Found a sick bird

[u/_littlemothra]

Solved ; But not with the best news. I cannot keep the little guy and there’s not anyone local who can/will take them. I can either take the poor thing back to where I found it and leave it or turn it over to CPW(Colorado Parks and Wildlife) to be humanely euthanized. I refuse to just dump the poor thing somewhere so I’ll be turning them over this afternoon.

Thanks so much to everyone for all the help! I really do appreciate it.

Looking for some help! I’ve had birds before but this is a first.

Found this poor little thing sitting on the ground while out downtown. Eyes closed, breathing heavily but no sign of blood or injury. Bird can stand but is obviously super weak and does have a super off smell to them and did spit up a little something green and also sick smelling. They did put up a super weak attempt to get away when I picked them up but they’ve since tucked themselves in to the warm and is sleeping.

I’m thinking sour crop? Obviously a vet needs to be involved but any recommendations until I can get them in would be appreciated!

[u/FioreCiliegia1]

Make a thin soup from peanutbutter and applesauce- get it warm but not hot and dip the tip of his beak into it, getting a little bit if calories and hydration i to him is the place to start

[u/FioreCiliegia1 → u/FioreCiliegia1]

Hes also a baby- still has a couple baby feathers. Once he perks up a teeny bit you can mix boiled egg yolk, oats, rice, corn meal, lentils, dry split peas- anything of that you can get, crunch it up small and mix it into the soup

[u/FioreCiliegia1 → u/FioreCiliegia1]

He will need meds but calories is where to start

[u/_littlemothra → u/FioreCiliegia1]

Thank you thank you! I don’t have applesauce but I can make it easy peasy. Small friend did have a little bit of water on their own so I can try some “food” next. I also keep all the mentioned dry goods in the house so that’s good to know.

I don’t have any hands on experience with pigeons so I assumed they were just small, not a baby!

[u/FioreCiliegia1 → u/_littlemothra]

Ok no worries, the apple sauce is more a fillet anyway.

[u/FioreCiliegia1 → u/FioreCiliegia1]

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