Injured baby Magpie ;(

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Hi all,

I'm not sure what has happened but this little fella has either flown into a window and hurt his head or been attacked by a cat most likely.

I was watching it hop around the garden for a couple of hours and he has been eating bird food off the floor but then he was resting in the corner of the hedge bottom, I decided to put it in a box in the garage for safety as its nearly dusk and where he was sitting the neighbours cats always come through there so I doubt it would have made it through the night.

It didn't have much fight in him when grabbing it.

I haven't seen its parents about at all this afternoon which is odd.

Whats the next best thing to do? I have put some mixed nuts / raisens and bird food in there with some water, do they typically eat meat / insects or pretty much anything?

I'll ring the RSPCA tomorrow, would they do anything for a Magpie as I think they are labelled as pests?

I'm just wondering if I should try care for it myself as I have an old bird cage until it is better and let it go or what?

Can they make good pets or is this one too grown up?

Poor little fella!

Thanks

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If it's not flying away, it'll have broken something. So even if you were to take care of it yourself, it would be impossible to release. You could call a local bird sanctuary and see if they'll take it. No point calling the RSPCA. It's the RSPB you want.
 
Ah I rang the RSPCA instead an inspector is coming out when avail, bad idea?

I think its wings are fine, but its head bad, concussion/shock I think is the reason it hasn't flown yet, looks like it def needs treatment

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An injured bird should always be passed onto a local vet, RSPCA in England and Wales, SSPCA in Scotland, USPCA in Northern Ireland or an independent rescue centre, so it can receive appropriate treatment without undue delay.

Birds that have been caught by a cat should always be taken to a vet as a matter of urgency because of the high risk of septicaemia, which is fatal within around 48 hrs.
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http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpingbirds/health/injuredbirds.aspx
 
Chuck it out in the garden and let nature do whatever it wants. Maggies may be very pretty birds but they really are pests.
 
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Ah I rang the RSPCA instead an inspector is coming out when avail, bad idea?
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Not a bad idea. Just when dealing with birds, you might as well call the RSPB for advice or to find out if there's a sanctuary nearby. I used to work in an independent sanctuary ran out of an old couples house. They'd an acre of land and right at the back they housed lots of birds. The RSPB used to come through all the time with injured animals that needed rehabilitation, or for permanent residency.

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I think its wings are fine, but its head it quite bad tbh
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In most cases, the bird just knocks the sense out of itself on impact and are stunned / concussed for a while, but will eventually fly off of their own accord. If it's not making any attempt to fly, it's probably injured a wing. But you can't know for sure until you can get someone out to give it's wings a look at.
 
i know they can be a pain in the butt but they are quite the character and very intelligent, this does make me wonder though because the past couple of days we have had a magpie walking around the garden / on the hedge more so than usual, at first i thought it was hunting for sparrows / being a general nuisance as it was in the bathroom later that day as well but having this baby magpie here now, maybe it was looking for it but gave up as i have not seen it back today
 
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Feek said:
Chuck it out in the garden and let nature do whatever it wants. Maggies may be very pretty birds but they really are pests.
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What because they take no ****? Many birds are like that. Magpies much like the rest of their family are very smart.
 
if he/she is ok you could have a great little friend there

birds are so fragile tho anything could be wrong!
luckily magpies are quite easy to feed, just a mixed diet of berries, worms, insects.. i would avoid nuts.

i raised a baby jackdaw and he/she was the most interesting creature i have ever kept. The intelligence and curiosity of them is incredible.. for get dogs etc!
 
I think it's pretty much given up, it's head won't come up I've stroked it and it won't move just twitch a bit :(
 
He just woke up and had some raisens then gone back to sleep again! I'll leave him be til the morning now, I hope he survives the night!
 
I arrived at my dad's a few weeks ago to find a wood pidgeon sat on the driveway. It was half savaged by my dad's cat and had no feathers left and half of its neck chewed (so much so you could see inside and down to its lungs).

I was surprised it was still alive but it was obviously in a state of shock. I felt pretty bad just watching it slowly die and we have a vet 200 yards up the road so Irang them up. They were more tthan happy to take it and grateful that we brought it down, even if it was just so it could be disposed of in a slightly less painful way. They seemed to make out that most vets have the same policy so maybe you could try your local one?
 
The inspector should come tomorrow if its still alive, he will access the situation and take it to a vet for proper care if he feels it can be saved, keeping my fingers crossed.
 
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