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I believe it is a common starling .
When I found it on the balcony it was on its back breathing pretty fast although I'm not sure how fast they natturaly breathe ..
When I attempted to catch it it sort of tried to run away , it tried to bite me not hard tho so it was fighting , but its legs seem sort of paralyzed .
Other symptoms include a little dirty vent , wings a bit dropping and I'm not sure but I would say that the stomach seems a bit inflated.
It is pretty warm outside and there are cats , I wondered if a cat didn't attack it or something but there are no signs of blood .
I suspect it is egg binding , but what should I do I'm not sure.
Could it be from heat?
Any help would be appreciated if you need me to tell you if I am noticing anything else just say it , thank you.

StodOne if you have it caught and in a cage i would feed it and when it seems active let it out in the morning when it’s cool

Fraza thanks for reply .
Weird now that I look at it , it might be a juvenile it has a black beak and is paler in general.
I know almost nothing about starlings other then they fly in large flocks and it fruits and some insects , what should o feed this fella? Ive already given him some hard boiled egg mixed with water .. Should I mix in some fruit?
After some time of tending to this little fella I came back to my balcony just to witness another starling but this one wasn't as lucky , he was dead.
Any help would be appreciated I will share a photo to see whether he is a juvenile

Fraza I have noticed that when I gently squeeze the area above its knee the leg begins to shake I don't know if this can me some kind of symptom , the other leg it just opens its feet as if it was trying to grab something.
Upon further inspection I noticed a slight bulge around one of its legs but not the other , or rather it was not centered but sided towards one leg.
Here are the pictures of it idk whether it is a juvenile or not.

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On pictures it looks like it doesent have any strength but it does it keeps trying to kick out of my hand and it doesent drop its neck at all the picture just turned out this way
Oh yeah it also eats on its own it is just hard for it to get to it , I just tried to offer it decent chunk of hard boiled egg it just quickly started eating it and really fast...
It does also eat when I just leave it in its cage

StodOne i don’t know where you are from but to me it looks different to starlings from the uk

But for food you could also try mealworms and try buying some millet and wetting it


I would also buy a small iodine block and see if it will peck it it it would be good to gain it some extra strength if it is injured

And how long are you planning on keeping it or are you just gone keep it forever

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Frazaas long as it takes to heal , it does have strength its left leg is a bit weaker and sprung forward and the grip on it is a bit weaker , I am suspecting some kind of dislocation but I don't know how to check .
I live in Serbia idk if I got the right bird through translation he he xD
It actually managed to escape from the box this morning , it has small holes in the middle of the box but I didn't expect that it would be able to get up to them ,although it just layed there next to the box once it was outside , birds are amazing sometimes
I will see if I can find the iodine block I havent heard of that before , I have some cuttlefish bone but I doubt it will peck on it, I might try mixing with water and giving it like that

Fraza as long*

StodOne with the cuttle bone you can grate abit onto the food you are feeding it and is there no way you could get hold of a cage maybe asking locals who might have birds as pets


And it’s good what your doing

Sorry if this message seems out of place my phone battery died so I tried to scrap the message back together quickly.


I noticed that when I rub 2 certain areas gently it jerks its left leg , it doesent happen on the right side.
Here are some pictures of the areas I was talking about

When I gently press on this area it pulls the leg back in





When I gently press on this part it jerks its leg slightly.




I've just wet the feathers a bit so I can show this part..

Here are some other pictures of the leg from multiple sides in case you might notice anything .

Fraza oh I have a cage , but it will get injured in the cage it keeps trying to push its head in between the wires , box is also way easier to handle as it is bigger , I do keep birds myself xD I have the things associated with it ..
Believe it or not I'm a hunter but my logic is that if I eat meat I might as well get my hands dirty to get it , many people think its inhumane I just accept that this is the circle of life and I like to integrate in nature ..
And that's coming from someone who has saved countless of animals , from dogs to cats (even tho I don't like them that much) to pigeons and hawks and what not..
But seriously thanks for help it is much appreciated.

StodOne yeah I’m not one of those people against hunting but I personally don’t do it haha u would end up being the prey and not the predator hahah

But to be honest this bird in my opinion looks quite well if you notice by his feet and things his nails are very clean and hasn’t got any missing whereas majority of wild birds have that are around this size.

And sorry I can’t tell anything by the photos but from what you say it does sound like it’s got something wrong

Fraza hah , well thanks for all the help!

StodOne wrote: Fraza from dogs to cats (even tho I don't like them that much)

I meant the cats xD

Fraza Good news , it has become really feisty this morning , keeps trying to get out of cafe .
And first time I see it flopping its wings , it jumps and reaches the top of the vo and definitely can get out , although it still isn't fully healed .
It keeps its front portion of the body up more then it could before..
Thanks for help finally I see some progress ^.^

StodOne ooo that sounds good it should be ready to be free flying the world again some more weeks haha