[CT Birds] sick blue jay

[Katz1449 at aol.com]

>From Bev Propen  2/26  Orange
 
I couldn't find Jayne Amico's e-mail address, so I am  posting this here, 
assuming you will see this Jayne.
this afternoon around 2:30PM there was an adult blue jay  sitting on my deck, 
puffed up, eyes kinda closed and one seed in its bill at the  very tip.
It then flew up to the tree and I watched it some  more.
It came down again, sitting on the ground under my  feeders.  I took my 
butterfly net and quietly went up to it. It watched me,  but didn't move.
I dropped the net over it and put it into a spare bird cage I  have.
I brought it to the Ansonia Nature center, which is only 10  minutes from my 
house.  a woman there examined it, and there are no  apparent injuries.
But she said its poops were greenish, which means a possible  toxin.  They 
will keep it for observation and give it  "support".
I have been bleaching my feeders twice a week, but I guess the  bird could 
have salmonella, which was around my feeders earlier this  year.
There is a family of 5 blue jays here.  
My question, Jayne is,  "Is there anything that the  Ansonia Nature center 
could perhaps give the blue jay medicinally, if it does  have salmonella?
They said they didn't have anything there.  I could pick  up something at the 
local pet store (like some antibiotic for parakeets or so)  and bring it to 
them.  I wish you were closer to my house Jayne, because I  so enjoyed hearing 
you speak at Kellogg the other night and you are obviously so  well equipped 
and experienced in bird care.



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