HELP !! BABY WOODPIDGEON.....

[katie011831]

Hi all, my girls have found a baby woodpidgeon at the park injured and decided it was a good idea to bring it hime...we have put it in a cat basket with straw a litle dish of water and some mixed corn...waiting on the local wildlife resue centre to answer their phine to come get it, has anyone else got any other info to help me whilst i have it !! i think the grain its got is far to hard and heavy as it is still young !!

[perchy]

Oh dear, I hope they come to pick it up soon, in the meantime could you crush the corn etc so its smaller? just a thought or do you have any wild bird seed?

[Gwenoakes]

Hi - I have had to deal with a Jackdaw and a pigeon. The Jackdaw had been shot and the pigeon was just very ill. The Jackdaw survived, I checked up at the wildlife centre it went to, but unfortunately the pigeon had to be pts by the collection officer at our house.

I rang the R.S.P.C.A. and they said to leave in a box, cat box in my case, and cover with an old towel with just water, somewhere quiet.

I do hope the little one survives and they are not too long coming back to you.

[katie011831]

its seems livly enough this morning moveing around the box, tipping over the litle dish of water and getting a bit wet!! thought about some weetabix with some warm water???

[Shlugh]

Glad to hear it is holding on.

My grandad used to crush up digestive biscuits and hard boiled egg yolk into a mash to give to his young racing pigeons as a boost.

I don't know if that would suit a wild bird though?

Let's hope the rescue come back you you soon.

Shlugh xx

[wendy]

i bought up 3 blackbirds, years ago, on Whiskas chicken cat food, but placed in their mouths. If it is lively, hopefully the water will be OK until they pick it up.
Wendy

[bluebell]

At this time of year I am taking it that it is a fully feathered youngster??

You could definitely try some paste type (not chunks in gravy, I mean), type of cat food for it, weetabix and water wouldn't hurt it if you think the grain you are giving it is too much.

I agree, a cat box with a towel over is a good idea, stress is a great killer of birds, as little as human contact as possible is required.

Hope he/she makes it.

[katie011831]

Horay!! finally got through to rescue center, just taken her/him around he said it looks slightly underweight probly been pushed out of nest and didnt know what to do hense the head dive in to the brambles (where my girls found her/him)...so looks like it will be fine and released in a week or so when gained a little weight!!!

[perchy]

Good news

[Mo]

Too late now, but isn't the advise usually to leave them where they are. the parents may be looking after them.

[katie011831]

yes your right, thats what we told the girls !!! But you try telling three girls of 9 11 and 13 to leave a baby animal that looks injured alone!!!...lol

[bluebell]

We get a lot of baby birds brought into our surgery during the spring/summer months, but this seems a bit late in the year for a really young woodpigeon??

Although we always tell people to leave the really young birds well alone, I think given the time of year Katie you've done the right thing

If you had left it chances are it would have succumbed to the weather.

[Gwenoakes]

Thats really good news Katie. Has it given you a lovely warm snuggly feeling? I know it did me when the Jackdaw survived.

Well done you and your three girls.

[Steve the Gas]

Woodies breed all year round when conditions allow. Chicks should be fed on meat - maggots crickets etc then weaned onto seed,peas.
With a woody I wouldn't have been surprised if they had dispatched it.......

Btw I have reared a 'feral' one before.