Monday, August 30, 2010
Gimpy Pigeon

I'm way behind on my updates, and since I don't want it to look like nothing happened in August I'm going to post several in the next two days.

Let's start off with the gimpy pigeon. The pigeon showed up one day knocking on the carport door. My humans' friend was over swapping birdcages when the pigeon appeared. The pigeon was obviously in pain as it was holding up its right leg which was swollen. The poor little bird hopped around on its' only good leg and was obviously looking for help.

I would have gladly put the little creature out of its misery with one quick chomp, but my human would not allow my particular form of help. So us dogs were locked up, as my human and her friend prepared little dishes of food and water for the pigeon.

The pigeon stayed in the carport even though people were coming and going all day. Finally, another friend of my humans, who happens to be a wildlife rehabilitator, came over to collect the gimpy pigeon. She was able to give the bird proper nutrition and medication. Hopefully someday soon it can be released back into the wild where it belongs.

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