Help!! My Cat Brought A Bird In - Injured Bird Help

catz747

Hello,

We rescued a bird from the clutches of our cat, not sure if it can fly but it seems to be past the major shock of the thing.

It's currently on a towel in the cat box so the cats and dog don't get it. Any ideas what I can do for it? or with it? or are there any threads about this around?

:eek: :eek:

Thanks

lil_me

http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpingbirds/health/injuredbirds.asp

I remember when I was younger my Dad found an injured Thrush, he called the RSPB and they came and collected it.

kr15snw

Hey, well done for rescuing it. Not had experience with many wild birds but I can suggest what weve done with our parrot when hes been ill. Keep it warm as thats the main thing birds need when they are sick. Also give it a little bowl of water that it can drink if it feels better.

You dont have an old bird cage do you that you could set up? If not any box that you can put a blanket it (nothing to fluffy or it may get its feet caught) and keep it near a heat source. Best thing to do is leave it for the night and see how it is in the morning. If it continues to look bad then maybe think about contacting a vet or an animal shelter. They will also offer some advice.

Also may be of some use to post on https://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com in the forums. They all have parrots / pet birds and most have vast experience with sick birdies.

Hope its ok

Oh dont worry about food yet, wait till tomorrow at least.

catz747

Thanks for the links, I'll have a look at those in a sec. 'beaky' is a bit more lively today but seems to have a problem walking, it sort of pulls itself along when it wants to move, and then just sits for a while.

UPDATE: Oh well, it just died

lil_me

Sorry to hear that, always a shame when these things happen, just nature I suppose, at least he was warm and cared for when he passed away instead of being outside in the cold.

TDA10

Ah poor thing Well done catz, you did your best though.

Luckily my cats are getting a bit too old and lazy to catch anything now, but I used to be overrun with wildlife a few years back when they started digging up the fields to make way for new houses...Things with heads missing, entrails everywhere...yuk :eek:!

One of mine even brought a bat home once! Tiniest thing you've ever seen - still alive though so we took it to the vet, but haven't a clue what happened after that.

Nearly always bring things home on the weekend too don't they? - when the vets are shut! :rolleyes:

catz747

One brought a very much alive vole in once, a right little nifty thing which we couldn't catch cause it would sit on things like the drip loop for the fish tank filter. It ran up the back of the fire place and we had to leave it there for the night with the cats in the room. It was dead the next morning

:eek:

Janepig

I think most of what gets brought home doesn't live very long - I think they usually die of shock. Thankfully the three cats we've got are too dull to bring dead/dying creatures home, although our oldest one did go through a phase of bringing moorhens home from the pond across the road - they were almost as big as him and we used to have to bury them in the garden because of the size of them!!!!!

Jxx

eira

Agree with Janepig. We've managed to rescue most of our cats captives-they gerally don't injure them. Our vets advice was- as the animal/bird is in shock this is the killer . We have a shoe box/carrier (depending on the size of the 'catch') and this is then put in a warm dark quiet place for an hour or so. This can be long enough for recovery if it is going to happen. We then shut the cats in and release the catch somewhere safe. With birds it's on the roof of the back bedroom. I have tried saving mice and birds that don't recover in an hour or so. Tesco sell eye dropper bottles that are good for giving water. But apparently you haven't much of a chance. The exception has been field mice -they are unbelievably tame and seem reluctant to go away