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nolabear

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11. Dog food. Really. It needs feeding and water.

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 04:55 PM

Aug 2013

Crows are easy to feed but birds get shocky easily. Is the leg broken or just torn? You can set it with tape or clean it. How damaged is the wing? If it can't fly it can't live independently. Keep trying to call wildlife rehab. Good luck. I've done wildlife rehab and as I hear its gotten harder to get animals accepted over the years. Most important thing is whether it'll be able to fly.

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I have an injured crow in my home, and I don't know what to do. (Probably resolved now) [View all] ZombieHorde Aug 2013 OP

Warmth, hydration, and food it it will eat. Denninmi Aug 2013 #1

What Denninmi said. Dog food would be another good choice n/t sarge43 Aug 2013 #3

I was given the bird last night. ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #5

Second on all that. Keep trying. nolabear Aug 2013 #9

Could a veterinarian possibly help? AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #2

My daughter gave the crow a small piece of bread last night, and it ate it. ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #6

Crows talk to one another graywarrior Aug 2013 #4

I'm trying to take care of it, but crows are federaly protected, so keeping them ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #8

Dog food. Really. It needs feeding and water. nolabear Aug 2013 #11

I finally got a call back from someone who can care for the bird. ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #12

I have a wildlife rehabilitation source card taped to my refrigerator RebelOne Aug 2013 #13

Caw! Caw! graywarrior Aug 2013 #17

It was cawing earlier. ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #21

I love crows. graywarrior Aug 2013 #22

I like crows more than I realized. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #28

You'll love this graywarrior Aug 2013 #33

Wow, that is awesome. I knew they were smart, but that is crazy. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #36

Always be nice to crows graywarrior Aug 2013 #37

That sounds like good advice. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #38

Wonderful! Hopefully it can heal and reunite with its people. nolabear Aug 2013 #40

Are you in a small town or large city? Jenoch Aug 2013 #7

I live in Montana; we don't have cities. ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #10

Billings and Missoula are Jenoch Aug 2013 #14

"The mailman ran over him and squished him flat." ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #20

My big brother scraped him off the street before I got home from school. Jenoch Aug 2013 #41

Teach it to sit on your shoulder and hand feed it. Protected doesn't mean it should be euthenized. StanGr Aug 2013 #15

I think I found a woman who specializes in caring for crows. ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #23

Putting it down is not an option. It will mend with time and decide on its own when to take wing. StanGr Aug 2013 #24

Finding someone to put the crow down was easy, but no in my family wanted that. ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #29

I was going to offer. StanGr Aug 2013 #35

Crows are damn smart critters and can understand visual and verbal cues. haele Aug 2013 #16

Thank you for the great advice, but I believe I have founda woman who ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #25

Best thing for the crow. haele Aug 2013 #27

Ha! I guess so. I didn't think about why they brought the bird to me. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #30

Happy ending! femmocrat Aug 2013 #18

so glad you found a place for the crow... magical thyme Aug 2013 #19

"if you know about where the crow was found, let the rehabber know" ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #26

great! magical thyme Aug 2013 #32

I even know the tree it was in. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #34

I'm so glad it worked out well for the Crow & your family. In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #31

That sounds like a lovely bonding experience UtahLib Aug 2013 #39