petcareawareness:

thestickiestartist:

Somebody help meeee
What do i do when I have an injured bird in my garage and all the lisenced wildlife rehabbers closest to me are more than 20 miles away?? And all the local vets that take birds are closed for the night/weekend???

Its a cedar waxwing that was attacked by my neighbors cat… she’s alert and very lively, but her wing and tail are definitely injured (she’s bleeding). Not sure about the extent of how badly, though, as I didnt want to stress her out more than she already is.

I currently have her in a box in my garage…. I lined the inside with a towel, gave her a small dish of water, and have been leaving her alone since then.

I don’t know what to do 😦

Please boost this if you can, I really need advice.

The goal is to keep her stable until you can get her to a professional. First if she’s bleeding, or even if she’s stopped for now you’ll want to get that under control. Corn starch is safe and will help the blood clot. Once she’s no longer bleeding the next thing is getting her warm. A towel is good, but if you can provide a weak heat source it won’t hurt, make sure she can choose if she wants to be warm or cool and that the source doesn’t get too warm, watch for panting.

Is it an adult or juvenile? Adults have brown necks, yellow tummies and white around their masks. Young ones are mostly grey with a black mask.

As for food try to offer some berries and small soft feeder insects and see if she takes them. The younger the bird the musher it needs to be. Aside from that make sure she has water.

you’re also going to want to note where you found it. They’re flock birds and should ideally be really released around where their flock is.

~Jay

Since a cat got her, she needs to go to a professional for antibiotics, or she’ll go septic. These are only temporary measures.