What to do when the food runs short. We have taken to recording the nights to see if Widget is getting enough food.Most nights, a parent brings food.Rabbits were often seen in the first months.Rats and ice have been the most frequent drop offs in recent weeks.One night no food was brought in, at least as far as we could tell. We began to fret that with inadequate food, Widget might dwindle....so off to the pet store. A local reptile supply shop provided fresh rats and mice. So how does one deliver fresh frozen rodents to an immature owl? I thought about climbing up ( not easy with the owl box mounted on a tall skinny 4x4). Pitching mice is a stretch- the little door would be hard to hit even if the nearby trees weren't blocking the pitch path. Long story short- a long handled aluminum pole with a small fork taped to the end. Seems now like a mouse is a mouse- the white store bought mice disappear in one huge gulp just like field mice. Down the hatch widget!