HELP NEEDED! Injured fledgling Robin! (1 Viewer)

[StellaD]

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Hello BirdForum! I woke up this morning to the sound of panicking outside my window to see a fledgling Robin getting attacked by crows. The parents scared off the crows but the fledgling was unresponsive. I gently picked it up with gloves and noticed a pretty bad head wound. It is moving it's legs and wings fine (they do not appear to be broken) but seems to be in shock and is tilting its head constantly to the right. I live in Arkansas and there seem to be no rehabilitators for Robins in my state at all. Right now, it is in a covered plastic container, with a heat pad under a towel, with airflow. What should I do next? Should I release it with this head wound if it gets out of shock and goes back to normal? Should I keep it in the house until the wound heals? If so, what can I feed it as a fledgling (I have hard cat food currently soaking in warm water)? All advise is greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!

 

[delia todd]

Hi Stella and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.

We have some general guidelines here for the care of injured and baby birds, I hope you find them useful.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news. Please let us know how you get on.

 

[StellaD]

Hi Stella and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.

We have some general guidelines here for the care of injured and baby birds, I hope you find them useful.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news. Please let us know how you get on.

Thank you so much for the guidelines! I will call my local vet and hope they can refer me to someone who can help. Do you have any advise for if there is no one near me who can help?

 

[delia todd]

Vets normally provide emergency treatment for free to wildlife.

I've found this list for Arkansaw, maybe this will help: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rua0p8P0_xJux1I5co5fTLVC1fcK-HRD/view

 

[StellaD]

Vets normally provide emergency treatment for free to wildlife.

I've found this list for Arkansaw, maybe this will help: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rua0p8P0_xJux1I5co5fTLVC1fcK-HRD/view

Thank you so much! I am calling a few now!

 

[Kits]

Welcome to Birdforum. Good luck with finding a vet.

 

[StellaD]

UPDATE: Thanks to your resources, I was able to find a woman 50 mins away from me who is licensed and trained to help this baby. She said it has a severe head injury but will keep me posted. Thank you all!

 

[KC Foggin]

UPDATE: Thanks to your resources, I was able to find a woman 50 mins away from me who is licensed and trained to help this baby. She said it has a severe head injury but will keep me posted. Thank you all!

That's good to here and fingers crossed for the poor thing.

Welcome aboard Stella! It's good to have you here with us. Enjoy!

 

[KC Foggin]

Oh, and please keep us updated on the fledgling.

 

[delia todd]

Thanks so much for the update Stella. I'm so pleased you've managed to get some help for the youngster.

I'm glad my research helped too.

 

[Kits]

Thank you for the update.