I was Grocery shopping and I found 2 birds laying on the ground flopping. It was freezing out and I thought they were hit by cars and got mud on them that froze. I didnt know what to do at first I cant bring them home and it was late out. So since wet birds will get drafty very soon and if they cant fly they are doomed, I went to a nearby pet store to ask if they could help. They had 2 cardboard boxes and offered to keep the birds in there own box overnight in the back room since the pet store is VERY warm for all the exotic birds and the birds will be comfortable. So we picked up the birds and it turns out they werent even injured, King Kullen groceries sign has spikes so the pigeons and sparrows dont nest there cause the poo is messy. Well the birds never left, and so the sign got filthy and had to be cleaned and re-painted. So after soaking the sign (an apparently birds hidden in the sign) sprayed Silicone to protect the sign, and it got sprayed all over these poor birds and left them flightless and sticky. Whether it was done purposely or not is unknown. So the pet store workers tried to clean them off with warm water and mild soap, and it helped a bit.
So the next day I came to pick up the birds and bring them to a Wildlife vet, the ONLY one who accepts these birds since they are considered invasive and nobody else helps them, which is unfair IMO since people did this to them. I was hoping they were better and mabye even fine to re-release. The birds survived the night and were 50% b etter, and pretty active, but they still were sticky and the sparrow being smaller had more gunk on its body, the pigeon was in better shape. So I got them to the place and gave them some bird see in case they wanted to eat, since they were adults. then the vet came out and said we cant do anything for them, BUT, a worker here is a Volunteer and helps injured wildlife at home (except owls and raccoons he needs a liscense for them) I was so happy he was there at least to give them a chance now better than the being outside frozen. He said the pigeon is a good possibility to live, the sparrow needs extra help its whole body has stuff on it, not to mention he hopes the birds didnt eat whatever it is an get poisoned. He sais they can try for 2 days to clean them off and get them well and to rest, but after 2 days if it looks grim they have to be PTS. He said though will my quick thinking and being the birds were cleaned a little already and were kept warm that helped a lot.
So i'm hoping for the best they fully recover and can be reunited with their flocks.
So the next day I came to pick up the birds and bring them to a Wildlife vet, the ONLY one who accepts these birds since they are considered invasive and nobody else helps them, which is unfair IMO since people did this to them. I was hoping they were better and mabye even fine to re-release. The birds survived the night and were 50% b etter, and pretty active, but they still were sticky and the sparrow being smaller had more gunk on its body, the pigeon was in better shape. So I got them to the place and gave them some bird see in case they wanted to eat, since they were adults. then the vet came out and said we cant do anything for them, BUT, a worker here is a Volunteer and helps injured wildlife at home (except owls and raccoons he needs a liscense for them) I was so happy he was there at least to give them a chance now better than the being outside frozen. He said the pigeon is a good possibility to live, the sparrow needs extra help its whole body has stuff on it, not to mention he hopes the birds didnt eat whatever it is an get poisoned. He sais they can try for 2 days to clean them off and get them well and to rest, but after 2 days if it looks grim they have to be PTS. He said though will my quick thinking and being the birds were cleaned a little already and were kept warm that helped a lot.
So i'm hoping for the best they fully recover and can be reunited with their flocks.
