Time to Euthanize..??.. need moral support and advice...

[txchickie]

I'm glad I've read this thread......I have a 5 week old crossbeak EE that is starting to show signs of slowing down on her growth

I know it's going to have to come sooner or later, and I don't want her to possibly pass down her genetics if she does survive.

 

[bbowen]

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I have a nine week old Barred Rock who got her leg caught and hung upside down all night long. The leg just hangs there now. It doesn't appear to be broken but she's won't stand up.

I may have to euthanize her if she doesn't improve. This method looks like the least traumatic for me while being ok for the bird. I can't whack her head off or any of that stuff. I may take her to the vet if they will do it.

 

[Berritt]

Our emergency animal hospital with euthanize a small animal for $30 so you may want to call your local vets and see what they charge. I can't kill anything, just can't. I even took an injured mouse there to be put down, once.

 

[geebs]

stuff a craberry capsule with a small clove piece of garlic in her crop... Or a piece of cranberry and garlic.... (it may or maynot but I have heard at this stage of the game in Mareks it is possible)... Let me know the outcome by PM please if you do this... It may help us all!!!

Geebs

And good luck whatever you decide!

 

[Carmella Miller]

The Story of Tipples and Wobbles by Carmella Miller, Evergreen Dove Aviary

Tipples: One legged Bird

I'm new with this site and have had two positive experiences with disabled doves mentioned.
the first was a young bird with a broken leg.
I snipped off the lower leg and the broken joint and sterilized and dressed the wound.
I kept her indoors with a heat lamp and force fed her raw egg, honey and water every four hours with a wide tip syringe. After two weeks she was eating seed again.
The amputation wound site was bathed in peroxide and bandaged with neosporin every other day or so.
She lived in my upstairs family room for eight months while she learned to live on one leg. I created 2 inch roosts for her to rest on, but her favorite resting place of rest was on op pf the parakeet cage where she could grab onto the wire bars and balance with her good foot.age sections for her to roost on gave her a place to clutch onto the wire foundation with her good foot and it was painful to watch her learn to sit balancing with her wings and learning to flex her thigh stump behind her. It was a little chaotic but she flew indoors daily and just learned to use her body all over again. After eight months I put her in the outdoor aviary and she adjusted immediately. tipples was a year old when she died.


At the same time I had a bird with deformed or severely splayed hips. One leg was actually in front of the other. Walking was a series of rolling motions and very difficult to watch. But Wobbles didn't know he was deformed ( and an ugly dove at that) was very assertive and relentlessly bow cooed to all the girls. After a while he and Tipples picked out a nest! Together with their combined imbalance, they just could not complete mating. Two months ago, Tipples hurt herself in the aviary by getting her one foot stuck in the aviary wire and thrashed so violently she died soon after from deep wounds and shock.

I relpaced their nest with new one and Wobbled claimed it immediately

Within weeks, Wobbles had successfully mated with my favorite Pied female! They had one seriously ugly baby, and Wobbles dotes on his baby and his mate.

In Memory of Tipples, a great one legged dove. 2011. And Wobbles, aka Qusimoto of Evergreen