The falcon flies again: homeopathy helped the injured bird to fly through the skies

It was not the first time that our cat brought a surprise with her. It wasn’t even the first time he’d brought back a live bird. Perhaps it was that he released it in the bedroom instead of the basement or the living room (his usual places to release his prey).

I think what surprised me the most was the size of the bird that was now flying in panic around my bedroom.

Over the years, with two house cats that we leave outside for a couple of hours a day, we have had our share of rabbits, mice or other rodents and birds that have entered our home. Most of the time they are still alive, scared, but most of the time, unharmed. Cats that are sufficiently fed don’t hunt for food, they hunt for fun, so they usually don’t eat the animals/birds they catch. They usually take them to humans as a gift or to show that they have caught something.

Being a healer, I know the importance of helping these animals and birds get over their shock before releasing them, as it is the shock that often kills them, not any injury they may have sustained.

So the bird that was currently flying around the room was just the newest bird that required my attention.

Unfortunately, that was also going to be a BIG problem. He was used to helping the little sparrows that frequented our backyard and the neighbors’ bird feeders. This bird was much bigger; in fact, he himself was a predator. He was a hawk.

I have to admit that my close interactions with the hawks have been lacking. I think the closest I got to one was when I was up in a tree watching a dead bird nearby. Still, the bird was much further away than the one now standing on my dresser and it looked like it would attack anyone or anything that moved.

Normally I would have let the bird calm down a bit before approaching it, but my cat had injured it when I saw blood on the floor and walls where the hawk had flown. It was enough blood to suggest that waiting wasn’t a good idea if he wanted her to survive.

But there were those heels. And there was that sharp, pointy beak.

And those little eyes watched every move he made.

I closed the bedroom door to contain his escape and then grabbed a small blanket to cover him. It worked. The bird could not fly. I gave him leather gloves and sunglasses (for protection) and then lifted the bundle, taking care to hold it by the feet. With the help of my husband, I was able to examine the bird without harm to either of us. It had a small cut on its back and one of its wings was missing some larger feathers. Both wounds were bleeding.

Since I found no other wounds that were of immediate concern, I gave the bird the homeopathic medicine. Aconite napellus(“Aconite”) from shock. Monkshood works very well to calm shock in both animals and humans. I have used it before on traumatized animals and birds, and in responding to car accidents.

When the remedy had calmed the bird, I cleaned the cuts and then gave it the homeopathic medicine. Gunpowder to stop infections. I bandaged her wing so she wouldn’t move to transport her to the Wildlife Sanctuary. For rehabilitation, they would do a great job.

But alas, they were closed, so they took the falcon home and put it in the guest bathroom for the night: it was quiet and there was nothing the falcon could injure itself with if it wandered. He looked MUCH better than before he was given the homeopathics.

The next morning the bird was doing very well, but still not sure of the wing. I removed the bandage from his wing, picked him up and let him fly, he didn’t do so well, so I took him to the Sanctuary for more attention.

The hawk was probably the size of my cat and I was wondering how he had jumped on it. Marin (my cat) had no injuries, which was surprising considering the hawk was a predator that ate cats. Perhaps, since the hawk was small, it wasn’t a threat to Marin.

The hawk was released from the Wildlife Sanctuary a few days later. The rehabilitation assistant was surprised that the bird had not arrived at the Sanctuary in shock, did not develop an infection, and was able to be released so quickly. However, he did not surprise me because he knew the healing abilities of homeopathy.

I wondered what stories the hawk would tell other hawks, I even joked a bit, thinking that the bird would probably tell a very dangerous and exciting story, telling of the great battle that had wounded it. If he had told the truth, that he had been captured by the cat, he probably would have been teased for quite some time.