Injured (Perhaps Ill) Pigeon needs home in Ontario

[emaleth]

Hello, i was directed here from the starling talk forums

about a week ago i found a pigeon left outside in a box behind my apartment building. someone had tried to rescue him but was too afraid to touch him or something, i'm really not sure. at first i thought the only problem with him was severe dehydration and starvation because he had a piece of old newspaper stuck inside his beak, preventing him from eating. once i got that out i was able to very easily get him drinking again. after a day of just fluids he started eating cooked rice and is now at the point where he feeds and drinks on his own. i currently have him eating cooked split peas, which he seems to love.

however he also seems to have a head injury that doesn't really affect his balance and he sleeps on one leg, but keeps him very disoriented and he cannot fly. when he tries to focus on something like his food dish or anything up close his head starts wobbling back and forth.

other than this he has made slow but great progress in getting better and is not only feeding himself but trying to groom and quietly coos at me when i get too close. this morning he flapped his wings for the first time!

anyway, the Toronto Wildlife Centre is full and not taking any more pigeons in and i cannot afford to take this little guy to a vet. i'm pretty sure he'd just get euthanized if i take him anywhere. he's currently living in my old starlings cage on my bedroom floor, much to the annoyance of my 4 cats who are currently banned from the room.

i'm really not sure what to do with this little guy but am not in any position to keep him myself. he is really sweet and quite unafraid of me, and i couldn't bear to have him put down if there is another option.

if anyone can take him in or knows someone with other pet pigeons who would be able to welcome him into their home i'd be forever grateful if you could get in touch with me.

also, i live in toronto and don't drive so i wouldn't be able to deliver him outside of the GTA

Thanks!!