Vets Made This Tiny Bird With Deformed Feet Its Own Set Of Mini Snow Shoes

I think this is a story we could all use right about now. It only takes a few minutes to read but it will make your day. A tiny Mockingbird that doesn’t even have a name recently ended up with the California Wildlife Center. They rescued him and took him in after they saw his feet were deformed.

The results are a stylish departure from snowshoes that would make Canadians jealous. The design is to help "reset" the alignment of the feet. Brent said the team outfitted the bird with the snowshoes for a week until it was able to "walk normally" and "do normal bird things" again. Our little bird friend has since graduated from the shoes and was released back in the wild, where it's able to properly bird again. "It's gratifying that such an easy fix here can change an animal's life," one of the vets, Dr. Lorraine Barbosaw, said. Thank you, wildlife centers, for saving bird lives all while innovating bird fashions. (This little guy had neck surgery.)