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For owls that are superb.
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If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
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If not plushy, why plushy shaped?
It is hard to argue with that logic....
I think the concept of holding on to a raptor is much more satisfying than actually doing so. Actual plushies have a much more satisfying and safer squish.
I want to put him in my shirt to sleep.
They are so tiny and surprisingly weightless, you would barely notice it was there until it pinches or scritches you. The ways owls are built, that's no joke.
This one is probably less than 200g, so about the weight of your typical pair of white athletic socks.
So It's like 95℅ floof? My heart!
They're about 40-60% floof, which is still a lot. This one is probably a little less since all the feathers haven't grown in yet.
It does have the extra soft downy fluff, which is worth a 2x bonus though.
He looks like he's either cozy, or he's trying to summon and focus the unadulterated life energy of every living being in the universe like Goku to destroy you.
From my experience of reading about and interacting with owls, they all want to spirit bomb us. For an owl, being exposed seems about as joyful as if someone were to walk in on us while we're changing clothes.
As with cats, could be both at the same time.