Need Urgent Help!!!!

[Pidgey]

Well, that's pretty good actually. I'm a little less worried now.

Pidgey

[Braydo25]

i cant tell because he is hardly responding to touch now. but i dont think that his muscles are weak. he is breathing less now and isnt responding to the water of the syringe. but he is still occationally moving.

[Pidgey]

Not a whole lot less, but a little. I suppose I'm finding it weird that a bird that's as bad off as that is actually wanting to eat. Usually, they're needing water more than anything and food's just not as important. Just out of curiosity, does this bird have any little yellow hairs on it anywhere? And/or is the base of the upper beak have a lot of white on it?

Pidgey

[Braydo25]

no it doesnt have yellow hairs or white on its beak. and i cant get a picture up atm my digital camera isnt working with my computer and i dont know why.

[Pidgey]

Well, it may be that the bird is exhausted. Seriously, he may die within the next few hours or he might actually be feeling better in the morning. It's pretty hard to tell, especially when you can't see the bird. I've got to go to bed myself. Where are you (city)?

Pidgey

[Braydo25]

Portland, its been cold here.

[Pidgey]

Can't think of any members in that city. We've helped folks there before but no members. If the bird's alive tomorrow, we'll have a better chance of getting some supplies and going from there. You may need to tube-water and tube-feed it. That'll require some stuff. I'll go fetch a link to a thread on that but then I'm going to bed.

Pidgey

[Braydo25]

alright, ill try to get a picture up.

[Pidgey]

You can study this thread:

http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=16235

There are also some other things you should study up on:

http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=11265

Good luck and thanks for caring!

Pidgey

[feralpigeon]

We did have a member from the Portland, Oregon area not that long ago:

http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showth...ortland+Oregon

who posted regarding one 'Avian Medical Center' not far from Portland:

http://avianmedicalcenter.net/

Perhaps you could give them a buz and if you get lucky they might have an emergency number to call. Thanks for helping this pigeon out.

fp

[pdpbison]

Hi Brado,


Just a few fast suggestions -


Get the Pigeon set up somewhere indoors where it is definitely "warm"...in a Cardboard Box is fine, drape a light cloth over the top...he is not going to fly out or anything...

If you have an electric Heating Pad or electric Blanlet you can use, set it up somehow so that the Bird is for sure definitely "warm"...if a Heating Pad, have it in the Box and have a light small Towell over it...test it now and thenm to make sure it is not TOO hot, but if the towell is as warm as the underside of your wrist is fine.

Re-Hydration -

Dissolve a good 'pinch' of regular Table Salt, and one of regular Sugar...in a Glass of Water.

Get a small Shot Glass or little Bowl at least an inch deep, and, when you offer the 'Water' make sure that the Water is about your own Body Temperature. Warm the Shot Glass of Water in some Hot Tap Water in a cup or somehting to get it warm.

Hold the little Glass in front of him and low, gently, with your finger tips, guide his Beak into it, and he will almost certainly drink. Do this a few times if need be with some intermissions till he does drink.

Do these things and he may have a chance...

Let us know if there are any poops, and if so, what consistancy and colors they have to them.

For now though, "warmth"...he needs to be around 100 degrees farenheit, and almost certainly he needs to be re-hydrated...after that, after enough hours of that, we can see about other things, like feeding him and or what kind of injury or illness he may have to be in these dire straights.

Thanks for rescueing him!

Been "cold" here too...22 degrees last night, and likely about that tonight too.


Good luck!

Phil
Las Vegas