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Nicki
29/05/2019 13:01

Afternoon All, 

I ran into a finch on the way to work this morning, finding it on my grille when i arrived in the car park - still breathing. 

I've brought it into my office, placed in a box in the quiet to try and recover - came back after a couple hours and it had found its way out of the box, however, it looks like the poor mites legs are broken and now it's breathing is quite laboured. 

I've been and brought fat balls, not interested, however, it has drank some water. 

I plan on taking it home with me tonight - hope i can bring it round 

Any suggestions on what i can do for it to nurse it back to health? 

Thanks in advance, 

Nicki 

  • 29/05/2019 13:08

    Hi Nicki,     so sorry to hear about the accident with the bird;    it is good you have placed it in a box somewhere quiet;  your best action if the bird is still alive is to contact a local wildlife rescue centre using THIS LINK where you enter your area information and it will give you contact numbers so you can get help for the bird.   Good luck.      By the way, finches prefer sunflower hearts but because the bird has been injured it may not want to eat or drink and may need professional help urgently.      Sadly, it is often too late to help a bird and they often die as a result of injury or of shock but at least you have tried so thank you.   

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    Regards, Hazel 

  • 29/05/2019 13:19
    Hi Hazel,
    Thanks for coming back to me. I have just left a voicemail for the Alternative Animal Sanctuary in Coningsby, Lincolnshire for help - it's about 50 min away from me so will happily take it across this afternoon if they can help.
    Seems to be perking up a little. I have rescued injured birds before and left them in one of my outbuildings over night with a good success rate, however, i'm not holding our much hope for this little fella. I feel awful, god love it.
    Thanks again for your help
    Nicki
  • 29/05/2019 15:13
    Hi Nicki, glad to hear the bird may be perking up a little and its really kind of you to take it the 50 min drive to get it help; I did the same a few years back when we had a Greenfinch with the disease Trichomoniasis and we took it on a 78 mile round trip (for us) to get it help; sadly, the bird died overnight at the rspca hospital but we were happy to give it a chance at least and it was comfortable in its last hours. You can never tell with birds, some may only be stunned and recover ok, other's which have injuries may not be able to be helped but once again by placing it with wildlife professionals they will be able to give the bird pain relief, antibiotics, etc, even if it doesn't survive and it will be in a warm quiet place. That's all we can do but it is heart-warming to think there are good people like yourself out there to get assistance to birds/wildlife in need. Good luck.

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    Regards, Hazel