Injured squeeker

[thinkyesi]

So today i went to check on all the birds and noticed a baby had fallen out of his nest and all the cocks were trying to mate with it! i was so upset! All his back feathers are missing and was bleeding on his back a bit, he is breathing hard probably from getting stepped on. He leans over to his side like laying down when i set him in the nest.

This happened in the morning about 5 hours ago. He is still alive and the parents try to feed him but hes too weak to want to eat. I dont know what to do? Please help!

 

[CCUK]

I'm not too sure. But I'd definitely try to separate it from the others with it'd parents. Easier said than done I know. But it will probably need some rest the shock and awe from that will be alot for such a small bird. Can you try to hand feed it a little until it gets its strength back? It's good it's parents are still trying to feed it. I'm not sure if you could give it a little bit of nutri-drench to give it a bit of a boost.

 

[True Patriot]

Definitely separate from the aggressors. Nutridrench or sav-a-chick will benefit. Has it had any water? Try a couple of drops with an eye dropper if he won't drink. At this point water is more important than food. What age?

 

[thinkyesi]

I tried hand feeding it but hes too weak. Ill have to keep trying

 

[True Patriot]

For now focus on the water. And keeping warm. Do you have an electrolytes solution?

 

[thinkyesi]

Well at this age you cant give a baby pigeon water, they can inhale it, but im trying to get him to eat, so i may have to atleast add that to his food.

 

[thinkyesi]

I do have electrolytes, i will try to give him some.

 

[biophiliac]

I'm not too sure. But I'd definitely try to separate it from the others with it'd parents. Easier said than done I know. But it will probably need some rest the shock and awe from that will be alot for such a small bird. Can you try to hand feed it a little until it gets its strength back? It's good it's parents are still trying to feed it. I'm not sure if you could give it a little bit of nutri-drench to give it a bit of a boost.

Definitely separate from the aggressors. Nutridrench or sav-a-chick will benefit. Has it had any water? Try a couple of drops with an eye dropper if he won't drink. At this point water is more important than food. What age?

Agree with both, keep him warm, hydrated and give a couple drops of nutri drench.

Well at this age you cant give a baby pigeon water, they can inhale it, but im trying to get him to eat, so i may have to atleast add that to his food.

He may need fluids by tube. He will not feed if he gets dehydrated. I agree w/prev ... warmth, hydration, drops of nutri dremch on tongue.

I use homeopathy for things like this. I would select Aconite for shock and Arnica for the trauma and bruising. I would use Boiron brand 30C pellets dissolved in water and dropped on tongue.

Good luck with the little one.

 

[True Patriot]

Sorry, I'm not that familiar with pigeons. If you can't give water directly, you can try mixing a wet paste of food water and vitamin.

 

[jak2002003]

How is he doing?

Over the years I have had many squabs scalped and injured by adult male pigeons.

Don't worry about the blood and missing feathers. They heal superfast and the feathers re grown quickly too. My worst case was a squab which had be scalped very badly, even thought it lost an eye.. and just the skull showing on its head. It got a huge scab over its head and I was really worried it would die. However, it recovered within a couple of weeks so here was no way to tell anything had happened. They are growing so fast at this age they also heal faster too.

But in your squabs case, I fear it may have injured itself internally from the fall, rather then the males pecking it.

Shut off its next box with its parents in there with it... and food and water for them all. Let the parents take care of it... let it rest and recover from the ordeal.

If the next day and its crop is empty, please force feed it a mixture of liquid hand rearing formula, or chicken food mixed with water to be a paste. You can get tips off the internet about how to do this.

I personally found the easiest was to put the warm mix in a plastic bag and cut a corner off the bag just big enough to push the squabs beak through into the mix. It should automatically begin gulping down the mix once its beak is in it. If it need a breath it will pull its beak out.

Wishing you luck!