real bandages.
The cone of shame doesn’t work on the birdies.
This one looks like methamphetamine is a hell of a pain killer.
