Showing posts with label Owls given health check at Seaview Wildlife Encounter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Owls given health check at Seaview Wildlife Encounter. Show all posts
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Owls – health check
Every few months the Owls are ‘caught-up’ by the Animal Care Team for a thorough health check. This includes body scoring (ensuring their weight is correct), trimming of talons, filing of beaks (if necessary), checking for external parasites and applying a preventative spray, as well as giving an oral dose of internal parasite treatment. Here are a few images of the process in action:
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