So last night I got a call from video man Moses. He’d been out in the wee hours of Christmas Eve shooting a little footage. Seems he got several beavers, some very chewed trees and a lovely sunrise. Guess what else he got footage of? Mom!
We haven’t seen Mother beaver since September, and some of us were more than a little worried she might have died. Her eye had been looking worse and worse, and we assumed her health had something to do with the absence of kits this year. Be that as it may, Moses brought over footage he had taken at 5 in the morning on Christmas that shows her happily chewing and eating willow.
The good news is that her right eye looks better. The bad news is that her left eye looks affected also. This is clearly sticking with her, although neither side looks damp or crusted like it used to do. Jeff Alvarez told us that if she had rubbed off her fur because of an irritation or condition, it would take a good while to grow back, so its hard to know if this will change.
Still, its lovely to see her again, steadily swimming, climbing, foraging and chewing. She was clearly untroubled by her condition and took it in stride. I’ll try that also.
Just read this news. Really heartbreaking. I guess you were ready, Vic. But I wasn’t.
