part of the reason I'm not immediately documenting my volunteering today is that it was pretty dull, really. the only thing of note that happened was kind of a downer. oh, except maybe for the story of the great horned owl that was brought in "because it was eating a snake"???? it's also got some damaged tailfeathers and is having difficulty flying, but seems otherwise completely healthy.
@green That owl wasn't getting along nicely with its prey? bah gawh. D:
@mawr the intake person said the conversation was very confusing. like the people that brought in the owl thought it might have been poisoned by eating the snake?? XD that's not... how *any* of that works!
I have huge amounts of lack of envy for the intake person's job. I couldn't possibly do it. I've listened to her half of phone conversations, and just... nooooooooo
non-explicit animal death & badstuff
the downer was a Cooper's hawk whose condition was deteriorating and had to be put down. I glanced in while I was cleaning the bird ward and he looked angry and alert, but he seemed to have a fracture or break in his spine somewhere, and was having increasing trouble breathing. :(
also they got a baby skunk, which is rare; its prognosis is very mixed, and they do better with siblings, but we don't have any for this one.