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Anonymous
My cat just brought in a bird (blue tit I think) that had presumably been knocked down a a massive rainstorm we just had, because it was soaked. It has no obvious injuries and its legs and wings seem straight, the same cat has caught things without hurting them before, Ive never known her actually kill anything. Anyway, the bird welfare sites say put it in a box somewhere quiet to recover, so thats what ive done, it has a bed of kitchen towel to sit on. Any other suggestions? I dont want to take pics yet because that would stress it, but i might take some later if it recovers. Also, if it doesnt, it turns out it does have busted wings or whatever, what the most humane way to kill it?
>> Anonymous
Shock from the mental trauma of the event can also kill it. Wear gloves when handling it and googlefu what else you should do.
>> Anonymous
Oh man, I just checked on him because I heard scraping and fluttering noises coming from the box, and he was stood up (when I found him he was lying on his back, beak open, panting and blinking) and chirped at me when I opened the box :D
He was a lot drier and fluffier, and seemed ok, so I took the box outside and let him go. He flapped a lot, but was still too damp to fly properly, but then he hopped and fluttered up the side of a fence and sat on top of it where he felt a bit safer, and shook and preened for a few moments. Then he managed a flight of about 12 feet into a tree and looked absolutely fine, and I can hear him chirping from the tree now, and theres another one somewhere chirping back

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

i had convinced myself that this was going to end badly and hed either just drop dead, or id have to bash him on the head with a spade or something equally unpleasant.
>> Anonymous
Yeah ok bird is fine but what about pancakedog?