Injured dove bitten by my cat Urgent (1 Viewer)

[Kara Cao]

Hello
Please help.

Yesterday my cat catched a dove and made him hurt under the dove’s left wing and right eye.

Left wings: scratch to bleed
Right eye: swollen

I fed him with children’s syrup and some amoxicillin, sprayed hydrogen peroxide then povidone last night. He managed to sit one a tower I nest around him. It’s difficult to feed him. He resisted to swallow the medicine, it took me a hour to feed all 5 ml liquid. (

At the moment , the dove can stand only, slightly move and close his eyes.

What should I do next. Please advise.
And I’m sorry for my English.

Many many thanks in advance.

Ps: my country don’t have vet for bird, only for dogs and cats.

 

[Kits]

Welcome to Birdforum. Does your country have wildlife centres?

You may find these guidelines helpful

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If You Find A BABY Bird (see below about ADULT birds) Is the bird injured (bleeding, broken bones, puncture wounds, been in a cat’s mouth, open wounds, etc.)?If YES, take the bird to your nearest wildlife veterinarian or rehabilitator.If NO, see below. Is the bird fully...

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[Kara Cao]

Welcome to Birdforum. Does your country have wildlife centres?

You may find these guidelines helpful

Baby & Injured Wild Birds - PLEASE READ!

If You Find A BABY Bird (see below about ADULT birds) Is the bird injured (bleeding, broken bones, puncture wounds, been in a cat’s mouth, open wounds, etc.)?If YES, take the bird to your nearest wildlife veterinarian or rehabilitator.If NO, see below. Is the bird fully...

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Unfortunately my country don’t have any that can help this kind of situation. Forum about birds only teach you how to catch bird, selling cages or raise them for commercial purposes.

Many thanks tho.
And sorry for bothering you.
I’m getting help form local pharmacist that I know. So please don’t worry. Let’s Hope for the best.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Sorry to say it but the Dove probably has injuries you can't see and they nearly always die after such an attack.

 

[iraqbabbler]

What should I do next. Please advise.

This is not about the currently injured bird, but please consider putting a bell around your cat's neck. It would alert birds it might try to stalk.

 

[delia todd]

Hi Kara Cao and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. I wish you luck with caring for this little guy, but fear Andy could be right, as animals mouths are so full of bacteria.

Please let us know how you get on.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.

 

[Scott98]

I would go easy on medications...I wouldn't use any. It's a bird! They're tiny, there's no way to know the proper dose, and the meds may not work on them. The meds are probably not safe for them.

 

[Montereyman]

The humane thing would be to quickly kill the bird. How did the bird get inside your house so it could be attacked by your cat?

 

[Kara Cao]

This is not about the currently injured bird, but please consider putting a bell around your cat's neck. It would alert birds it might try to stalk.

Hello
Many thanks for the advice, I think it’s a great idea if another one stop by my house.

 

[Kara Cao]

Hi Kara Cao and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. I wish you luck with caring for this little guy, but fear Andy could be right, as animals mouths are so full of bacteria.

Please let us know how you get on.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.

Many thanks for your kindness and warmly welcome, Delia.
And yes, you’re right about this. He can’t make it! He’s gone yesterday.
Few days ago, I brought him to a hospital for pet for checking. A vet said that the injury was not bad and he gave a bottle of medicine to spray on his left wing which works really well.
The day before he died he can even stretch his both wings and bath himself.
But the vet also said the bird was too old and his eyes mostly blind of infection which caused by bacteria or some kind like that. It covered one eye and nearly cover the other. So we managed to clean the discharge out the better eye but it keep coming back. Everyday I wake up his eyes being cover by discharge. Then I have to clean again.
Besides, he got small parasites on his body, they crawled out every time I touch him.
Anyway, he drank water only and refused any food I brought. Yesterday morning, I saw him collapsed and never stand again. ((

 

[Kara Cao]

The humane thing would be to quickly kill the bird. How did the bird get inside your house so it could be attacked by your cat?

Birds, snakes, insects get into our house from time to time. Sometimes we left our windows and doors open to get fresh air during hot season.

Anyway this bird didn’t get into my house but my small garden. I have a small pond in the garden. After this accident, I guess birds attracted to it.

 

[Kara Cao]

Dear Admin, please help me to close this topic.
Thank you in advance.

 

[Kara Cao]

And many thanks for your kindness and your help. I’m touch.
Wish you all the best.

 

[delia todd]

Many thanks for letting us know of the sad demise of this dove.

Also, for caring for him so kindly during his last hours.

 

[Montereyman]

Far more people get rabies from cat bites than from bites by wildlife or dog in the USA. Outdoor cats also get Toxoplasma infection by eating infected rodents, birds or other small animals, or anything contaminated with feces from another cat that is shedding the microscopic parasite in its feces. After a cat has been infected, it can shed the parasite for up to two weeks. The parasite becomes infective one to five days after it is passed in the feces of the cat. The parasite can live in the environment for many months and contaminate soil, water, fruits and vegetables, sandboxes, grass where animals graze for food, litter boxes, or any place where an infected cat may have defecated.

Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by a microscopic parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. More than 30 million people in the United States
carry the Toxoplasma parasite. Toxoplasmosis can cause severe illness in infants infected before birth (when their mothers are newly infected just before or during pregnancy), or in persons with a weakened immune system. Increased levels of maternal antibodies to T. gondii have been correlated with adult-onset schizophrenia in the offspring. An infected mother is 2.6 times as likely to produce a child with develops schizophrnia as an adult.