Found a Raven

This may have different ones:
http://www.csub.edu/fact/California_rehabilitators.htm

http://www.flysfree.org/

http://www.vcahospitals.com/crestwood (this is listed under wildlife help for your area so you can call and see if they know a raven rehabber and/or if they will treat it without euthanizing)

and in Kern county:
Tehachapi Tehachapi Wildlife Rehab & Education 661-822-8993

Bakersfield Facility for Animal Care and Treatmen 661-664-3167

I would think you could call either of those places tomorrow and they can tell you who to take it to. Good luck!

I have just read about the Raven you have found yesterday. How did you get on with your poor bird? Although it is difficult to make a diagnosis without having seen or having assessed the bird, it's symptoms sound familiar to me as I had last year a Carrion Crow with similar problems. In my experience, there are two common problems leading to this "neurological" problem (resulting in a bird walking / sitting on his hock joints and / or problems regarding opening and closing of it's claws), one is poisoning, the other is malnutrition, in particular calcium deficiency can lead to muscle weakness and spasms. In my experience, the vet visit won't help you a lot, as the condition is difficult but not impossible to treat, the bird will almost certainly be put to sleep. As I have said, treatment is not impossible and involves the usual things like a highly optimised diet with mineral supplements, antibiotics, mite and wormer treatment, physiotherapy (water treading), massage, the use of low perches with different diameters and lots of love. There might be also the need to tape initially the feet to get them in the correct position. Later on one would need a free flight aviary and company of it's own kind to avoid imprinting. It is quite a long way to go, but worth doing. I wish you good luck with your bird.

Stephan

desertcoyote93 said:

OK, as for antibiotics I have Tetracycline Hydrochloride Soluble Powder that is supposed to be mixed in with the Ravens water.
As for the diet, it has eaten shelled peanuts (non salted) the yolk of a hard boiled egg and some of the white, he doesnt seem to prefer the white part. bought some millet, but he doesnt seem to excited about that either, can you possibly give me more options on the types of food that it will eat?
Could you possibly name some supplements that I could get, and how would I go about doing physiotherapy?

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Well, first of all, if you have got access to a bird friendly (!!!) vet, or to an experienced rehabber, then obviously get the bird assessed before guessing around (there are still other diseases to consider, starting with a trauma and finishing with inherited bony fusions, the latter not being curable).

Depending on the age of this bird, it might be necessary to feed it the first days. They normally get fed worms and insects when they are still bound to the nest. As soon as the leave the nest the will take minced beef, pieces of chicken heart and pieces of fruits like cherry, banana and grape. They love hard boiled egg and you can also fed occasionally meal worms. If the birds are older than 14 days, they need pieces of fur and feathers mixed in their food to produce proper casts. After feeding time they always need some drops of water, which might be best given via a syringe, at least the first days, until they get used to the routine. This is very important! With regards to minerals and vitamins one can use ready made products from the pet shop (e.g. for pigeons), or one can grind snail houses or cuttle fish bone pieces and mix this under the food to add at least calcium and some other minerals. To much calcium is not a problem for birds, as it will be excreted. The bird will need a food and water bowl to encourage it to feed independently. At a later stage the bird can also be fed with chick carcasses and live food like worms and insects, but also insect bird food can be given. Don't forget to add sunshine! With regards to physiotherapy I have done a careful massage of the joints affected, using a tiny bit of Arnica oil trying to move very, very gently the joints whilst carefully watching the birds reaction to that. Water treading is easier, one just holds the birds feed into a shallow bowl of water to allow it to push against the bottom and to move the legs (don't forget to dry the bird after the bath). For the very beginning the poor birdie needs a very soft bed to sit on, later I would put it on a reasonably sized perch for a couple of minutes per session to start to strengthen it's muscles. This needs to be repeated several times a day for a couple of minutes only until it can do this by it's own. I hope this helps for the start. Good luck!

Stephan.