Tessinfrance
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I'm having a birdy time of it. Not just the bluetit in the kitchen but now a pigeon. Was driving back from the shop and noticed lots of feathers and a sad little bundle by the road. As I drew level the bundle put it's head up and looked at me. What can you do?
I stopped the car and went to check him out hoping he was just shocked and I could put him somewhere safe. But he had a hole in his head and his legs weren't working and had lost all flight fearthers from one wing.
Took him home, obviously. Thiknking to evaluate quietly and decide what to do.
I looked up the parylysed legs and read that with birds it might be nerve damage through the kidneys (?) and that they can come back so decided to manage this part and do the old wait and see. Cleaned hole in head which was not too deep, it was a piece of road grit. Inspected for other injuries, nothing visible. I gave him a drink, he shocked me by syphoning up the water like an elephant:eek!: offered him grain and put him quietly in a big box. Then the troubles really began. He beat himself around the box untill his featherless wing was bleeding everywhere, it sprayed the kitchen. I checked the bleeding by bathing with hydrogen peroxide, put on some cornflour (these are my hen first aid kit things) bound the edge of wing and popped him back. He just did it again. Decided I needed to imobilise the wings so that he stay quiet. I put him in a cutdown loosely fitting sock with a bit of soft tape to stop him pulling it off and invented a sort of sling for him by taping two socks across the box and resting him on them with his legs dangling in between.
four days later he has regained about 40 percent of his leg strength, i clean him up underneath four times a day, I discovered a deep gash across his tail area and so have him on baytril in case of infection and am using dermaflon on the wound, which looks clean but is near the poopy areas so have to take care; His poo is very dark green and white, smells fine, just a regular pidgey pong. I leave the sock off in the day as I'm working at home on a childrens book so can watch he doesn't get in a muddle but he's not spreading his wings anymore, he acts as if he still has the sock on which worries me. He's a real fighter but seems to have stress or pain crisis moments with open mouth and fast heart, I give him water and try to leave him as peaceful as I can.
Can anyone add more information or advice, what can I expect, what should I watch for?
Thankyou!:eat:
I stopped the car and went to check him out hoping he was just shocked and I could put him somewhere safe. But he had a hole in his head and his legs weren't working and had lost all flight fearthers from one wing.
Took him home, obviously. Thiknking to evaluate quietly and decide what to do.
I looked up the parylysed legs and read that with birds it might be nerve damage through the kidneys (?) and that they can come back so decided to manage this part and do the old wait and see. Cleaned hole in head which was not too deep, it was a piece of road grit. Inspected for other injuries, nothing visible. I gave him a drink, he shocked me by syphoning up the water like an elephant:eek!: offered him grain and put him quietly in a big box. Then the troubles really began. He beat himself around the box untill his featherless wing was bleeding everywhere, it sprayed the kitchen. I checked the bleeding by bathing with hydrogen peroxide, put on some cornflour (these are my hen first aid kit things) bound the edge of wing and popped him back. He just did it again. Decided I needed to imobilise the wings so that he stay quiet. I put him in a cutdown loosely fitting sock with a bit of soft tape to stop him pulling it off and invented a sort of sling for him by taping two socks across the box and resting him on them with his legs dangling in between.
four days later he has regained about 40 percent of his leg strength, i clean him up underneath four times a day, I discovered a deep gash across his tail area and so have him on baytril in case of infection and am using dermaflon on the wound, which looks clean but is near the poopy areas so have to take care; His poo is very dark green and white, smells fine, just a regular pidgey pong. I leave the sock off in the day as I'm working at home on a childrens book so can watch he doesn't get in a muddle but he's not spreading his wings anymore, he acts as if he still has the sock on which worries me. He's a real fighter but seems to have stress or pain crisis moments with open mouth and fast heart, I give him water and try to leave him as peaceful as I can.
Can anyone add more information or advice, what can I expect, what should I watch for?
Thankyou!:eat:
