Tawny Owl with apparent cataracts

This young tawny owl is able to see but seems to have bilateral cataracts. What would you do to help it?

In fact these apparently cloudy lenses are completely clear, as examination with distant direct ophthalmoscopy, seen here,demonstrates. Quite why this occurs, as it does in many young owls, is not clear, but the bird needs no treatment, surgical or otherwise.

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