HELP! baby pidgeon think he's dying

[Trees Gray]

I would give the bird 5 mls every 2 hours, or 2 mls, wvwey hour, to start.

Please review the basic life instructions when you have a moment, it will give you complete information for stabilizing the baby.

[shibby69]

okay, thankyou. i will do that

[Pigeonpal2002]

Hi Everyone,

Here's a picture of the bird...I enhanced the brightness and contrast a bit. He doesn't look all that good

[shibby69]

thankyou for brightening the picture

i have given him fluids, he is looking a little better now with his eyes fully open. i will give him 2 ml every hour. how long should this be for?

[Pigeonpal2002]

Hi Shibby,

Just keep giving this amount of water for the entire day for now. Unless he starts to perk up you may discontinue but rehydrating him could take awhile depending on how bad he was dehydrated.

Good luck with this unfortunate baby and keep us posted!

[Trees Gray]

Thanks Brad, for enhancing the picture, you are always so helpful.


You can continue the fluids and in 4 hours if the bird does a poop you can start food, if no poop continue fluids.

[shibby69]

he did one but ill continue giving fluid

[Trees Gray]

Originally Posted by shibby69

he did one but ill continue giving fluid

Yes, continue the fluids.

Is the poop solid or liquid?

[shibby69]

white runny stuff and black solid type string thing. it looked normal to me.

[Pigeonpal2002]

Hi There,

This isn't really a "normal" poop. This type of poop can reflect hunger, which he probably is. Please continue with the water for now and once he's sufficiently rehydrated, you can begin to offer him food which I'm sure he's in desparate need of.

[Trees Gray]

Thank you for your quick response.

It sounds like stress poop, and other issues.

Continue the hydration, little bits at a time.

Pigeon poop is usually solid green with white dolip.

[shibby69]

okay, thankyou, ill keep you posted on him, i have left him alone, but he is due his fluid in 20 minutes. i do hope he will be alright

[Pigeonpal2002]

Hi Shibby,

Sounds good, you can only do what you can so remember that. You've been started off with excellent advice from the others so hopefully the little guy will be ok.

Sorry to bombard you with what may seem like conflicting information but we're doing the best we can to assess the bird over the internet. You've been given the basic steps to stabolize a pigeon so hopefully this will work and from there, you can work on feeding him and getting his strength back up.

[shibby69]

i don't mind being bombarded, and i understand its difficult
without the bird being in front of you.

Just a thought... the bottle of water will cool down, should i refill it with warm water every time i give him his fluids (every hour) to keep him warm???

[Pigeonpal2002]

Yes, you can refill with warm water but you don't really have to, as long as it's not cold, room temperature is fine.

Do you have a heating pad...if so, place this under a towel set on low and this will provide additional heat for the bird. If you don't have a heating pad, a hot water bottle filled with hot water under a few towels will do.