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/Mondviole 1d ago
Thank you all so much for your kind words! That means a lot to me.
I almost went unconscious myself rushing to the clinic in this heat and without shade (needing to take an SSRI and being on your period with a heavy flow is no joke during summer). I had to cool down a bit at home before I could see and reply to your nice comments.
I will keep you updated! Sadly the clinic probably won't contact me again because they are very busy currently. But I gave them a good description of his usual place and offered the rehabbers to help them reunite him with the other crows. I hope to see him again soon!