Found a baby pigeon! Help please!

[pdpbison]

Are you keeping him on or next to an Electic Heating pad?


How had the poops looked so far since you have had him?


Hand Nest is nice for them sometimes, just hold him in hour hands and cover him with the thumbs of your hands so he is comfortable...

Babys, or stressed young ones like yours, can get really dopey if not warm enough, and then their digestion slows and other problems happen too...


Someone brought me a really small Baby Dove a couple hours ago...poor thingwas pretty wilty and Sun beaten...little Crop is still hard as a rock and tender...we are doing small water sipping sessions off and on and she is delicately drinking from the nipple. It has been in hand-nest off and on, and when I set her down, she wants to climb right back in to hand nest. This one is small enough so a one-hand version is enough. She is all quills, and would fit into a small Chicken Egg.

If you can, Hand-Nest is a good thing for them sometimes.

Makes it hard to type though, or do other things...

Yours might need extra Water maybe with electrolyes for good measure...mine too for now...

Good luck...


Phil
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[Lin Hansen]

Hi Beci,

I'm sorry the baby is not doing well....hopefully members who have more experience with babies will be along to advise you.

The only thing I can suggest right now, is supplying the baby with some additional heat...it sounds like you are doing everything right.

Here is a thread which provides suggestions for heat and hydration..

http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=8822

Good luck,

Linda

[beci]

Little "Emu" is gone. We are sad, but at least we know he was warm and comfortable and not out on the streets of downtown getting pecked by crows or something else. Also, he would have gotten flooded out given all the rain we've had in the last 24 hours.

We have no idea what led to him being on the ground; he must have fallen from a couple of stories up.

We now know a lot more about what to do and how to do it better if this should ever happen again. Thank you all for your helpful posts.

[TAWhatley]

As suggested, increase the heat a bit and definitely stop feeding formula until the crop empties. If the crop isn't overly full, try getting a small amount of baking soda dissolved in water in .. a pinch of soda in maybe 1/2 to 1 cc of water. Then no more food until the crop does empty. Giving a bit of water is OK, but do =not= give so much that the crop is overly full. We need the crop to completely empty. The baking soda water is an attempt to change the Ph of the crop and get it functioning again.

I'm very sorry you are having to go through this. It's often very difficult to get a slow crop problem turned around.

Terry

[TAWhatley]

Ohhh Beci .. I am so sorry the little one has passed on. You did everything you could to help the baby and bless you for that. Taking a multi-story fall could have done untold damage internally that we will never know about. Again, I am so sorry ..

Terry

[pdpbison]

Hi beci,


Good try...

Them long falls also bruise them variouly, internally, and else...which can complicate matters.


Best...

Phil
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[Lin Hansen]

Beci,

Thank you for doing your best to help little Emu.

Linda