kara89
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- Jul 18, 2016
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Apologies in advance for my complete lack of knowledge ! , I have just joined this site to try and ask for some advice , I live in the west coast of Scotland , countryside , I was driving home about half an hour ago it's 00:49am just now , I ended up finding a baby wood pigeon in the middle of the road , I had a look around but it was in an unlit stretch of road very dark no trees around where it was , I am aware that people in the houses nearby have cats as its actually just along the road however I brought it home (have I made a huge mistake ?!) very worried , it made no attempt to fly away just seemed very stunned . It's got a lot of down underneath and on top of its head , no white slash round the neck yet although it has all its grey feathers and is almost the size of a full grown but not as fat! It attempted a few times to fly in the car but it fell , I tried to keep it wrapped In my jumper , it is now in the garden wooden shed, inside a small cardboard box which I lay on its side and used a crate lid to block it from getting out , it's otherwise very calm it actually seems stunned maybe ? No obvious signs of injury . I have left I with some bird seed (' not even sure if it eats that yet) and some water , it's also got an old towel in there to hopefully fall asleep into. I really initially thought it was the safest thing to do was to take it back but not much I can do at this time of night . I don't know what to do in the morning either , I mean do I let it out to fly away ( if it can) , do I take it back to where I found it and leave it somewhere a bit safer ? I really have no clue . I have just read that it may be in the "fledging" stage and I may of just caused more harm than good , although as I said I was in he middle of the road . Can someone offer some advice please I am very worried and don't see any sleep for me tonight! Thanks in advance