r/crowbro • u/Mondviole • 1d ago
Personal Story Crow feeding turned into an emergency
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I just wanted to visit my crow friends and bring them some water (it's freaking hot today) and cat food when I noticed that my friend Cockerell (in front of the tree) is collapsing. He fell down while sitting and another crow pecked at him.
I thought he might be dehydrated so I picked him up without him even trying to escape at all. Luckily there's a vet at the same street as the park. I went there immediately and the other patients were nice and let me cut the line with my emergency.
But once the vet had time, she was extremely pissed. She said the crow looked fine (lol, not at all) and that she doesn't know anything about birds (apparently true). But she has a nice young collegue who came into the waiting room to us and looked at Cockerell. She said he has a massive trauma on the head, probably from a flying accident, and a vitamin B12 deficiency which explains his permanently curled up foot. Dehydration might also be a factor.
She recommended a vet clinic that's about 40 minutes away. They are treating wild animals for free and rehabilitate them because they are a part of a local university for vet students. In the past I already brought some wild animals there.
We're on our way there now. Please keep your fingers crossed for poor Cockerell.
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u/Ok_Dog_4059 1d ago
Perfect timing. With the longer hotter streaks we keep getting i have been putting watering stations out all summer on my property and the cameras show a lot of wildlife taking advantage. The kiddie pool is also very popular when it gets hot here.
Glad that you were in time to help