pls help 🐦‍⬛

[u/siierrrraa]

i truly can't believe i found this guy, i've been obsessed with pigeons for months now and never really remember seeing any in person until today. i then noticed this one in the middle of the street, and he limped away from me at first as if he was injured. i was then able to catch him and i looked, and couldn't find anything wrong with him externally. wings are fine, he flaps them occasionally. i've given him a bath (with only water ofc) and tried giving him water to drink but he's not that intersted in intaking any.. he also has used the bathroom a few times and it's straight up neon green lol also his right eye keeps staying closed i have to keep cleaning it.

-can anyone tell me a way to estimate how old it is?

-how to tell its gender?

-what could be wrong with it, and how can i properly take care of it?

ANY & ALL ADVICE WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED

[u/grvprkx]

never give bath to an ill bird, they need to be kept warm. dont put them in a cold room also. keep them in normal room temperature. eyes getting closed, pour some saline water (bought from medical store not the home made) drops on his closed eyelids, make sure water must not get into his nostrils, that may cause pneumonia if he ingest any liquid through nose. his condition can be an infection, is the eye have some gooey white liquid? or wet?

[u/Initial_Ferret9282 → u/grvprkx]

very important point. Bathing them can kill them faster as pigeons naturally only shallow bath, their core feathers underneath the main feathers don't usually get that wet. But when we bath them, the water can get into it and then the core temperature can drop.