mapleleaf what should I do?

“next door neighbor found a parakeet in their yard a little while ago. Knowing we have them ourselves, they just brought the bird over. Luckily I have a spare cage. It acts like it is used to people, however it seems very weak- it can barly hold itself up on the perch. It is eatting millit- but it looks like it has been bleeding near the feet- what should I do?”

“give it to a cat”

“Give it to two cats and watch the fun!

And take pictures.
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“ns :(”

“I was thinking a Weber grill and some bbq sauce ought to do the trick.”

“this was obviously somebody's pet you guys >:(. Stop it or you'll end up in my compost pile.!”

“They should find the owners and kick their asses for supporting the mass pet industry and the needless death caused by the industry.”

“call a vet.-”

“bump-


yeah...call a vet - all I got was bring it to the emergency vet for too much money...for a bird that isnt even mine....yeah...a dog or cat maybe...
damn vet wouldnt even give me any suggestions. If it wasnt eatting I would go ahead and put it out of its missery but I want to find out if any of the bird people have suggestions for it.”

“I was thinking a Weber grill and some bbq sauce ought to do the trick.”
pakratz
6:00:12 PM
6/14/05

wouldn't it be to small and fall right thru the grill onto the flames?”

“I learned a long time ago... Never introduce an unknown domestic animal to your house. They have a tendency to bring in all kinds of baggage, in my case a foundling cat had a disease and passed it on to three of the cats we had that had never left the house. I enjoyed euthanizing the foundling but shed a few tears over the other three. So now, no foundlings....”

“I hate to admit this, but I have a dead starling in my wood stove. Every spring one tries to build a nest in my chimney and falls through. This means an hour or so with the trout net, or, once, covering all the windows with newspaper and and leaving the front door open and chasing it toward the light.

This time I just left it. It finally died, but I feel pretty icky about myself (it took longer than I'd thought).

I've transplanted a bunch of lilacs and with the rain should spread the ashes at their feet, but it would mean facing the dead starling.

Ashes are the best thing for lilacs, BTW, which is why one sees beautiful one at the back of old farm houses.”

“I find tennis rackets to be more calming for birds in the house.”

““I find tennis rackets to be more calming for birds in the house.”
Nigal
10:39:58 AM
6/15/05
ignore this user

Isn't that how the game of badminton was invented. They don't call the thing you hit a birdie for nothing.
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“LOL.”

“I like fly rods and a Royal Coachman for bats too.”

“If it's not sitting on the bottem of the cage it's not in that bad of shape. That's usually where they go when things are really bad, health wise.”

“Squirrelbait does give a great argument for quarrantine though.”

“sorry just saw this

ok here ya go.

first off you need to keep it away from ALL your pets. they carry nasty bugs that can transmit to your other aniamls

you need to identify what kind of parakeet it is. there are many different breeds.
try not to handle him to much. this will reduce the trauma

once you have figured out which kind it is, then you need to figure out how old and the sex. good luck on that one

if it is young, you need to get him bird formula, and feed him just until his crop is full. do an internet search on this.


or you can take it to a Aviary Vet.


hope this helps”