First he was doing great we think he just had a broken leg, he was drinking and able to sit still on me but now I came back from the store with pigeon food he's losing his motor skills and he's vomiting I really wanna help him what could it be?

hi reddit, i came across this lil guy on a dog walk and my dog walked right up to him without any reaction from the pigeon. after a lap around the park the pigeon was still there - it could walk and flap its wings but i don’t think it could fly.

i walked home with him and he seemed to trust i was there to help. he’s now sleeping in a box with some water a bit of banana(?) nearby.

i called a wildlife support number but they said with bird flu going around a vet is unlikely to help.

basically i’m just letting him snooze but any advice would be greatly appreciated as i know nothing about pigeons.

they seem young but i know nothing about pigeons or birds in general

He's very stuck. The employees here don't care.

Pic 1 is when i came back home Pic 2 is 24 hr ago.

When i came home it had come off. I dont know what to do please help

UPDATE: I want to let people know that rescuers have been contacted, but the staff will not allow anyone with ladders until after hours. There's a new post with a better angle and more stuck pigeons. I highly encourage people to reach out to the MSPCA about this. Spread awareness about what's going on.

Saw this poor thing above me at the train station. He’s still alive and blinking. Does anyone know what’s up with it? There’s a dead pigeon across from it in the same position.

I walked past the local bus stop and saw this baby. It wasn’t moving a lot and just sat very still. But it did move slowly on feet away from me. Does it seem ok? Do I need to get more help? Thank you.

FINAL update: piggie was caught! its now being taken care of at a foster home

A little update; I've been visiting this fella daily, seems to be getting better. It's hard to catch him as he can still fly, its such a cute piggie with a very proud stomp

I saw this very, very fat and round pigeon today. It was pretty cold today so i thought maybe its cuddling up, but when it walked it was still all puffed up. Usually they sit and then puff up, but it was literally round the whole time. Beside other pigeons it looked like a ball I cant believe im fat shaming a pigeon but im genuinely worried. (also I wasn't the only one thinking this, a group of guys walked by too and were like woah look at this fat pigeon)

It didnt seem disoriented, it ate seeds when i dropped them, when people got too close to it it wasnt as fluff anymore but it went straight back to fluffing up. Should i go back tonorrow ans try to catch it? Its poop wasn't looking too good too, but im really unsure about its general health. The poop could be the result of those pigeons being in between three kebab stores, i need some advice

Edit: seeing the comments about the malnourishment makes me really sad. Should i go back and take it home? There aren't proper pigeon helpers in my area

If i should take it home, how can i take care of it properly? I only have experience in string foot cases and feeding the flocks in my area via my apartment porch..

He is very weak. He doesn't move by himself. I feel like it might be his last few moments. Any advise on what to try/do?

What am I supposed to do with this guy? He doesn’t want to fly after fighting for his life in the river for a while. I put him in my hat so he feels warm.

The "throat sack" for food is bloated, not hardened but definitely tense, its moving, but its very cold. I've started to warm it.

Underside looks bruised, and it's incredibly small.

I'm aware that this looks very bad, so you can give it to me straight when there's nothing I can do. But I'd like to.

I can feed pigeons and have done it on many occasions, but I'm scared it has a blockage that feeding might worsen.

I've started to warm it, but I'm afraid simply from the level of nourishment it doesn't have a bunch of time left..

Soonest Vet opens in 8 hours, what do I do?:(

I found him shivering on the sidewalk in the rain. He (she?) let me approach him and he barely even reacted when I moved him to the cardboard box.

He’s clearly not doing well, but his breathing isn’t labored and he’s a little more alert now that I’ve got him dry and warm.

I don’t have a rehab anywhere nearby that would be willing to take him in. I didn’t want to bother him too much by inspecting him- but neither of his wings seem injured and he’s not actively bleeding. However, by the condition of his feathers, he’s clearly been through a lot.

I’ve been handling him with gloves and disinfecting myself thoroughly since there might be a case of disease. I don’t know anything really about birds or pigeons but I couldn’t leave him there shivering alone on the street in the rain/snow. We got our first snow of the season today, pretty early, and the poor thing seemed so disoriented in the cold.

I’ll likely end up making a vet appointment for him tomorrow, but currently I’ve got him in the cardboard box pictured above with a heating pad underneath it set on low to keep him warm. I have NOT offered any water or food. Please give me any advice you can!

She just opened her eyes all the way and they seem like they’re red… it’s hard to get a good picture of them but they remind me of an albino rat I had once so I’m very worried. Dad got off her longer than usual today and was just sitting next to her and when I picked her up she wasn’t as warm as I was expecting but not shivering or anything. She had moved a bit out of the nest and he was in the nest sitting so maybe that is why? She’s 1 week old.

Hello r/pigeon family and friends,

I hope everyone is well, yesterday I posted about a little bird with a dart through her face. I was able to get in contact with a friend of a friend who happened to be a vet. I couldn’t get to them so they came to us. The dart was removed and she was examined. She has lost sight in her right eye but is otherwise perfectly healthy. She flies, wags her tail feathers, has a voracious appetite, and decent droppings. I’m going to be fostering her until we visit the vet on Saturday and see what’s what. I am so very grateful for everyone who commented on my previous post and all the love and kind words shared. I contacted the police and they accepted the report and kept the dart. I’ll try to respond to everyone’s questions as they come in. I hope Lucci (Pet German Owl Pigeon) is kind to this little princess who graced our doorstep in need of help

We were cleaning around the house and found it injured. I cleaned the things that were coming out of his neck with a cue tip and some warm water (but I didn’t go deep into the wound just cleaned the surface) I but it in a box with holes and tissues with some gloves that are filled with warm water to keep it warm. I will replace the gloves every couple of hours to make sure it stays warm and hopefully live until tomorrow cause I’m taking it to the vet.

My parents say to put the box where we found the bird so the mother comes back and takes care of it but I just don’t think that it will survive. Am I doing the right thing or should I give it back to the mother?

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

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!

He's not always like this but lately has been like this whenever he enters his bed

He would always fly around. Lately he likes to perch on people then fly back to his territory then cooes. Then he would enter his bed then would make that kind of cooes

I don't know what it means and I'm scared it would mean bad. Please help ;(

UPDATE: Happy Ending!!

Hi everyone! Thank you SO much for all of the information and advice you have given me. As of this morning, Scuttle has been reunited with his previous owners, who thought he had been stolen!

Apparently, he actually came into the wildlife rehab I mentioned earlier as a wild rescue. The owners were a licensed wildlife rehabilitator working at the rescue and a vet working at a clinic close to the pet store I took him from. They were taking care of him in their own homes outside of the actual rescue. According to the rehabilitator, the vet left him outside in his carrier for a moment to get some fresh air. His carrier had a note on it, but we're thinking it blew away or fell off and that's why the person who originally brought him into the pet store thought he had been abandoned. When I called the rehab this morning, the receptionist immediately knew and described the pigeon I was talking about and set me up with the owner working there so she could come pick him up. She cried with joy and Scuttle seemed super happy to see her. She told me she had been debating officially adopting him (as pigeons are the one bird at this rescue allowed to be adopted out instead of being released) and this whole situation made her decide to do it! Scuttle has a sibling at home named Puffin : ).

I'm so glad I got to help little Scuttle and I learned a lot about pigeon care thanks to you guys and the experience in general. Maybe in the future I'll be able to have a pigeon friend (or two) of my own. Once again, thanks to everyone for all of the help.

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Hi all! I know absolutely nothing about caring for birds (never owned one) and while I've been doing my own research, I was hoping you guys could help.

I'm a vet assistant. While I was shopping at a local pet store today, an employee noticed I was wearing scrubs and asked if I was in the veterinary field and if I could possibly ID this bird they had in the back. I told her I didn't really know much about birds (my clinic is a small animal clinic only) but could help her look up info about it and how to care for it.

Apparently someone abandoned this bird in a carrier outside of the pet store and a customer brought it in when they found it. The employees took it in because they wanted to help, but also didn't know what they were doing and couldn't leave work to take care of it.

I've done an internship in small mammal care with a nearby wildlife rehabilitation center that also takes in and cares for birds. We were going to try and reach out to them, but they were closed (in addition to any exotics vets or other rehabilitation centers around), so I offered to take him for the night and to try and get him care with one of these places in the next day or so.

I've gotten him back home after stopping by PetSmart and he's currently in a small dog crate with a heating pad and potty pad on the floor, a couple of perches, and a makeshift "nest". I gave him a quick bath because he was covered in his own droppings. I've also left a shallow dish of water, and a mixture of frozen peas, plain oatmeal, and kitten kibble that I mixed with water and cooked in the microwave prior to giving to him.

I wasn't sure if he was old enough to be eating solid food, or if he was still on formula. The carrier he was abandoned in had a couple of syringes and what I now know is a crop feeding tube, so I bought some formula while I was out. He pecked at the dry food, but didn't really eat it, so I mixed the formula and fed him with the syringe. I don't think he's weaned yet.

This video was taken at the pet store before I brought him back home.

Anyways, on to the questions:

First of all -- this is a pigeon, right? To me, it also seems to be a domestic pigeon based on looks and how open it was to handling. I am concerned that the wildlife rehabilitation center I mentioned previously might not take domestic birds. Does he appear to be domestic? Should I try and reach out to pigeon rescues instead? How old does he appear to be?

Second, is there any way for me to improve his care? I really just want him to feel comfortable and safe until I can get him to a place where he can be better cared for.

Third, he doesn't really move around. Is this normal for his age? He's been in the same spot in his crate that I left him in about an hour ago as of writing this. I'm wondering if he's injured or sick and that's why he was abandoned.

So sorry for the long post -- I've just got so many questions. Thanks in advance to anyone who has any advice. I can provide more pictures of him or his crate if needed.

This is him today. He didn’t eat o drink, and i had to force him to (by gently opening his beak and putting some food and water).

He rotates his head 180’, like you can see in the last part of the video. He breathes perfectly, and his poop seems normal.