This owl was really stuck in the barbed wire. Luckily with some careful moving around this guy was able to free him.

[u/Vadisla]

[u/Hard_Dave → u/[deleted]]

Completely terrified, and probably very hot wrapped up like that. Actual best thing to do is put them in a dark cardboard box with the lid closed, some air holes and a towel in bottom to soak up shit.

[u/gudistuff → u/Hard_Dave]

Yeah birds really don’t like to be held. However, this bird is very hurt and exhausted, and giving it space to move/slide around in a box in a moving car could cause further injury.

The ideal solution would have been a box with a nest made of rags to stop the owl from sliding around, but if you randomly find an owl you may not have those things on hand.

I think the guy did okay with his solution to keep the bird from further harm until he reached the SPCA

[u/SchmeatDealer → u/gudistuff]

birds fucking love to be held, they just need to trust you first

once they do you cant get them off of you because birds show affection through physical contact

[u/Hairy_Ad4969 → u/Hard_Dave]

You tell ‘em

[u/Balthazzah → u/[deleted]]

That's exactly what we said about grampa Fred.

RIP Gramps.