Posted by Neese on 8/19/2004, 3:17 am, in reply to "Wild Dove" If it is old enough to eat something other than formula, use a syringe and dropper the same amount on the food you are feeding it. Do not force water on it. It will get enough water in the feed if you will soak it and let it puff up. Once it is feeling stronger and has no infection it should begin to eat and drink on its own. PS. you vet can write the prescription for the amoxi-drops for your cat. Seems like the least the cat can do after blinding the poor little guy...
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For the injury you will need to make sure the little one does not get infection. You can order online or if your vet will let you have some amoxi-drops you can put a little in the food you are feeding the dove. Depending on how old it is. If you are feeding it baby chicken formula then you would want to add just a small amount of the pink drops to the formula, that's about 4-drops from a dropper or syringe.
Try dry cat food or berry suet, soaked in water. I used this method on my little blue jay we had for several years one time when she got an injury to her only wing. The vet was not sure it would work but it did. I only gave her the meds for three days. Hopefully someone with more experience at treating wild birds for traumatic injury will respond too.
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: I have a wild dove that my cat got but
: it's still alive. One of its eyes are
: missing i guess because of my Cat.
: What can i do to help it? It seems
: alert but it is injured and looks
: pretty weak.What kind of food do i
: feed it?I tried to give it a little
: water and it drank a tiny bit but not
: much. If you have any advice i would
: REALLY appreciate it. It's not that
: strong so please send advice
: URGENTLY!!!!! Thankyou
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