IollaDoveLove
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Hello!
I live in California. I joined this forum hoping to find new bird buddies.
I recently caught a sick dove to try and help it out. (A cat tried to catch and eat it, too.) I put it in a cage and it proceeded to head boink several times. Never had a bird, other than quail, do this.
The next day I got it out of the cage to give it water, but it got away from me and flew into my bathroom mirror, hard. Over the next 2 days it hit the mirror and ceiling 3 more times. On the 3rd day it couldn't keep it's body temperature up. I had it under a lamp and it was happy. I have ADHD. I told my room mate that I couldn't keep it warm that night. I took it to bed in a towel and covered it. I knew it needed warmth, but my "analysis paralysis" started. I never put it on my body for warmth that night, only kept it in a covered towel, and it died. I know these critters need warmth. I hate having ADHD!!! Totally my fault. I'm devastated! This happened so quickly I didn't have a chance to deal with this dove's illness. Looked like it had a healed gunshot wound that affected it's ability to eat/swallow seed. Thought it was canker. Nope. When I was burying it I really looked at the healed hole. Don't know how it lived as long as it did with this injury. It also had diarrhea and bright green poo. It was dead and the meds I ordered for it came a few hours later. I've been crying for 3 days now. I have a heating pad. I've used it to warm cages of other sick birds in the past. Sometimes I am so clear on how to help a bird and then there are stress filled times when my ADHD kicks in. I had fallen in love with this little dove, only to kill it. I'm so upset! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ Please, be kind with your responses. This was the first time trying to rehab a dove. I have pigeons and chickens.
I live in California. I joined this forum hoping to find new bird buddies.
I recently caught a sick dove to try and help it out. (A cat tried to catch and eat it, too.) I put it in a cage and it proceeded to head boink several times. Never had a bird, other than quail, do this.
The next day I got it out of the cage to give it water, but it got away from me and flew into my bathroom mirror, hard. Over the next 2 days it hit the mirror and ceiling 3 more times. On the 3rd day it couldn't keep it's body temperature up. I had it under a lamp and it was happy. I have ADHD. I told my room mate that I couldn't keep it warm that night. I took it to bed in a towel and covered it. I knew it needed warmth, but my "analysis paralysis" started. I never put it on my body for warmth that night, only kept it in a covered towel, and it died. I know these critters need warmth. I hate having ADHD!!! Totally my fault. I'm devastated! This happened so quickly I didn't have a chance to deal with this dove's illness. Looked like it had a healed gunshot wound that affected it's ability to eat/swallow seed. Thought it was canker. Nope. When I was burying it I really looked at the healed hole. Don't know how it lived as long as it did with this injury. It also had diarrhea and bright green poo. It was dead and the meds I ordered for it came a few hours later. I've been crying for 3 days now. I have a heating pad. I've used it to warm cages of other sick birds in the past. Sometimes I am so clear on how to help a bird and then there are stress filled times when my ADHD kicks in. I had fallen in love with this little dove, only to kill it. I'm so upset! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ Please, be kind with your responses. This was the first time trying to rehab a dove. I have pigeons and chickens.
