Posted by bonnie on 8/25/2004, 5:39 pm, in reply to "Is this sparrow fledgling injured/sick?"
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: Hi! I found a litle sparrow fledgling
: yesterday- it's much smaller than any
: other baby sparrow I've found before.
: The nearest rehab center isn't open
: until Monday, and they only take baby
: birds that are injured/sick, so I'm
: trying to figure out if this little
: one is all right or not. Is it normal
: for a featherless "pinky"
: sort of baby to have an ENORMOUS
: distended stomach/rear? I can tell
: he's a bit blocked up, because when
: I accidentally touched his back end
: (when he wriggled in my hand), all of
: a sudden for the first time in many
: many hours he pooped a _massive_
: amount- more than the
: nearly-full-grown sparrow I've been
: nursing along has ever made in a
: whole day! Is he injured, do you
: think? Is there anything I can do to
: help him be in less discomfort and
: stay alive until Monday if he is hurt
: or unwell?
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