If a pigeon is not processing food

[phyll]

I would like an answer to this for future rescues.

If, after testing, I am told that a pigeon is not processing food, is there any reasonable hope that he can make it.
Can this condition be turned around? Thanks.

Phyll

[feralpigeon]

Originally Posted by phyll

I would like an answer to this for future rescues.

If, after testing, I am told that a pigeon is not processing food, is there any reasonable hope that he can make it.
Can this condition be turned around? Thanks.

Phyll

Phyll,

I think it all depends on what is causing the food to not be processed. Are
we talking gastro-intestinal obstruction, organ failure, occlusion due to canker, baterial/viral infection or....what? We can certainly buy time with items like Pedialyte, watery formulas/nutrical or other nutritional augmentation, until they are
ready to continue without aid. I don't know that there is one pat answer to
this question, sometimes yes, perhaps others in dire critical presentation, perhaps not. Sorry to be non-definitive, but I'm not sure there is a definitive
answer to this question. Hope this helps.

fp

[pdpbison]

Originally Posted by phyll

I would like an answer to this for future rescues.

If, after testing, I am told that a pigeon is not processing food, is there any reasonable hope that he can make it.
Can this condition be turned around? Thanks.

Phyll

Hi Phyll,




What kind of 'testing'? By whom?



If they are pooping out whole Seeds, there is nothing ambiguous about it, and 'testing' to discover it, seems un-necessary, since it would be obvious at a glance.


If nothing is getting through for there to be any poops at all, or if what is pooped-out, is bile or urates or both, we would need to know more about the Pigeon's symptoms and history in order to form some conjectures.


Can you supply some more information? Images?


Best wishes...

Phil
l v

[feralpigeon]

Originally Posted by pdpbison

Hi Phyll,

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What kind of 'testing'? By whom?

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Phil
l v

I think Phyll brings her rescues to AG in NYC...

fp