# NEED ANSWER FAST - bird just hit window, now injured. What do I do?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 9, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-bird-just-hit-window-now-injured-what-do-i-do/697965 "2014-09-09T15:10:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-bird-just-hit-window-now-injured-what-do-i-do/697965/21 "2014-09-12T15:57:24Z")

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> [@Zsofia](#):
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> I’m glad this bird seemed okay, but for future reference and for other people - call your local wildlife rescue. I volunteer with ours; we take in lots of injured animals and patch them up (or humanely euthanize them). While you’re waiting to take a bird in, put it in a box lined with something soft, keep it warm (heating pad underneath is what we use) and do not fuck with it. Birds can die just from stress.

Yeah, I would consider this the best advice. I mean, it wouldn’t hurt to ask your vet about an injured one but vet’s generally don’t wanna get too involved with birds. Remember birds are _not_ mammals. They’re, ah, birds. It would sort of be like taking your goldfish or tortoise to a vet, they’re just not really trained in their biology.

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