Hi I just wanted to ask if doves always die from cat bites?I found a gorgeous eurasian collared dove yesterday in my backyard & seen she couldn’t fly & was just standing in the corner.I quickly went to get it & put it in a shoe box.Her injuries were heartbreaking
She had been what appeared to be bitten by a cat & a bloody eye & its beak was just completely crooked.It was 4pm & my local wildlife rehabilitation was closed so i wrapped it in my shirt,layed it in the box,obviously with holes on the top,& left water & food inside.i set it in an empty room also.I began researching & I had gotten hope because I read sometimes the beak’s a deformity from lack of calcium?I was so afraid of it not making it until morning,so I checked around 1am & she was sleeping so beautifully & looked at me with such a stare it kind of made me cry.Anyway,I took her this morning at 9 & the whole way there she was staring at me from the holes poked in the box.When I got there the lady didn’t seem too nice & just grabbed it from me & put it in a type of box/cage of their own.She said the person who cured the birds wasn’t there but that she didn’t think it’d make it but the bird was sitting up rightI said if that was the case I wanted to properly bury it since I felt a strong connection but obviously I knew she wasn’t going to say yes.I left that place shattered wondering if I did the right thing of taking it What if it has strength to survive but they don’t see it What if I could of saved it.I keep calling but no answer.The older lady didn’t seem too fond of it and just put it away like it was nothing.I’m completely heart broken & just want to know if it had hope or if it was going to pass eventually I look at the picture I took of it & can’t help but cry & feel like I let it down(the picture is when I first captured it & needed to identify it as I had no knowledge of birds)
She had been what appeared to be bitten by a cat & a bloody eye & its beak was just completely crooked.It was 4pm & my local wildlife rehabilitation was closed so i wrapped it in my shirt,layed it in the box,obviously with holes on the top,& left water & food inside.i set it in an empty room also.I began researching & I had gotten hope because I read sometimes the beak’s a deformity from lack of calcium?I was so afraid of it not making it until morning,so I checked around 1am & she was sleeping so beautifully & looked at me with such a stare it kind of made me cry.Anyway,I took her this morning at 9 & the whole way there she was staring at me from the holes poked in the box.When I got there the lady didn’t seem too nice & just grabbed it from me & put it in a type of box/cage of their own.She said the person who cured the birds wasn’t there but that she didn’t think it’d make it but the bird was sitting up rightI said if that was the case I wanted to properly bury it since I felt a strong connection but obviously I knew she wasn’t going to say yes.I left that place shattered wondering if I did the right thing of taking it What if it has strength to survive but they don’t see it What if I could of saved it.I keep calling but no answer.The older lady didn’t seem too fond of it and just put it away like it was nothing.I’m completely heart broken & just want to know if it had hope or if it was going to pass eventually I look at the picture I took of it & can’t help but cry & feel like I let it down(the picture is when I first captured it & needed to identify it as I had no knowledge of birds)
You did the right thing, that "old" lady shouldn't be working there if she has/shows no compassion. However, I've dealt with injured wild life, it's best to leave it to the "experts". 2x Wyorp Rock
