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Urgent! Eye injury European starling found in France, no wildlife rehab around and vets won’t take
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Urgent! Eye injury European starling found in France, no wildlife rehab around and vets won’t take

My sister lives in the south of France and found an adult European starling with an eye injury. The closest wildlife rehab with availability is 3 hours away and my sister is unable to go. No vet in the area will take him. Below is text from her and a photo of the bird. I told her to please refrain from giving water by dropper and to get information / advice here on how to do what is best for this bird. Please be kind. This is me intervening trying to source the best info possible to help direct my sister to do the right thing(s) for this poor bird.

From my sister:

“OK so here is all the info. If you can post on that Reddit forum?

He is an adult European starling.

He is mobile and reactive, but he wobbles and folds forward. I don’t know if it’s because he is in pain, because he can’t see out of one eye, or because he has brain damage.

He can spread both wings so legs and wings do not seem to have any major damage if any.

I found him eye open and on his back on the cycling path. I’ve found him stuck on his back a couple of times since putting him in the cage. He doesn’t seems to be able to turn himself over or likes being on his back to rest?

I’m keeping him warm and gave him some water with a dropper. He fell into the water bowl I left and got cold so I removed it and dried it him with warm air and put hot water bottle underneath the cage so he isn’t shivering anymore. He seems warm and dry now.

I’ll give him a little water again tomorrow and get him some insect based food.

Can I do anything to help with his wound?

If he is condition does not improve, given that I vet will not take him, what is best thing to do? Continue caring for him or release him in the wild?”

Thanks for any help and guidance.

u/BadBrowzBhaby — 2 days ago
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Obligatory NAD and this is not medical advice.

I started D supplementation in 2021. My levels were normal but I was looking to achieve “optimum” levels. Within several months I developed rosacea type 1 with severe facial flushing. In my research I found a link between vitamin D supplements and rosacea, so I discontinued it and started Finacea. My skin was literally been almost perfect until late 2025.

In the interim I had a baby and developed typical mom amnesia. I forgot about my experience with vitamin D, give my kid a supplement and thought hey I’ll put this in my morning coffee and boost my normal levels to “better” and within a few months I had developed type 2 rosacea (diagnosed by a derm). Grrrr. I totally forgot about the connection between supplementation and rosacea, remembered it about a month ago, discontinued use and my skin started improving within a week. Almost all traces of it are gone, I stopped using my compounded Rx, and my skin is stable and back to its old self.

There is evidence that for some reason supplementation triggers rosacea in some individuals. This is not my opinion. Sadly I appear to be one of those people and I am also someone who develops cystic acne from B12 supplements (especially cyanocobalamin - estimated from one study to be up to 10% of people with this issue).

Just wanted to spread the word as my derm was unaware of this and I had to find out the hard way / on my own.

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u/BadBrowzBhaby — 16 days ago