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I saw a Rock Dove get hit by a car on January 22nd. I scooped her up and immediately called our Bird Sanctuary. They refused to take her because she is not a native species although they said they would render any medical care for her for free and then send her home with me. She was having seizures and rotating her neck around 180* and continually twisting it and falling over and couldn't get her feet back under her about once an hour. When she had them, we would pin her wings to her sides and hold her until she calmed.
I took her home and the next day I took her to the Bird Sanctuary to be looked over. They cut the feathers on her belly where it was obvious she had an injury. No open wounds just a good bruise on her belly and a few missing belly feathers. She had a small blood spot on her head, but we were unable to locate a wound. They sprayed her for lice and mites (she had both) and rubbed some cream on her bruise. Her poop looked good. They said she was nice and fat already so they were not concerned about her eating right away. They said I shouldn't worry for about 3-4 days on the eating. She was already drinking, but I literally had to hold her head for her and gently dip it in the water for her.
They said because of her coloring it is very possible she is of Tumbler or Roller genetics. She has a headcrest on the back of her head. Her head is a darkish red, body is rusty red, back feathers are a grayish red, and the tips of her wings and tail feathers are white. Her iridescence is fuschia and green. She is absolutely beautiful.
We put her in a smaller box inside her cage so she wouldn't hurt herself during seizures and lined the floor with pieces of fleece and flannel so she could keep her footing. The seizures gradually faded off and she currently has not had one in over a week. We graduated her from the box to the cage about a week ago.
On day 4 she began eating the food that they told me to give her like CRAZY! She seems to prefer sunflower seeds. She is fully eating, has regained her balance, has made no real attempts to fly other than wing fluttering from time to time, and will actually perch on my hand and shoulder as long as I put her there.
I'm finding it hard to believe she is a feral pigeon with as much as she allows us to handle her. When we reach to move her she will throw a fit and peck and bite, but then as we calmly talk to her, she gives in and gets on our hands. She seems more comfortable with us cupping her wings and picking her up that way than perching on our hands to be moved around. She is sweet and social once she calms down. If she gets upset she will tell us all about ourselves and puff up like a turkey (which we find hilarious). I have talked to others about her on a Tumbler/Roller Facebook page desperate for ANY bird info I could get and they seem to think that as tame as she behaves she most likely is a Tumbler or Roller that either got lost from her flock and got hit or got chased from her flock into a high traffic area where she got hit and I found her. She is not banded, but they say that doesn't mean anything because a lot of people don't always band all their birds if they are just a hobby. I personally have NO clue.
We have her in a beautiful 18"x18"x32" wrought iron cage with a seed guard and a perch. She has two sets of food and water dishes one on the inside and one up top on the "playground". I also have a suet cake feeder inside (figured they eat them in the wild) which she pecks at from time to time. I also provided her a cuttle bone. We cover her cage at night, she has her own window in my bedroom. She has another perch up top, but she prefers the floor of the top. She spends on average at least 3 hours on the top of her cage a day. No attempts to fly. She coos softly in her cage at night.
So, here's the problem...I TRIED to offer her a warm bath container and she wanted NO part of it. She has recently in the last few days started losing handfuls of little feathers, a few medium-sized ones, she's preening like CRAZY when she isn't roosting of sleeping. She seems fine other than the loss of feathers and the lack of interest of baths. It's February and sub zero weather so moulting doesn't make sense in my inexperienced bird person mind. She has no bald spots (yet). The feathers around her wound that they cut off seem to be growing back fine. She's got the Birdy dandruff going on, but I figure that is from her pin feathers growing back...I worked SO hard to pull her through her injuries and I will be devastated if she gets sick.
We are located in Ontario, Ohio, USA
ANY input, ideas, thoughts, experiences, or wisdoms? I need help!!! TIA
I saw a Rock Dove get hit by a car on January 22nd. I scooped her up and immediately called our Bird Sanctuary. They refused to take her because she is not a native species although they said they would render any medical care for her for free and then send her home with me. She was having seizures and rotating her neck around 180* and continually twisting it and falling over and couldn't get her feet back under her about once an hour. When she had them, we would pin her wings to her sides and hold her until she calmed.
I took her home and the next day I took her to the Bird Sanctuary to be looked over. They cut the feathers on her belly where it was obvious she had an injury. No open wounds just a good bruise on her belly and a few missing belly feathers. She had a small blood spot on her head, but we were unable to locate a wound. They sprayed her for lice and mites (she had both) and rubbed some cream on her bruise. Her poop looked good. They said she was nice and fat already so they were not concerned about her eating right away. They said I shouldn't worry for about 3-4 days on the eating. She was already drinking, but I literally had to hold her head for her and gently dip it in the water for her.
They said because of her coloring it is very possible she is of Tumbler or Roller genetics. She has a headcrest on the back of her head. Her head is a darkish red, body is rusty red, back feathers are a grayish red, and the tips of her wings and tail feathers are white. Her iridescence is fuschia and green. She is absolutely beautiful.
We put her in a smaller box inside her cage so she wouldn't hurt herself during seizures and lined the floor with pieces of fleece and flannel so she could keep her footing. The seizures gradually faded off and she currently has not had one in over a week. We graduated her from the box to the cage about a week ago.
On day 4 she began eating the food that they told me to give her like CRAZY! She seems to prefer sunflower seeds. She is fully eating, has regained her balance, has made no real attempts to fly other than wing fluttering from time to time, and will actually perch on my hand and shoulder as long as I put her there.
I'm finding it hard to believe she is a feral pigeon with as much as she allows us to handle her. When we reach to move her she will throw a fit and peck and bite, but then as we calmly talk to her, she gives in and gets on our hands. She seems more comfortable with us cupping her wings and picking her up that way than perching on our hands to be moved around. She is sweet and social once she calms down. If she gets upset she will tell us all about ourselves and puff up like a turkey (which we find hilarious). I have talked to others about her on a Tumbler/Roller Facebook page desperate for ANY bird info I could get and they seem to think that as tame as she behaves she most likely is a Tumbler or Roller that either got lost from her flock and got hit or got chased from her flock into a high traffic area where she got hit and I found her. She is not banded, but they say that doesn't mean anything because a lot of people don't always band all their birds if they are just a hobby. I personally have NO clue.
We have her in a beautiful 18"x18"x32" wrought iron cage with a seed guard and a perch. She has two sets of food and water dishes one on the inside and one up top on the "playground". I also have a suet cake feeder inside (figured they eat them in the wild) which she pecks at from time to time. I also provided her a cuttle bone. We cover her cage at night, she has her own window in my bedroom. She has another perch up top, but she prefers the floor of the top. She spends on average at least 3 hours on the top of her cage a day. No attempts to fly. She coos softly in her cage at night.
So, here's the problem...I TRIED to offer her a warm bath container and she wanted NO part of it. She has recently in the last few days started losing handfuls of little feathers, a few medium-sized ones, she's preening like CRAZY when she isn't roosting of sleeping. She seems fine other than the loss of feathers and the lack of interest of baths. It's February and sub zero weather so moulting doesn't make sense in my inexperienced bird person mind. She has no bald spots (yet). The feathers around her wound that they cut off seem to be growing back fine. She's got the Birdy dandruff going on, but I figure that is from her pin feathers growing back...I worked SO hard to pull her through her injuries and I will be devastated if she gets sick.
We are located in Ontario, Ohio, USA
ANY input, ideas, thoughts, experiences, or wisdoms? I need help!!! TIA
Picked up dove feed today as well. Protein 11%, Fat 4%, Fiber 7.5%, Moisture 12%. She is rather upset with me tonight because I rearranged her cage and violated her privacy, but I daresay when she gets used to it and discovers she is no longer confined to the floor, she will forgive me. 
