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Old 27-05-2007, 04:40 PM
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Hi all,

All in the title really my cat just come in with the poor little thing and im not sure what to do.
It seems to be in pretty good health considering what its gone through,
Im not sure but i think it mite have a broken wing or summin because when she let it go there was no flying just hopping.
Obviously its in shock and breathing heavy so ive put it in a shoe box padded out with some towels and put it in a quite dark room.

I cant get to the vets at the min but i can a bit later so it will be with them by tonight,
Is there anything else i should do?

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Old 27-05-2007, 04:43 PM
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what kind of bird? i would pop it in a nice dark box for a couple of hours and see if it picks up if it does have a broken wing it will be holding it down and at an angle try and get in touch with corvid he has a lot to do with wildlife

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Old 27-05-2007, 04:47 PM
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Im not to sure what kind it is think its a blue tit,
I did get a quick pic off my phone.


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Old 27-05-2007, 04:56 PM
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let it go outside (away from the cat).

it'll most likely die of shock.

my cats bring in all sorts of live things we just let them go, they'll have a better chance outside most likely.

i tried looking after a few, they all just died. very nervous creatures and once they go through an ordeal like almost being eaten they very rarely survive.

take it to the vets of you want, but i wouldn't bother. after the stress of being captured by a predator, shut up in a box and pulled around by the vet i doubt it'll live.
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Old 27-05-2007, 05:07 PM
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let it go outside (away from the cat).

it'll most likely die of shock.

my cats bring in all sorts of live things we just let them go, they'll have a better chance outside most likely.

i tried looking after a few, they all just died. very nervous creatures and once they go through an ordeal like almost being eaten they very rarely survive.

take it to the vets of you want, but i wouldn't bother. after the stress of being captured by a predator, shut up in a box and pulled around by the vet i doubt it'll live.

You do have a point but to be honest id rater it died from stress in a warm comfy box than outside in the rain.
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Old 27-05-2007, 05:25 PM
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it's either a baby blue tit or maybe a baby green finch hard to tell, just keep it warm, quite and dark and see if it improves
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Old 27-05-2007, 05:39 PM
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I must admit I have learned not to try and rescue them unless they are in very good shape when I get them from the cats.
I have 8 cats and they bring in alsorts from blue tits to huge rabbits.
If they are youngsters I tend to tell the cat to take it outside and put it out of it's agony.
One of my cats brings in quite big rabbits. He isn't able to kill them so he drags them into our bedroom and lets them go. We end up chasing the damn things all over the bedroom half the day. He brings them in through the catflap. I'm regretting putting the flap in as all we hear now is 'clank, clank, clank' all day.
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Im not to sure what kind it is think its a blue tit,
I did get a quick pic off my phone.

looks like a young great tit to me. we have loads of tits about ere and if they hit the windows a few mins in a warm hand does them on there way but if the cat has had it will be a bit dogde.
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Old 27-05-2007, 07:52 PM
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i've saved a couple of birds over the past few years.

best thing to do is leave it somewhere dark and warm overnight, and if it's alive in the morning, try giving it some bread crumbs or boiled egg yolk. if anything would work, it'd be that. the vet will probably put it down before you even give it a chance. we saved a blue tit this way.

let us know what happens

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