Pigeon with hurt leg

[wovenwoman]

The tape looks great, if you keep the legs taped, and keep her in the bowl so shes forced to stand up and down with the legs in place she should be able to develop the muscles so that she can walk without the beak or wings. Its going to be a process, and as already mentioned, it will require babysitting.

Thanks for caring and taking care of this little one. Here are some photos of my bird when he was in the process of rehab.
Edie

http://www.wovenwoman.com/Tim

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[Hunterex8]

aww hes cute the tape on yours seems to hold his legs like 1/2 inch apart im not shure but i guess its cause hes older? i have my bird's legs about and inch apart.
BTW today i changed her tape and while it was off she got up and walked like 3 feet over too the freezer lol she still cant walk right though, but shes showing improvement, tape is still on her.

[Hunterex8]

Today Snowy was alot better on her leg, shes now standing up like grown-up pigeons and not sitting down on her knees. Shes walking really well with the tape too. She seemed to be able to put almost all her weight on her splayed foot. How much longer do you think she'll have to have the tape on? Shes started to do the 'hovering' thing ive herd baby pigons do sometimes.

[Reti]

My vet kept my Angel three weeks with the legs taped, didn't help her much though as she was older when we discovered her leg wasn't in the right position.
She is able to walk and fly though and she doesn't seem to be bothered by her disability.

Reti

[Trees Gray]

It probably is, as she hasn't used that leg, therefore it will look skinny.

Make sure the bird is getting plenty of supportive nutrition-besides the calcium, and gently massage the splay leg and always work it keeping in mind the correct position of it.

[Hunterex8]

Ok thats what ive been doing. Hopefully she will get better before she starts flying. Shes already doing little jumps up and down flapping her wings. lol she looks funny when she does that.

[Hunterex8]

Today Snowy is really good, shes been able to place all her weight on her splayed leg. When i was changing her tape today i noticed that when she extends her legs fully out her knees are closer together and her feet stick slightly out to the side. But when she on the ground she looks normal. Is this right?

[Trees Gray]

Can we get a picture of that position? Perhaps the legs were taped in that position or its just a result of not being able to move around much. How many more days to go on the taping?

I have one youngster who was a really big baby, and when he started walking around his legs look too far apart, like he is trying to do the splits-so I taped him up , he is walking fine now-but every once in awhile he still holds his legs a bit far apart. He was an older youngster, and I couldn't keep the tape on him long enough.

[Hunterex8]

Today, after dinner i went out to the grage to check up on Snowy. She wasn't in her nest box. That scared me to death. I thought some animal got into the grage and took her. Luckily i herd her cheep. She was hiding underneath the christmas tree. Looked scared too. Well i didnt know how she got out, but i put her back in her nest and waited. She looked out at me then jumped out and flew down to me....well kinda "fell with style" as she cant fly yet. So i made a new nest box that has taller sides. Also i had some regular bird food out. Like sunflower oil seeds and little white seeds, since she had been pecking the ground for awile i decided to try out feeding her some. She accually ate some of the seeds out of a cup/my hand/the ground. Lol, does this mean i should start trying to get her to eat for herself? Also look at the pictures of her legs

[Hunterex8]

Its been 12 days since i taped Snowys legs. She seems to be able to walk fine now and really wants the tape off, but ill leave it for the last 2 days. She eats by herself but not enough so i still hand feed her at times. She drinks by herself just fine though. Also shes been takeing her wings and streching them over the back of her body, is this just a bird strech? or is there something wrong that this may be showing?

EDIT: well now i need some suggestions for a place to keep Snowy, she jumped out of her 3 ft box....and i dont have a taller box...