One of the joys of being a rural veterinarian is that one never knows what 
will walk through the door. A client with an injured owl on their porch 
called. They described the owl as a small owl. Imagine my surprise when 
she carried in a barn owl! From her description of several owls flying 
around their house this summer and two owls hissing and clicking at them 
when working on an out building, I suspect she had a successful breeding 
pair on site in Jeffrerson County. I hope to confirm that for the BBAII 
this spring.
For those intersted in such things, he/she weighed 460 gm, body condition 
thin, dehydrated, stool very dark and loose, large numbers of double 
operculated eggs in stool (lung worm/ whip worm?), an injury to the skin 
between shoulder and elbow (several days old), sores on both hocks (likely 
from rubbing while trying to fly), normal radiographs. The most aggressive 
of any owl or hawk I have ever had in the clinic. Thinks nothing of 
lunging with beak chomping or feet flying!
I gave fluids, antibiotics and the first dose of dewormer. The bird will 
be with me until Thursday, if eating he/she will go to rehab, if not, on 
to an avain veterinarian for full workup and treatment. 

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