I took in an injured pigeon that my daughter found in the parking lot of her job.
Since i was little girl....im a sucker for any injured animal. Ive saved birds. A turtle with a busted shell. Baby mole. Ect.
And then all those cats i took in and helped and got adopted out.
So my daughter begged and begged. I said no, at first. Not because i dont care. But because wild birds usually dont recover very well and its sad when they die. And they die terrified because....they are wild. Scared too death of humans.
My daughtef came home and mentioned the pigeon and i said "its still there in a box?" And she said "Yeah. No one wants to help a pigeon". Uhg. I told her....okay bring it home.
So i get one of Eddies dog crates prepared, i run out and get bird seed for pigeons and bird pellets. Everything to make a safe enclosure for this hurt pigeon. She brings it home. Poor thing has a fractured leg with a gnarly gash in it. Bird cant stand on its leg so it lays on its belly and kinda hops on one foot. Cant grip anything to perch. And bird also has a small tear in her crop. Looks like she had an encounter with a small hawk. Birds entire backend is covered in bird shit, as the poor thing cant stand so its been just squatting in its own shit for days.
Took me almost 30 minutes to clean all the shit off this baby.
So i clean both wounds. I use triple antibiotic ointment on the gash. I use a wooden coffee stir and medical tape and guaze and i made a very nice splint. I also used medi glue on the crop injury.
This pigeon was nervous but also very cooperative. I am certain it somehow knew i was helping it. I got it settled into its enclosure with food and water and a warm heating pad and let the bird have space to relax and settle down.
I spent the entire night learning about pigeons. Pigeons are incredible, sweet little birds that got a super shit deal from humans.
And this is how i realized i hadnt seen Cascur around for a while. I remembered how this woman would call me "Pigeon" as an insult. And i really wanted to show her my little rescue pigeon.
Since we are very likely going to keep this pigeon......shes healed beautifully. She probably could be released, but everyone is in love with her and she has fit right into the household. We will see how it goes after winter.
Her name shall be Eunice Catherine Pidgey Pants.
Since Cascur would call me a pigeon, id like to name a pigeon after Cascur lol.
My pigeon.