I'm looking after my sister's place while they are away for a few days. I spotted this rainbow lorikeet barely able to fly or walk on the tiles in their swimming pool area. I knew I could not leave him there! So I found an old towel to handle him with as they have strong beaks - then of course I snapped a quick photo :)
I took him to a local vet who said there is no physical damage but possibly stunned and loss of balance. (They do have a glass fence around the pool.) The vet is keeping him for 24 hours and if he is ok I will be able to release him back into their yard - lets hope that is the outcome :)
All the best for that .. I once rescued a bird that crashed into our window. and I gave it a dose of rescue remedy .. he shook himself and flew away...good stuff
Must be bird rescue day. I found a poor little juvenile galah this afternoon with his wing caught on the barbed wire fence. After much difficulty hubby and I managed to release his damaged wing and off to the vet. I am not terribly optimistic about his survival as the wing seemed to be quite damaged, but if he needs to be euthanised at least it can be done humanely. Have not heard from the vet as yet, keeping our fingers crossed for the poor little mate. A very upsetting incident for us as you can imagine.
@hermann Oh, what a day we've both had! Sounds like your galah may have more damage than my lorikeet. Lets hope they both can survive - tomorrow will tell.
Aw poor thing. I am sure he will be okay. We had a lorikeet who flew into our family room glass door a couple of weeks ago and he was out cold. I was sure he was dead, but noticed he was still breathing. We put him in a shoe box and he lay there for a few hours before he started to move and eventually flew off. Fingers crossed all will end well for this chap.
When they lay stunned, they lose body heat, it helps if you warm them up in your palms. However I do see this one has a large beak. Your rescue is great. What a beautiful bird. He looks warmed up in that towel.
My heart goes out to you (and Sally) for rescuing these lovely birds. Johanna's comment was quite interesting; I'd never have thought of that! I hope the bird survives to delight viewers another day!
Unfortunately I read about the outcome before I saw this. I have found that general purpose vets know or care little about wild birds so I am not surprised. I always take any injured wild birds to the Brisbane Bird vet or the Queensland University where they use them in laboratory experiments (just kidding :-)
