What can we do? Is there anywhere we can take it where they wont kill it?

She was in the bathroom and I could see she had something but I thought it was just a spider or something, then it started flying, so coz I'm a scaredy cat I screamed, and then I think she thought she had to protect me, so she got the bird in her mouth, and then I screamed again coz I was scared that she was going to kill it, so then I think that made her not let go of it. We managed to get her to leave it finally.

Now it's huffing and puffing lots and can't fly. :(

Does anywhere know of anywhere we can take it?
I want to keep it but my husband said I'm stupid, lol! But I've been reading things online about people taking birds to the RSCPA and them putting them down! :(


Oh yeah, I think it's a baby as well.

We had one a few weeks ago too, under the bath, so not sure if there's nest there or something. Bit scary really, that you could be in the bath and have a bird wizz out!


I hope someone can help! :(
Also arn't westies bred to kill small animals? So maybe that's a reason too for why she went for it, or maybe I just have a killer dog, eek. :(


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The bird is probably shocked and it most likely couldn't fly properly before, that will be how your dog managed to catch it, is it visibly injured?

If you listen you will probably hear the mother bird calling and looking for the baby outside, now you have 2 choices really, if the baby does not appear injured you could put it outside perhaps on a shed roof or something out of the way and let its mother take care of it, or you could take it to a vet that will either hand rear and release, or if badly injured will probably put it to sleep.


I wouldn't personally try to rear it myself I only tried once because the vets was closed and it died, you might have better luck, sorry that I can't say anything more positive, and I know well how upsetting it is as my cats bring them home a lot.

I think that most dogs would probably have a go at a fledgling bird to some degree, it doesn't mean that she is a bad dog, just a normal animal.

Good luck with the little birdy :)

I don't know if it is injured, but I can't see how it wouldn't be, coz Kizzy had it in her mouth at least twice! She was in the bathroom for ages and we didn't know what she was doing so she could have had it before we caught her too.
But we haven't been able to look at it as we don't want to scare it and give it a heart attack or something!

We don't want to try and put it outside incase it is hurt, coz there's lots of cats in the area and there's two that are always in our garden winding Kizzy up!



We just looked at it again, it seems to have a broken leg

My husband said the bird has no leg!

It's this type of bird:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/Kizx3/IMG_1781800x6002.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/Kizx3/IMG_1779800x6002.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/Kizx3/IMG_1776800x6002.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/Kizx3/IMG_1774800x6002.jpg

We just looked at it again, it seems to have a broken leg

Oh dear vet then? they might be able to sort a broken leg with a splint, I would put the little bird into a small, dark and quiet place such as a box (this will minimise shock), pad it out with something soft such as kitchen roll to minimise any damage caused by fluttering, and take it to the vet.

Is there a bird sanctuary type place in Sheffield?
My husbands dad said the vet would put it down and charge us for it, eek.
As much as we want to help it, I don't want to have to pay a huge pet fee. I hope that doesn't sound nasty!

It's in a box with a big heavy cook book on top, so at least it can learn how to cook. :)
It's got holes in it though, it's a holey storage box type thing, as I thought it might need breathig holes?
So it's not very dark.
I'll try and find another box to put that box into!

I gave it some chopped nuts and some bread and it's not touched it. :(

My husband said the bird has no leg!

Oh poor thing, I don't think that much can be done in that case, take it to the vet asap cause it must be suffering now. :sad:
The vet won't charge you for it they have to treat wild animals, I know for sure as I have taken loads.

Ooh that's good to know then! :)
Awwh I don't want it to get put down if it is untreatable. :(
I want to keep it even for just a day so it can have an awesome life before he/she goes off to heaven, haha! But I know that's silly of me!

Don't know if it is legless, but we can't see one, eek! :(

Is there a vet that will be open now?
Does it have to be one we're registered to?
We're in Owlthorpe area. :)

Is there a vet that will be open now?
Does it have to be one we're registered to?
We're in Owlthorpe area. :)

Not sure but peak vets at woodseats seem to be open a lot, give them a ring, or you could take it to vets now at the PDSA building.

I think you'd be best in calling the PDSA emergency number and then taking the poor little thing into the PDSA hospital/VetsNow building on Newhall Road.

I've taken in loads of injured wild animals, mostly birds which have been half eaten by one of the local cats, into the PDSA and they have always euthenased them without charging me. I'm the sort of person who gets called with lots of animal injuries because I'm pretty good at animal first aid and I think that my neighbours think I'll be able to save a bird with a puncture wound to its chest cavity, but the poor thing is under so much stress just being handled that it's kinder to put it out of its misery instead.

Have you got the emergancy number? We just tried ringing a number on the site but there was no answer, and our vet is closed, and we rang a bird sanctuary and that said it's been closed down!

The bird is tweeting away and sounds happy now! It's like tweet tweet tweeeeeeeeeeeet tweety tweety twoot twooooooo.

Awh I don't want it to get put to sleep, it sounds happy!

The bird is tweeting away and sounds happy now! It's like tweet tweet tweeeeeeeeeeeet tweety tweety twoot twooooooo.

Awh I don't want it to get put to sleep, it sounds happy!

Sorry but it won't be happy its calling for its Mother, I know its all horrible but best and kindest to let it go if its lost a leg, did you try vets now?

We took it out! :( We rang my husbands parents again and his mum said 'haven't you seen a one legged pigeon' and then his dad said we should just take it out.
And my husband was too, so I couldn't really argue! :(

But we took it outside still in the box, and put it on top of the wheelie bin, so if it could fly it would, and if it couldn't it'd be safe.

So we put it there and took the cook book off(I don't think he read it though!) and he flew off! He didn't fly very well, but he flew a little onto the other bin, and then onto next doors fence and then into the tree.

Anyway I went and saw if I could see him from the window, and saw him fly out the tree onto the ground in next doors garden, but then he just stayed there!

AND THEN!!

Then a crow came and sat near him, can't crows eat little birds? So then I had to make a loud noise to scare that away!

Then I went back to the garden, and stood near the fence and pointed him out to my husband, and then as we were wondering what to do as he seemed to be stuck, he got up and flew away!
Must have just been attention seeking, lol.

So I think he's okay which is good! :)

It was sad when he went at first though, and when I couldn't see him out the window! :(


Hopefully he'll be fine though, he could fly okay so hopefully he'll be able to survive. :)
And like I said he was tweeting away so he can't have been depressed or anything? He sounded quite jolly! :D

I hope I haven't done a really bad thing by doing that?
But everyone was ganging up on me saying we had to let it go!


And how do birds survive in the wild anyway, I mean, some of them must lose legs? Although I haven't seen a one legged pigeon but I guess they must exist.

Eek I hope it is the right thing. :(

For future reference, unless it has changed recently the PDSA emergency number is 2427308.

I hope your little bird has survived the ordeal Mandie- it's not likely that you'll know either way though.

My aunt's cat once fetched the same mouse in 4 times, despite being shut upstairs every time my uncle took it outside and down the garden to release it. The last time was terminal unfortunately, but the poor little sod had been played with for hours by then.

I hope I haven't done a really bad thing by doing that?
But everyone was ganging up on me saying we had to let it go!


And how do birds survive in the wild anyway, I mean, some of them must lose legs? Although I haven't seen a one legged pigeon but I guess they must exist.

Eek I hope it is the right thing. :(

I think that you did all that you could Mandi, all wild things take their chance and especially little birds as they fledge, nature is cruel, now it's up to the little bird.
The fact that it was tweeting means that it has recovered a bit from the shock so you helped it as best you could, the vet would have probably PTS so it at least has a chance :)

That looks a bit like http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r180/terminator_020/big_1529.jpg sorry didnt see your post before now.As long as infection dos,nt set in wouldnt worry about the leg they normally cope just as well with one.