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<\/p>\nDespite pelicans eating wild fish in their day-to-day life, Shadick said the government told Living Sky it can only feed the birds store-bought fish.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey like their filets, but whole fish are good because we actually need to get the bones and that calcium into them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Shadick said caring for the pelicans can be quite expensive.<\/p>\n
\u201cPelican medication is actually several hundred dollars on top of the fish,\u201d she said. \u201cSo donations are gratefully accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shadick said when the second pelican arrived, the team learned about both leg injuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first one we thought was maybe just a young one that was starving and not eating very well,\u201d she said. \u201cThe second one came in, it had a leg injury and as it turned out, the first one also had a leg injury.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both birds are doing well. The first bird has been on antibiotics for a couple of weeks, and Shadick said she\u2019s happy there are two of them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really glad we have two of them because they keep each other company,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re very much a flocking species, and they like to have friends around, so the two of them hang out together inside the pen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shadick and the staff at Living Sky have really enjoyed having the birds around.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey open that big beak at you and it\u2019s actually quite funny to watch,\u201d she said. \u201cThey aren\u2019t super anxious and nervous birds, thankfully, so they\u2019re doing really well in captivity.\u201d<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t the first time Living Sky has treated a pelican, but Shadick said she noticed the number of pelicans in their care each year has begun to grow.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe used to get one every five years and it was a big adventure,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it was in the fall we had some ridiculous number, I think we got 11 pelicans.\u201d<\/p>\n
The hope is that the pelicans can be released into the wild within a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation is a non-profit, registered charity, based in Saskatoon. It handles around 2,300 injured animals every year.<\/p>\n
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