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| x_zero_x |
on Mon 29 Aug 05, 1:15 PM to x_zero_x's blog.
Well, Eric is his name for now, we don;t actually know what;s going to happen with him. Last night while walking Levi (my little sister's staffie, we're doggiesitting just now) i found an injured crow under a tree, i took the dog back home [watched Lost] and went back and got it. i took it to a friend's house (away from the dogs) and put it in a large gineau pig habitat until we take it to the vets this afternoon. It looks like he has a broken leg (we say "he" we have no idea how to sex a crow, no puns please!) but cannot fly. If the vet tells us they'd put him down instead of releasing him into the wild, i'll be buying a large parrot style cage and keeping him. i've done a lot of research into what to feed him and everything. He seems to be a young bird, so we may even be able to tame him. Of course, i would feel guilty for imprisoning a wild animal, especially a bird, who surely has the greatest freedom of any animal, but surely that's better than him being put down or eaten by a cat/dog/fox or shot by some ned (chav)?
| 29 Aug 05, 1:18 PM Just_Scott 7 yrs |
I can't confess to having delved deep into the crow psyche, but in all honesty, I think that a crow would much rather be an ex-crow than be a crow in a cage.
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| 29 Aug 05, 1:31 PM x_MDA_x 6 yrs £ |
I agree, crow's are solitary animals, it would not react too well. At present it is in a state of shock. The best thing do is to put him down. If you cannot bring yourself to do this then take it back to an area close to where you found it and place it in a bush. Nature will then take its course. Yes it may be eaten but that is the cycle in wildlife. MDA x
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| 29 Aug 05, 1:38 PM Delta_D 7 yrs |
Having been born and raised in the country and having a very knowledgeable gamekeeper grandfather which enabled me to become fairly acquainted with general wildlife....I can only say to condemn a wild creature to a lifetime of perpetual imprisonment with no real quality of life is not in it's (the crow) best interests. With all due respect zero, this is typical behaviour of people with lack of knowledge that think they are doing the right thing for the animal concerned,when in reality it is actually you satisfying your own perception of what is cruel or not. In this case, the kindest thing would be for the crow (if releasing back into to wild very quickly is not an option) for it to be put out of its misery...because keeping it alive in total confinement is exactly what it would continue to experience. Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons..'cos you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! | |
| 29 Aug 05, 1:46 PM AfternoonT 7 yrs |
Good for you !! One of my uncles had a big crow for a couple years, same thing, couldn't fly. He nursed it with milk soaked bread pieces, and then fed it and cared for it for at least a couple of years I recall. The crow took over the house. Initially he would simply bully the two dogs, but he and the two cats had a sniffy relationship. However he even won them over in the end. He used to ride on the dog's backs. Crapped everywhere though. The old chap used to put a gardening glove on and take him out into the back garden on his hand, a la falconer. He'd flap about, which went on for months, and then one day he flew a few yards. But he'd always come back in the house. And then one day he just flew off Cecil's hand, and that was it, we never saw him again. I have rescued a baby jay and a baby swift (swifts nest in my eaves once a year). It's hard work, I warn you, although by the sound of it, it isn't a baby which makes it easier. He's also splinted broken legs, he did one for a bird at my place. There was a one-legged (one and a stump thing) starling ate off my table for years.
These wonderful creatures' closest relatives are dinosaurs. Mind you that could be said about a few folks around here, eh? Swifts are incredible. They fly constantly except to breed. They eat, feed, mate and even sleep on the wing. If they land, they land high on phone wires or gutters, because their back legs actually have no strength. They can just support their own weight, but can't kick off enough to fly. A swift on the ground is a dead swift, they have to fall into flight. But they have to settle in a roof or guttering for a few weeks to have eggs and eventually kick the young off the gutter. These baby swifts have about 2 seconds in which to learn to fly or, well, that's it. If one survives getting it wrong, give it bread and milk every 3 hours, and then push it off an upsatairs window for a second try. It'll probably get it right second time.
A second attempt is something else you can see around here sometimes too. T. Straight off the Golden Syrup Tin label: Out of the strong came forth sweetness. T. x Edited 29 Aug 05, 1:49 PM by AfternoonT | |
| 29 Aug 05, 3:28 PM rehtael_ni_dal  UK(G), 9 yrs |
Perhaps its a crow into BDSM and loves the confinment ? cheeky wee shite | |
| 29 Aug 05, 7:17 PM x_zero_x UK(DD), 10 yrs |
Hehehe, actually, i'm thinking it's an escaped pet, it is very tame. Anyhow, it's at the vet, they're gonna try releasing it tomorrow (there's not anything physically wrong with it, it's just a little weak) if they have no joy they'll try again on Wed and if that doesn't work they'll phone me to see what i say about it. member of the I.C weather watching club | |
| 30 Aug 05, 5:06 PM x_zero_x UK(DD), 10 yrs |
Well, it looks like he's being released into the wild, however, if he doesn't fly off he's being released into my custody. i spoke to a guy who has a pet crow in the city, he said that his one was an injured bird too, he nursed it back to health and then after 2 or 3 months he opened the window and the bird flew off, into his garden! After being out there an hour it jumped back in the window and went back to his sizable cage. member of the I.C weather watching club | |
| 30 Aug 05, 5:51 PM Just_Scott 7 yrs |
If this were a horror movie though, you'd keep him in your house, and then the next morning you'd have an ominous number of birds just sitting there on your fence. Next thing you know your roof is covered in crows. Just waiting. Then they find a way in through that open bathroom window....
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| 30 Aug 05, 7:04 PM x_zero_x UK(DD), 10 yrs |
ah-ha, we have no bathroom window! But we do have windows in every other rrom in the house member of the I.C weather watching club |
wait, why ami worried, this isn;t a horror movie, or is it?
