Before and after - picked up this little guy from the gutter yesterday evening where it had huddled up, already ready to accept its fate. Completely emaciated. It received immediate care in the form of subcut fluids, baby formula and all the warmth - totally different bird already this morning! - ThreadSky

crowfangs.bsky.social • 24 days ago

Before and after - picked up this little guy from the gutter yesterday evening where it had huddled up, already ready to accept its fate. Completely emaciated.
It received immediate care in the form of subcut fluids, baby formula and all the warmth - totally different bird already this morning!

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valhund.art•24 days ago

Oh no, it's very baby still, innit? :V but it was lucky and you did a great job at making it feel good and alive again!

crowfangs.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yeah I reckon it’s maybe 6-8 weeks old at most? Didn’t even notice me approaching it until I actually touched it, and even then it hardly resisted being picked up. It was really cold already too then, I’m pretty sure it had just huddled up by the stairs to literally die.

crowfangs.bsky.social•24 days ago

It’s still got a long way to go now of course, and I’ll need to check for any underlying diseases that might endanger its recovery now that it’s so weak already too, but considering it was a meagre 190gr of weight yesterday, this is a huuuge step forward already.

crowfangs.bsky.social•24 days ago

Normally a pigeon this age should be weighing at least 250-300gr, “5 weeks of age and 250gr of weight” are the recommendations for PMV vaccination for example, a healthy pigeon manages that easily.
So this one we weren’t even sure if it’d survive the night tbh. 🥲

valhund.art•24 days ago

Aw man.. I keep my fingers crossed for it in hopes it will pull through!

crowfangs.bsky.social•24 days ago

Oh yeah also almost forgot to tag it for #pigeonsky

Have some happy rescue news to brighten your morning as it did mine after so many recent birds I couldn’t manage to save too! 🥹

013enterprises.bsky.social•24 days ago

Adorable little thing

crowfangs.bsky.social•24 days ago

They’re all super adorable - which makes it all the more sad to know that this little one’s suffering was entirely preventable to begin with. It’s neither sick nor injured, it just couldn’t find enough food in the city and almost starved to death because of it. 😔

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