Compass’ Physical Therapy and Flying Lessons

Wow, Compass is looking great now!  I feel so proud of him.  He was a street bird with no human contact and has suffered a head on collision with an automobile, broken jaw, broken wing, imobilized limbs, weeks in my son's bedroom perched under the nightstand, being forcefed babyfood, being ooogled by kids and sniffed by dog and now he's finally got his own little house on the porch and is eating and learning to fly again.

My intentions for blogging his recovery are to offer others the confidence to care for  injured birds when professional alternatives are not available (or threaten to euthanise.)  All of the wild life rescues we called said they would euthanise and injured pigeon imediatly, so my family's care was his only chance at life.  Well, he has taken it and is well on his way!

Here are his latest photos:

A few days ago Compass got his wing cast off at Banfeild Pet Hosptial.  Many vets will not see wild birds, but Dr. Amy Walker was a kind and compassionate pro.  She showed me how to help him stretch his wing out.  Since then he's been hanging out in his new house on the porch.  I help him gently stretch the healed wing a few times a day and hold him up and let him fly back to his house.  No matter how straight he aims he  always flys in a curve, like a bowling handicap.  lol!

Week 2: Compass is flying straighter now, and he can fly UP a short distance, from the ground to the top of his house if the baby is chasing him.   I couldn't get him to fly on his own, but Meric can!

Follow Compass's journey from the first post here, just follow the link and scroll down to read past posts.