A Love so Big

This video shows how "Uiltjie" my Spotted Eagle Owl brings small rodents to Tiny, my little scops owl. In the wild, Spotted Eagle Owls will prey on smaller owls like the Scops Owl and therefore I never allowed Uiltjie to have contact with Tiny unless I personally supervised it. Deep in my heart I know that Uiltjie would never harm him, but he is a wild animal and it would be irresponsible of me to take unnecessary chances. One grab with his huge talons would crush the life out of Tiny's little body. Therefor you will see that whenever he brings a rodent to Tiny I always took him in my cupped hands and took the rodent from Uiltjie in such a way that he thought that it was the little Scops taking it. Tiny obviously do not like to be held like this, but I really was not prepared to take a chance with his life, because I love him to much. What is quite amazing is that apparently Uiltjie knew that he had to bring small rodents like these tiny shrews to Tiny. He never brought larger rodents like large mice and rats to him, but fed that to the larger Spotted Eagle Owlets under his care. Maybe owls really are as wise as they say.What is even more amazing is that, even if he had orphans to take care of, he would always think of Tiny and bring him a tiny mouse whenever he managed to catch one. I wonder what he thought of this little owl that did not want to grow up? Can love be "bigger" than this, taking care of your child that never grows up.