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It's ten days since the Sparrowhawk attack on the pigeon. Have been treating it daily, with anti bacterial cream. I can report progress, but the injury is severe, deep, and has exposed tendons and sinews vital to the wing flight mechanism. Basically the hawk has eaten all the skin and flesh that covered them.
Must be a horrible experience being painfully eaten alive !!
However, the pigeon is eating well and has an obsessive liking for black sunflower seeds, must be getting something really helpful to it.
Looking good and not even attempted to fly out of the box, so will give it all the time it needs to fully recover...if ever !
With Winter clinging on to the North of Scotland, the wildlife are still looking for food to get through the cold nights. The rescued pigeons have no such worries since they are indoors and being fed well. The paraplegic pigeon is still recovering after 6 weeks, the right leg is more stable and he is now able to not only fly around the house, but he even managed to fly back into his box which required a lot of skill. He sometimes sits at the window watching the pigeons in the garden and is keen to join them. I will let him go when the weather improves and feeding is abundant, where his chances of survival are at an optimum. When I found him paralysed and blood running from his beak, I was pretty sure he was a goner - yet again TLC and the will to live won the day.
As for Woody and Alan the two woodpigeons that I've had for 2 weeks, they are strengthening their wings and now look like two young woodpigeons. They have grown so fast and will soon be fledged. Short video below.
The 15 rescued mallard ducklings will be released this week into the river, hopefully now with a better chance of survival.
The injured pigeon is making a little progress, and now using it's right leg a little bit more. I changed the floor of the box to allow it to gain a little more purchase when getting around. It's sense of balance has still not returned, and it uses the box sides to try and stand upright.
Don't know if it will ever fully recover.
Meanwhile the female Goldeneye has made her choice from 3 available suitors.
