true, but surely being kept in a small stuffy box is only going to cause more stress? it's your choice ultimately and you should do whatever you feel is best for the bird. just keep checking to see if it is nice and alert, watching your movements, shifting around occasionaly and the like. if it tries pecking your fingers that's a good sign it's getting better. if it is just sitting there shaking still then, sorry to say, it will most likely die by the morning.

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good one. well done.

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glad to hear it went off ok. I didn't see this earlier but for future reference, the best way to treat shock is to do basicly what you did. putting an animal back out side that is suffering from shock will pretty much certainly kill it. when they are in shock they can't maintain their body temprature so need to be kept warm above all else. put the bird (actuly it is the same for any animal) in a box small enough so that it can't throw its self around too much lined with a towel or tissue paper, put it somewhere warm, dark and quiet (an airing cupboard is perfect) and compleatly leave it alone for at least 8 hours. don't bother with food or water at all. after that time it should be over the shock of whatever happened too it, plus the shock of being handled and then you can see what the next step would be. with cat attacks the survival rate is actuly very low. bite wounds are almost certain to become infected if not treated and even when there are no obvious injuries, cats crush when they bite, so there are often internal injuries that do not show up until the bird drops dead a day or two later. probably around 80% of the cat attack victims I get will die within 2 days of coming in no matter what you do, most of those will be within hours of us getting them. when they are very small birds like yours (it was a juvenile blue tit by the way) that death rate is even higher.

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David

my collection:
3.7.0 Leopard Geckos
2.3.1 Crested Geckos
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons
0.1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
2.0.0 Blue Tongued Skinks
1.1.0 Green Anoles
1.1.0 American Green Tree Frogs
0.1.0 Columbian Boa Constrictor
1.0.0 Normal Corn Snake
1.0.0 Amelenistic Corn Snake
0.1.0 Dione's Rat Snake
1.0.0 Everglades Rat Snake
0.1.0 Grey X Everglades Rat Snake
1.0.0 California Kingsnake
0.0.1 Giant African Land Snail
1.0.0 Kestrel
2.0.0 Cats
plus whatever wildlife the orphan season brings!

my cat killed a bird yesterday left it behind the wardrobe, i'm not picking it up so looks like its going to have to rot. does anyone want to buy a dead bird? good food for snakes

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ANDY B 1

Taken the place of Tops in his absence
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What ive got0.1.0 '07 Amel corn snake2.1.0 Hermanns Tortoises2.3.0 Cats0.2.0 Guinea pigs