Zenmonkey
Songster
That's unfortunate. I'm sorry that happened.
So many things could have happened. It is no joke that every bird flying over head is not just a miracle, but a whole series of miracles.
Internal injuries from whatever put it on the ground in the first place, an virus or bacteria that would have killed it regardless of whether it had even been injured, tiny, tiny lungs that can succumb to a respiratory illness incredibly fast.
Clint's Reptiles did a pretty good discussion on just how strange bird lungs are compared to our own.
TL;DR A respiratory infection in a bird is even more threatening than it is to us.
Thank you for making the effort to help this tiny animal!
So many things could have happened. It is no joke that every bird flying over head is not just a miracle, but a whole series of miracles.
Internal injuries from whatever put it on the ground in the first place, an virus or bacteria that would have killed it regardless of whether it had even been injured, tiny, tiny lungs that can succumb to a respiratory illness incredibly fast.
Clint's Reptiles did a pretty good discussion on just how strange bird lungs are compared to our own.
TL;DR A respiratory infection in a bird is even more threatening than it is to us.
Thank you for making the effort to help this tiny animal!
