A huge wedge-tailed eagle has wound up in hospital after getting on the wrong end of a feral animal trap in Gympie.

When the owner of the property near Brady's Road found the 3.5 kilogram raptor caught by the hocks (ankles) on Tuesday afternoon, he immediately called the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital for help.

Brady the wedge-tailed eagle was caught in a feral animal trap at Gympie. Credit:Ben Beaden/Australia Zoo

The zoo's rescue unit found the bird alert but with red-raw legs.

Dubbed Brady, he was anesthetised to stop any errant scratches or bites as vets cleaned his wounds with saline and administered pain relief, antibiotics and fluids.