My thermostat broke and his nest got to about 110°F. I cooled him down with water and put him in an incubator. He's gasping and unresponsive. I think I'm going to loose him
He's doing alright. He's gaining weight again (48 grams this morning!) and he's covered in pin feathers. Still spunky and begging for food. The lighting is terrible here but I'll get a picture later when we get home
The syringe with the glove worked fine for me until he aspirated. After going so long without food, when his appitite returned he would get so eager to eat that he would quite literally inhale it. I've since switched to tube feeding as that is what I'm most comfortable with
Yes, the photo was taken that day. I know he is very behind developmentally which is why I included it. He's just starting to get pin feathers and he's definitely not as big as he should be
I think you have a valid point. I have never owned pigeons, much less raised one from hatch so I have no idea what I'm doing.
I do know he had sour crop at some point because the vet did a crop swab. I know he aspirated, though I believe it was because of his crossbeak, not overfeeding. There...
Yup! He reopened it twice after I posted but has not done it since. I still have no clue how he managed to nick himself but it's healing up nicely.
I think I might try making a crop bra out of vet wrap for him to wear overnight. It can't hurt and I have no idea what else to do.
He's happy and...
Still struggling to get his crop to fully drain. The first few hours after I feed he is happy and poops regularly, but once his crop is about half full he starts acting hungry and stops pooping. I haven't been able to get his crop to drain past half-way. Any idea why this would be happening?
Apparently everything that can go wrong is bound to happen at some point. He's somehow got a cut on his toe that's bleeding quite a bit. I dipped his foot in cornstarch and that slowed it down. I have no idea how he managed to cut his toe. Is there's anything else I can/should do?
His crop has not been draining well since the incubator incident. I I fed this morning because he was acting a bit weak but his crop had not fully drained. He's clearly hungry and begging for food.
I've been struggling to get him to gain weight so I'm afraid of letting him go too long without food.
My power went out while I was asleep last night. When I woke up for the next feeding he was unresponsive and when I opened the incubator I realized it was cold (around 65°F). Miraculously, he is still alive. I plugged the incubator into my car and he is warming up as I'm typing this.
He was...
His beak was damaged when they drained his crop. Not too worried about it since I have experience with crossbeak chickens, one of which could only be fed via tube like your pigeon. In my experience they've all been able to live happy, healthy lives
Switched to a more agressive antibiotic and decided to take him home. For whatever reason he suddenly had an appetite so I got a bit of food into him. He's really determined to stay alive so hopefully he pulls through and I won't screw up again.
Very frustrating. She was pushing for euthanasia without examining him so I agreed to the crop swab. I don't know what to do. I feel like he's not getting the care he needs but there are no other alternative vets on a weekend
The vet is doing a crop swab. She seems more concerned about the resolving sour crop than the aspiration. Very condescending and tried to tell me taking a pigeon from the wild is illegal