
14/07/2025
This is Sebastian, a young feral pigeon with a big problem.
Seb broke his lower leg, tearing his own foot almost completely off.
His foot died off and by some miracle he has staved off a bad infection all by himself.
He was finally caught by one of our amazing volunteer fosters who rushed him to us, not knowing whether to take him to be put to sleep or not.
Having assessed him, it was clear that it was an incredibly bad injury, the foot could not be saved and the exposed bone has been walked on and exposed to the elements for God knows how long and was filthy but this tenacious little bird had managed, all alone, to bear the pain, fight off infection and kept fighting for life and potentially the lives of his partner and young too.
We just had to give him a second chance at life.
As many of you know by now, we do LOVE our feral pigeons here at Wild Surrey Wildlife Rescue HQ!
Seb is young, he is bright and otherwise very healthy and he wants to live ! He has his whole life ahead of him, and although that won't be the wild life that he had before, he can still lead a long and happy life in captivity with us, due to the fact that all feral pigeons are actually domesticated birds, so they rehab and live alongside humans really well.
We have a dedicated pigeon loft, aviary and flight cage specially built for birds just like Seb, to retire too where they have friends, they can build relationships, explore and exhibit all the natural pigeon behaviors in safety and under our care for the entirety of their lives.
More will follow in our next few posts π₯Ήππ
Seb has had an initial vet visit to remove the dead foot and assess the situation, and the vets agreed with us that he has a high chance of recovering well from this injury. He is booked in to the vets for Thursday 17th July to fix his leg bone and finally close the wound.
Here is where you, our amazing followers, come in... ππ₯Ή
Sebastians operation is estimated at around Β£300.
Can you help young Seb with his vital operation to save the rest of his leg and ultimately his life?
The power of the pound is so great, with less than a third of you donating just a quid, we can change the world for this plucky little boy.
If you would like to help Seb by making a donation towards his operation, you can do so via PayPal using the reference as
'SEB' and entering in our email [email protected]
Every little helps and goes a long way in helping animals in need πππ₯°
I know we can make this happen for him πͺππποΈ
Thank you all π
Kim, Ross and Sebastian