Crowfangs

36 | ♀ | 🏴‍☠️ | 🏳️‍🌈 | sometimes does art, mostly posts about rescue birds 🐦

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

Hi, I'm Crow, occasional artist person and pigeon rescue and rehabber from Germany!

Scribbles & Chat: https://t.co/HqBVqnmvZk
If you want to support me: https://t.co/I7qcFNqOLD
(Spoiler, it’s all birb food in the end.)

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@mikerainham @AndreaJackGoro Like, I’ve seen multiple cases of pigeons having green poop as if they were starving simply because people kept them on a diet of just peeled sunflower seeds, which are like 50% fat and their livers were just on the verge of quitting. 🙈

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

Went to check on the pigeons this morning and of course there is someone who’s not feeling too great. Not quite apathetic yet but definitely rather lethargic as it was quite easy to grab by hand when distracted by a single piece of corn.

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@mikerainham @AndreaJackGoro The thing is that just because pigeons will eat it doesn’t make it good food for them. Some bits of bug, suet or other things are alright as a bit on the side as long as they have mostly seeds available. Too much fatty food is pretty bad for them too though

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@AndreaJackGoro @mikerainham No, those are terrible food for pigeons, they mostly eat seeds as well as some greens and fruit. Corn, peas, sunflower seeds, millet, wheat, all kinds of whole grains are good for them. Pigeons in the state of the one on the video might need actual veterinary care tho

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

Every now and then Skippy actually stops being a perpetual menace and briefly turns into one heck of a snugglebug instead.

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@ZoeMartell1 Yeah his droppings were pretty horrendous so far too. First bright green, then purple black, then the more common green of starvation poo. So he’s definitely not feeling any good at all, but we‘ll see if we can’t fix him up anyway.

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@kbirdhaven @a_london_pigeon Wish I was an entire organisation but yeah, the wildlife rescue in town is me, I am the one who usually picks up all the sick and injured pigeons here. I’ve cared for hundreds of them by now, so I’m quite used to the sight of it. It’s why I caught this one in the first place

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@SmokeySMG Yeah, although there is a chance, it has pooped out some rather nasty blank gunk earlier today which I’m gonna have a closer look at tomorrow, but after that its poop looked a lot better already. I’ve cared for birds who looked worse who made a full recovery on the end.

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@mikerainham No, its weight is pretty decent actually, it’s unfortunately more likely that it’s got either a viral disease or some other issue causing kidney strain, it’s poop is looking very bad. Food alone won’t solve the issue. 🥲

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@CarolynHucker They all have varying amounts of baby hair still, they’re certainly all still squeaking like little babies even though they also already know how to eat seeds on their own. Thankfully they’re all safe now and can grow up well cared for.

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

Box o‘ babies, fresh from the parking garage ✨

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@teenietinytony @colligocritters True that, although in an ideal world I think we‘d just have both; better system so nobody has to rely on it as well as bottle holders or quick return stations for some good cause or another so you don’t have to carry unwanted bottles around all day.
Alas, unlikely to happen. 🥲

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@HaZaShutUp @colligocritters I think we had some in some places too, I could’ve sworn I saw them around for a while but they seem to have disappeared again which is shame. But then there is the fact cities just don’t want to have to look at poor people existing so it’d be no surprise if they removed them…

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

Gasp, finally some good news! Got invited to an interview for an apprenticeship position as animal keeper at the zoo. Hope they like pigeons because obviously I’m never gonna shut up about them.
(Wish me luck, if I could get this I’d be able to help more animals eventually too!)

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

Drew a spooky old pigeon

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Knee juice baby is plotting…
(to have a cozy Halloween night on my bed, probably!)

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Tried to convince skippy he should pose for some spoopy cute Halloween pictures but no, he’d rather be a cryptid

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

Knee juice baby is doing alright, had to drain the bubble again today but otherwise it’s making progress. Did a little flying and it’s starting to stand up on its good leg more as well.

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

Yesterday’s newest arrival; lumpy knee baby. Still waiting on whether or not we’ll need x-rays on this one, for now the lump has been drained of what turned out to be most likely a rather excessive amount of synovial fluid. Or simply put; poor baby got a leaky knee.

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@hatolovepou The healthy youngsters are just waiting for their vaccination before they can be released, the rest will still have to stay a while longer I’m afraid. I just hope I don’t get too many more PMV pigeons before the youngsters are all vaccinated and safe, it’s a terrible disease.

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

Good gods it’s that time again where I’m basically picking up pigeons daily, this one’s the fifth already since Monday - could’ve had a sixth as well but I asked if they could hand it in at the vet school clinic instead because idk where to put these anymore. 😩

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

@hatolovepou I am, I am! Currently I’m caring for seven healthy fledglings, one injured fledgling, one fledgling with a deformed beak, one stringfoot adult who sadly needs to have one of his toes amputated after all, one adult with a wing injury as well as two pigeons with paramyxovirus. 😅