Injured bird wwyd

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My cat came home with a pidgeon in its mouth this morning and it got away behind our shed, the cat followed it in and,we thought, killed it. When we have went to remove it it is still alive, we can't really get to it easily so dh wants to bring it out using a brush or something and kill it himself as he doesn't think it can be saved.
I can't see any obvious injury and it looks quite small, not a lot of feathers so i think we should call rspca to try and save it he thinks that would be silly as they will just kill it anyway.
I am trying to get through to rspca but there is a long wait wwyd?
Cat isn't about just now but may come back soon and kill it themselve anyway.

Leave it alone. It's a wild creature and is almost certainly going to die. You pawing it about will just shock it even more.

I agree poking about it with a brush is cruel his argument is that if we leave it the cat will come back and kill it which would be more cruel than how he would kill it.

You can put it in a closed box (with air to breathe), dark as possible whilst you contact a wildlife organisation. Here most vets will treat them for free, you could ring your local one and ask. Treatment might just be putting the poor thing down.

By here I mean Northern Ireland, by the way, I have found 2 injured pigeons in the last year and the USPCA (our RSPCA) asked me to take it to the nearest vet and they had an arrangement with the vet re cost.

I've taken an injured wild bird to the vets before and they thanked me and treated it for free. I just walked in without an appointment as I'd just found it but you could ring your nearest vets for advice.

This might be helpful: www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/how-you-can-help-birds/injured-and-baby-birds/sick-and-injured-birds-faqs/#:~:text=For%20most%20injured%20birds%2C%20place,them%20quiet%2C%20dark%20and%20cool.&text=The%20RSPCA%20(England%20and%20Wales,and%20injured%20birds%20and%20animals.

Honestly, please leave it alone.

Trying to 'rescue' injured wild animals just causes them more harm. All wild animals die of injury, starvation, cold, disease or predation. None of them die peacefully in their beds after a life of ease and happiness.

OP, you own a cat. Your cat kills other animals. You need to own that, frankly.

Call the vet ant they will give you a contact to take it to

The problem is we cant get to it other than by poking and prodding at it with something and hope it will walk towards the edge of the shed which I think will just distress it more.

@YoungWerther

Honestly, please leave it alone.

Trying to 'rescue' injured wild animals just causes them more harm. All wild animals die of injury, starvation, cold, disease or predation. None of them die peacefully in their beds after a life of ease and happiness.

OP, you own a cat. Your cat kills other animals. You need to own that, frankly.

I don't agree. My daughter found one and drove 30 miles with it to a sanctuary where it was looked after and nursed back to health Depends how much effort the op wants to go to to try and save it.

I work at a vets and we never refuse wildlife , we treat for free if needed but sadly most injured birds usually need to be put to sleep .
I would not leave it to die ,it may not be as quick as you would think , it will attract flies to any wounds it may have which would not be pleasant.

@YoungWerther I know, it usually kills mice, there are loads where we live, and an occasional black bird but usually it will kill them and we just need to get rid of the dead bodies, this is the first time it has left a live animal. I hate that the cat kills birds but this is worse because it is still alive and trapped.

Just wanted to add they are put to sleep when their injuries are bad , of course we aim to release wildlife when we can .

If your cat has punctured it's skin, it is going to die anyway.

Poor thing. If you can't get to it without terrorising it then put some food out, put your cat inside and see if it finds its own way out. If you did catch it then either take it to a vet or wildlife rescue place. Vets usually put them down but at least it ends their suffering. A rescue place is more likely to try to treat.

We rescue a lot of waterfowl injured by fishing equipment.

Well a neighbours cat has just came and got it from behind the shed and ran away with it before we could get it. I did notice that it has injuries on its front so looks likely it would have died anyway, I just hope the other cat actually kills it and doesn't just leave it more injured somewhere else.

A few weeks ago a large black bird (raven or crow type) walked into my kitchen through the open door. Then it fluttered into a corner and seemed unwilling to exit. It looked dazed and was not moving much.My nephew managed to grab it using an old t-shirt and take it back outside. It was walking about the patio for an hour and we gave it some water in case it was dehydrated. Later when we checked it had gone. We assumed it had been dazed or traumatized for some reason. Possible the head or it had bumped into something.

head = heat