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Baby crested pigeon?

23 10:44:42

Question

Baby pidgeon
Late last night we found a little bird laying in the grass under a tree.
as we have a wild cat problem in our area we acted quickly and grabbed the bird.
it can't fly, or not that we could tell. it seems young, but not too young.

i asked for help on yahoo answers here:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApCK46CfZEaE44d66kQAIknsy6IX;_ylv=3...


we dont know what to do.
please tell me anything and everything i can do to helpit.

im pretty sure its a pigeon, maybe a crested one?
right now it just sits in the back of the cage we have it in.
thankyou.

Answer
I have instructions for raising baby pigeons in earlier answers.  This doesn't appear to be a domestic pigeon.  I am not familiar with Australian native Columbidae, but unless it is a fruit dove type, raising one would be very similar to domestics.  This bird appears to be old enough to eat on its own to me.