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TundraFang
Crowing
The vet is doing a crop swab. She seems more concerned about the resolving sour crop than the aspiration. Very condescending and tried to tell me taking a pigeon from the wild is illegal
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Oh my goodness I am so sorry!Very frustrating. She was pushing for euthanasia without examining him so I agreed to the crop swab. I don't know what to do. I feel like he's not getting the care he needs but there are no other alternative vets on a weekend
I’ve been meaning to ask, does his beak not line up properly? Hard to tell on just my phone screen. If so, pigeons can adapt extremely well.Switched to a more agressive antibiotic and decided to take him home. For whatever reason he suddenly had an appetite so I got a bit of food into him. He's really determined to stay alive so hopefully he pulls through and I won't screw up again.
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His beak was damaged when they drained his crop. Not too worried about it since I have experience with crossbeak chickens, one of which could only be fed via tube like your pigeon. In my experience they've all been able to live happy, healthy livesI’ve been meaning to ask, does his beak not line up properly? Hard to tell on just my phone screen. If so, pigeons can adapt extremely well.
It can cause issues, I once had a pigeon with such a severe scissor beak I needed to tube feed her 3X a day for three years! But most learn to eat from a deep dish of seed.
I raised a dove who had barely any of the top part of her beak and she is doing great self feeding.
Oh poor baby, I’m sorry that happened.His beak was damaged when they drained his crop. Not too worried about it since I have experience with crossbeak chickens, one of which could only be fed via tube like your pigeon. In my experience they've all been able to live happy, healthy lives
Just make sure he fully digests before feeding anything more.My power went out while I was asleep last night. When I woke up for the next feeding he was unresponsive and when I opened the incubator I realized it was cold (around 65°F). Miraculously, he is still alive. I plugged the incubator into my car and he is warming up as I'm typing this.
He was without heat for at least 5 hours. Is this going to have any long-term effect on his health?
He obviously didn't digest his last meal. Will things get moving again once he's warm? Is there anything else I can do?
He seems to be perking up...