help with pigeon who can't fly

[Claudia]

On October 20th I found a pigeon in the road. It appeared to have a broken wing. I brought it home and tried to wrap its wing with vet wrap but the pigeon kept taking it off. I gave up thinking that I was doing more harm than good. I put it in a rabbit size carrier so it could not spread its wings thinking that this would help it heal since it could not move very much. It had a small amount of blood on its wing but I could not find the injury. I started it on Baytril (.06 ml) 2x's per day and gave it food and water and a towel to sit on. It has been on Baytril for 5 days now.

After 5 days it was doing much better so I gave it some panacur assuming that since it was wild it most likely has worms. (point 1 ml) 1 x per day. I figured maybe 3 doses total. Today was it's second dose. It is still doing fine. It's poop looks normal and the bird is strong. However, it still can't fly. It's wing is lower at the shoulder but not so low that the flight feathers touch the ground.

Now it is a week later. I don't know where to go from here. It still cannot fly. I know this because today while I was changing the paper in the carrier it got away, tried to fly, but fell over on its side instead.

I feel bad that I can't help it. I just could not leave it in the road. It can live with me if it does not recover but a wild bird should be able to stay wild. Is there anything else I can do? Should I put it in a larger cage or keep it in the small carrier for a while longer? Is the Baytril and Panacur okay? Please advise me!

If it ends up living with me I will figure how to set up an area in my home for a handicapped bird. Until that time comes...I would like it to be able to fly again.

It is quarentined outside because I have other birds in my house. It is still warm here during the day. I put the carrier in my garage at night to keep it safe. If I end up keeping it I will have to take it to the vet for a health check. Any shelter around me would have euthinized it because of it's injury. I found this out the hard way.

Claudia