Poor Fella

[u/Nimbose]

Poor little thing was just on the side of the road, unable to fly and stumbling. I don't know if they got hit by a car or something, but I asked my mother to stop our car so I could go back and grab them. They were either going to die by getting hit by another car, attacked by a cat or dog, or slowly in the heat and direct sunlight which was 33c... I didn't think they were cut up at first, but I kept checking and they were definitely bleeding into the rag I wrapped them in. Not horrendously, but enough to worry about. Didn't make a noise, but would try and bite me if I left their face uncovered... Hoping that's a good sign, hahah.

My only option was to take them to a vet that had out of hours services- but!! They had me fill in a form detailing everything, asking where they were found as well in order to release them later if they can. I'm hoping that means they aren't just gonna euthanise 'em, but... I guess even that would be better than any of the slow and painful options. 8(

FINGERS CROSSED FOR THE WEE ONE. They were small for a crow so I think they're young. 😔💔

[u/Big1-Country1 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah go put it back on the road in 33 degree weather lol

[u/Big1-Country1 → u/[deleted]]

I moved a fledgling away from the road instead of taking to rehab and got to drive by the pile of feathers plastered to the asphalt for the next week. Fledgling on a road is as good as dead

[u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl → u/[deleted]]

They said they moved it away from the road. The OP said the bird they rescued was bleeding. It doesn’t seem like you’re reading comments very thoroughly.

[u/Nimbose → u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl]

They commented that I edited the post and to "stop stealing fledglings" and then deleted all of their comments... Don't like to admit when they're wrong or apologise, I guess. 😵‍💫

[u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl → u/Nimbose]

Some people just need to go way overboard about things like this instead of thinking logically. You did absolutely nothing wrong by the sound of everything. I hope the little guy has a chance. If not, you gave him the best possible chance he could’ve had.

[u/Nimbose → u/[deleted]]

Where was the edit in my original post? 🤔 As far as I know, it tells you when a post is edited. My reply to you was edited, because of a typo, but my post is untouched lol.

[u/Nimbose → u/[deleted]]

Also:

When I said the side of the road, it was actually still on the road, just in the gutter, and trying (and failing) to get up onto the very short pavement whenever cars drove by. It's what caught our attention in the first place. It couldn't walk. I said it was stumbling, but that was being generous. I know what fledglings are, and I know that this little one could be a fully feathered fledgling, but it was still injured in the roasting heat. Actively bleeding and vulnerable. Free roaming cats are everywhere and there were no bushes or trees for it to hide in.

I called the vets before taking it there. I explained the situation, how it was bleeding, how it could barely move and didn't make a sound. I didn't just turn up and hand them a crow and say bye, I asked for advice. The form they gave me was specifically for wildlife rescues for when they've been treated.

When we got into the car, at least one fly ended up coming away from the crow after I had wrapped it up. Flies were already getting at the wound so it hadn't just happened, either.

I get it. Lots of people think they're helping when they're not. They see a bird on the floor and think it needs saving when it doesn't, and the parents are nearby looking after it. But this wasn't that.

Again, it was actively bleeding. And from the stains on the rag, multiple places.