Hi all
I found a baby pigeon last night. Was on the floor, looked like it had fallen or been attacked. Had some blood on it’s back and top of it’s nose.
Survived the night and all of today. Is certainly perking up a bit more now, moving around but mostly still. I’ve been providing heat (hot water bottle under the box with plenty of layers between so it’s not too hot), water and food. From images, I’d say it’s around the 10 day mark. I saw some recommendations for readybrek so have been mixing that with seeds for now, but it takes a bit of force feeding with a syringe to get it to eat anything. Food is always available in the box regardless.
I’ve also tried a bottle with a balloon over the top. Little thing is simply not at all eager to eat. Poo is still quite hard and looks relatively healthy from research, but I can’t think it is very full from the amount of food I’ve managed to get it to eat.
Any advice? There’s no rescues near me whatsoever and the one person I know who has racing pigeons hasn’t responded to my messages yet.
I found a baby pigeon last night. Was on the floor, looked like it had fallen or been attacked. Had some blood on it’s back and top of it’s nose.
Survived the night and all of today. Is certainly perking up a bit more now, moving around but mostly still. I’ve been providing heat (hot water bottle under the box with plenty of layers between so it’s not too hot), water and food. From images, I’d say it’s around the 10 day mark. I saw some recommendations for readybrek so have been mixing that with seeds for now, but it takes a bit of force feeding with a syringe to get it to eat anything. Food is always available in the box regardless.
I’ve also tried a bottle with a balloon over the top. Little thing is simply not at all eager to eat. Poo is still quite hard and looks relatively healthy from research, but I can’t think it is very full from the amount of food I’ve managed to get it to eat.
Any advice? There’s no rescues near me whatsoever and the one person I know who has racing pigeons hasn’t responded to my messages yet.