Will it live???

[GingerWizard]

little fella fell out of a tree and my nephew is trying to care for it.....

I was going to kill it, but he seems pretty strong.?

Thoughts?


(oh i think its a pidgeon)

[pacman1]

Too small for a pie.

[GingerWizard]

I was thinking satay.....

[pacman1]

GingerWizard said:

I was thinking satay.....

How you gonna feed it then? I've no idea, milk every four hours or what??

You do realise it will only repay you by stting on your car when its older.

[GingerWizard]

yeah oat milk at the moment, going to get some feed tomorrow if its alive.

[pacman1]

'coo' story bro!

[SmokinV8]

as soon as you can get some handrearing formula for parrots , aviplus is great,put 1 good heaped desert spoonfull in a mug and mix with a little cooled boiled water, you need it the consistancy of sloopy readybrek, using your fingers to open the beak syringe the formula down the throat,it will gradually get used to you doing this and open its beak for you, do this 10 ish times a day,keep it in a open topped box or bird cage, as soon as its big anough put a perch in for it.
i have reared a few like this, they are ugly to start with but soon turn into lovely little critters, mine got to the point of flying from the tree onto my hand just like a bird of prey, let us know how you get on. ohh change the bedding ofton or it stinks.

[BlackVanDyke]

I don't think that's a pigeon... anybody got a better idea? Beak looks wrong. Bex? TheVet?

I'm not a vet or VN but I know enough to say that any young'un that gets good care with the right grub has at least a chance, and that giving it said chance is the right thing to do if you're prepared to try to do it properly. I'm fairly sure that it needs something MUCH higher protein than oat milk, though - you probably need to find someone to ask about what it'll have - mashed boiled eggs might work possibly?

[0a]

Ugly

[Mubby]

very ugly!

[pacman1]

Jeez, you could die of that sort of ugliness.

Is it still alive?

[bexVN]

99% certain it's a baby pigeon.

http://www.pigeonrescue.co.uk/caringforababypigeon...

[GingerWizard]

Mungo is no longer with us...... I had to put him back to nature...

[BlackVanDyke]

GingerWizard said:

Mungo is no longer with us...... I had to put him back to nature...

Sorry to hear that.

[SmokinV8]

yes, it was a pigeon, reared many of them.