The exception was when Marge or Don were ailing. Once she could fly well, Tori roosted overnight on beams in the Gibsons' house. "The only thing she couldn't do is flush."Īs Tori grew she was allowed to mingle with other animals in the house and yard, including chickens.īut she always came indoors to spend the night. "Shocked isn't the word for it," Marge said of her reaction the first time she saw Tori use the toilet. Or if the toilet lid was left up, she'd go there. Tori would leave her droppings on newspaper placed on the bathroom floor next to the toilet. Yes, all.Īt two months of age, Tori became potty trained, Marge said. Tori was taking note of all the activities of her new, wingless family. The Gibsons had been married 44 years.Īny turkey hunter or wildlife observer knows turkeys have exceptional vision and hearing.Īfter the poult recovered from its injuries and got more mobile, Marge noticed Tori was extremely observant. "Somehow Tori got Marge's DNA," Don, who died in 2019, was fond to say. The ill poult got round-the-clock attention by Don and Marge. Some animals ended up being cared for in the Gibson home, adjacent to the formal rehab facility.
The Gibsons moved from southern California to Antigo in 1990 to help care for Marge's aging parents as well as found REGI.ĭon was a pathologist who worked for hospitals in the region and pitched in at the wildlife clinic. Tori, named by Marge and Don Gibson's granddaughter, prospered under the Gibson's care and imprinted on Marge within days. It may well put you in the Ben Franklin camp of those who admire wild turkeys even more than eagles. Then the tiny turkey set her flight path on smashing other preconceived notions.īuckle up. Tori's story is a wild ride.
Tori survived the injuries, perhaps caused by a grass fire, as well as getting orphaned from her flock.
None made it.īut the 2-day-old poult delivered by a Good Samaritan to REGI at midnight Jbeat the odds. Over the previous 20 years as a rehabber Marge had taken in other birds with smoke inhalation, gasping to breathe. "I didn't think she had a chance, zero," said Marge Gibson, wildlife rehabilitator and co-founder of Raptor Education Group Inc. Tori the turkey first amazed the world by living.
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