We found a white winged crossbill in the snow, near a window and he let me pick him up. Like, I just casually grabbed him and he was like “okie dokie then.”
So, we (my older brother and I) set up a hospitalization cage, put food and water in there, and took disease precautions (washing hands after touching the bird or anything it touched, changing clothes if it or we touched our clothing, etc). Any advice?
His cage is covered btw, not in my room, and in the calmest place in the house (which is ironically the living room).
I did a physical check on him, eyes are clear, nostrils look okay, vent is good, no broken bones from what I can see, is alert and active, plumage is vibrant, and seems okay physically.
Here’s the little guy:
View attachment 56007Dw, that’s water on his chest
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we don’t plan on keeping him overnight, and will probably release him by sunset, but is there anything else we can do? I do not want it to turn out like the flying squirrel we found two years ago, where it passed away before its release.
