My female pigeons were out flying around when one apparently decided to make a close pass by me – unfortunately just as I leaned over to pick something up. She actually passed under my torso, I think correcting her flight as she did so in order not to hit me because beyond me she crash landed inside my barn aisle, I believe colliding with the miter/chop saw I had sitting there. The blade guard covered the blade, so it was just a solid obstacle she hit.
By the time I put down what I was holding and looked back up, she had disappeared. I couldn’t find her, but an hour or two later she reappeared inside the barn, close by and perched low to the ground, so I think she had found a dark corner to recover in. When I approached her she then flew up to the house roof, so I fed everyone supper and she returned to the aviary where I was able to catch her.
It doesn’t look like there’s a cut but a good bit of skin is scraped. Should I be worried? Treating her with something? Calling around for a vet?
I’ve been lucky to date and this is only my second injury. The previous one, though not severe, was from a cat so that time I did go immediately to a vet for antibiotics. This looks like something that should heal up but I’m not sure if there’s something I don’t know about it.
This photo shows there’s a flap of skin scraped off:
By the time I put down what I was holding and looked back up, she had disappeared. I couldn’t find her, but an hour or two later she reappeared inside the barn, close by and perched low to the ground, so I think she had found a dark corner to recover in. When I approached her she then flew up to the house roof, so I fed everyone supper and she returned to the aviary where I was able to catch her.
It doesn’t look like there’s a cut but a good bit of skin is scraped. Should I be worried? Treating her with something? Calling around for a vet?
I’ve been lucky to date and this is only my second injury. The previous one, though not severe, was from a cat so that time I did go immediately to a vet for antibiotics. This looks like something that should heal up but I’m not sure if there’s something I don’t know about it.
This photo shows there’s a flap of skin scraped off: