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Anonymous
Last night I found a galah flopping around on the ground next to my property gate with a bloodstained wing. I dropped a rag from my boot over him and took him home and put him in a dark, warm place, blah blah blah.

For the last 12 hours I've been trying to contact native wildlife people like WIRES to come and get him. I know they'll kill birds if they have a broken wing, but as far as I can tell his wing isn't broken. We've flexed it (got bit hard for my troubles lol) and it seemed capable of moving.

But I can't get through to anybody! There's either no answer or I get told to leave a message, or I get told to ring a different number I've already called.

While I'm waiting for someone to ring me back about the messages I've left on their answering machines, do you think it would be a good or bad idea if I put the galah outside tomorrow in a big aviary/type cage we use for keeping possums out of our garden? Or would he bash his brains out against the wire trying to fly away? It's maybe 3 metres wide, 5 metres long and 2 metres high. It's not under cover or anything but at least it's bigger than a cat carry cage :/ He's been in that for over 24 hours now and whilst he has water and parrot mix in there for him, I wonder if it'd be better for him to be out in that cage or if it'd just stress him more.
>> Anonymous
Galahs are trash birds to aussies ain't they? like starlings to americans? Farmers shooting them on siter and all. I bet they just don't give a rats ass. Enjoy your scream factory.
You deserve commendations for your efforts though anon
>> Anonymous
i have 2 pet galahs, one pushing 24
>> Anonymous
If they don't give a shit, and you've went through all this trouble for the bird, why not just keep it till it heals or keep it as a pet?
>> Anonymous
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I think it's too old to tame and have as a pet... Besides, I won't be living here in the country forever so basically I can't keep it, and that's not the best thing for the bird.

I don't view galahs as trash birds... They're natives! But if it were a sparrow or anything else, I'd still be doing the same thing. I know wildlife authorities won't help with starlings since they're an introduced species, because I've called them about one before.

They still haven't called me back... I may have to give up and try and heal him on my own, but I have absolutely no idea what to do. I've ended up putting him out in the cage because it's too sad to see him locked in a little box for so long. Put some pine branches in there for him to get up off the ground on at night, water and seed... Photos!
>> Anonymous
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In b4 bad gardener... It's winter and the tomatos are dead :p
>> Anonymous
>>258868
June = Winter in australia?
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>> Anonymous
>>258887
Summer: December to February
Autumn: March to May
Winter: June to August
Spring: September to November
>> Anonymous
I've been reading up on the topic, and everyone seems to say that galahs with injured but not broken wings should have the wing "strapped" for five days. Then I should let him run around unstrapped for a couple of weeks while he builds up strength in his wing. They also say to administer fluids and electrolytes within 24 hours, but it's a bit late for that...

Battle plan: Wait until after dark, go out there with towel, flashlight and fiance and the thickest gloves or anything we can find. Cut up old ham bag for straps, I guess, and somehow wrangle the bird until I can tie his wing down. Then mix up electrolyte stuff I found in the cupboard with water and use a syringe minus needle to squirt it in his beak.

This sounds like a recipe for disaster and bleeding fingers. I can't wait!
>> Anonymous
Oh, and I also read galahs aren't priority animals, that they save their resources for other more endangered ones. So I'm giving up on getting any help from anyone, the bastards. It's been 48 hours since I found the little bugger.
>> Anonymous
Weelll, nobody cares about this guy. Haven't gotten any calls back from anyone, and it's a long weekend so I'm not holding my breath. Went out and tried to strap his wing, massive fail. He couldn't even walk, and I loled at him falling over despite it being really cruel >_< So I cut them off and left him alone again. He's moving his wing around but he can't fly. I can only hope he'll heal with rest! He's eating and drinking as far as I can tell, so that's good, and the freezing cold night didn't seem to bother him.
>> Anonymous
>>259570
And by cut "them" off I mean the straps, not his wings!
>> Anonymous
hmm...okay...so I've never raised this type of bird before, but normally birds who just have a injured but not at all broken wing normally heal in time. keep him in the outdoor cage and offer him some things to roost in. if he's still having problems in a few days talk to a vert and see what can be done. but birds are kinda tough...and he'll probably pull thru in time. good luck. keep updating.
>> Anonymous
Hope he pulls through!
I'm the OP of the 'annoying wild animals' thread, and while they may be annoying and loud, oh god do I love them little clowns :(

maybe going to a bird website might help?
>> Feathered Anonymous !wI3kGxQon.
So no-one at all wants to help him? thats sad.
Even if its a common bird, they still should be willing to help, bastards.
>> Anonymous
>>259658
Well, Google is where I found the info about how to supposedly heal birds without severe wing bone breakages... But unfortunately I just don't have the expertise to be able to do that :( I tried and wished I hadn't!

If I take him to a vet they'll just take him off my hands and euthanise him, because it's illegal to own native animals as pets. Not that it's stopped me before, had a pet kangaroo when I was a kid... Released her into Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve in the ACT when she got older and pretty violent :D

We recently raised a baby magpie my sister saved off the road who never flew. Sadly, the bogans who built a house on the property next door have something like six dogs who run around unrestrained onto other peoples' properties, and he disappeared one day... They said their dogs killed a magpie but denied it was ours. I hate bogans so fucking much -_-; That's another reason why I really don't think I can care for this galah.

But I've read up on what galahs eat, I just need ideas for some kind of shelter for him on his branch at night... It gets really cold around here and frosty at night. The cage he's in is just so big though, I can't think of what I could use!
>> Anonymous
Well I doubt he'll kill himself in an aviary type cage. Don't involve the proper authorities either. I've been hearing of their horridness since I was a kid, and I don't even live in Australia. In any case it sounds like he'll be fine soon and you can let him free or whatever. Just take care of him like you would any other parrot.
>> Anonymous
Just borrow some huge angry dogs and train them to kill the bogans dogs. They'll pen up their dogs.

Or you can leave out some meat soaked in anti-freeze.