This little wl needed a bath, and the pictures are strangely adorable

Massey Wildbase Animal Hospital in New Zealand has lately received a furry patinet, a species of owl called a morel. He had a little skin infection causing him irritation.

Luckily for the animal, the is treated fairly easily. But there was a donwside.

He had to be bathed.

It turned out that the their majestic look is largely due to the opulence of its plumage. Getting wet changes them a lot.

«It’s gotten smaller, but it’s in great condition,» Nijman says. «Although when all the fluff gets wet, they look awfully miserable!»

The owl was rinsed with chlorhexidine to eliminate the infection and then rinsed off. «He was NOT happy,» Nijman wrote.

Nijman then wiped him with a towel and placed him under a blower to let him finally dry.

After regaining his former appearance, the owl was went back to the clinic’s aviary, where he was joined by several other more morels undergoing rehabilitation there.

With any luck, one therapeutic bath will be ok to solve the owl’s skin issue. If so, he’ll be released back into the wild.»