A Gasping Young Falcon in the Jungle

"Xiao Qing, this isn't food!"

Seeing Xiao Qing getting closer and closer to the saker falcon, Lin Xuan quickly stopped it.

If this was really a saker falcon, it was a Second-Class Protected Animal.

If Xiao Qing ate it as food just like that, he would become a sinner.

Xiao Qing heard Lin Xuan's words, stopped crawling, tilted its head, and looked at Lin Xuan in confusion.

Although it had eaten some food in the cave earlier, the deliciousness of dried meat couldn't compare to the deliciousness of fresh animals.

So when it saw this bird, Xiao Qing really wanted to eat it.

But since Lin Xuan stopped it, it still listened to Lin Xuan and had to turn around and crawl to the side.

(I just checked the information and confirmed that this bird is a saker falcon.)

(This is a national Second-Class Protected Animal. Fortunately, the streamer stopped Xiao Qing in time.)

(Otherwise, if Xiao Qing had treated this saker falcon as prey and hunted it...)

Lin Xuan looked at its condition and found that the saker falcon was very weak. When it saw Lin Xuan approaching, although it showed panic and flapped its wings, it was too weak to fly at all.

In addition, Lin Xuan also found three corpses beside it. One corpse was very large, but its body had already rotted considerably. The other two looked very small, and their bodies were also decomposed.

If he guessed correctly, the largest of these three corpses should be the mother of this young falcon, and the other two were its siblings.

It was likely that the mother falcon encountered some danger and was injured and died while protecting her children.

The situation of the other two was unknown, but they were also dead.

This saker falcon might have survived this long by eating its mother's flesh and its siblings' flesh.

Facing this nestling that could barely move, Lin Xuan hesitated.

It was too small, too fragile. Could it really be saved?

(This is a saker falcon, it looks so weak.)

(Maybe it was calling out so loudly earlier because it wanted to seek help, but that also exhausted all its strength.)

(Streamer, can you save this little nestling? It looks so pitiful.)

(Yeah, after all, it's a little life. If the streamer can save it, please save it.)

When faced with such a situation and seeing the nestling's weakness, the viewers in the live stream were filled with sympathy.

(Streamer, why aren't you talking? Can you save it? Give us an answer.)

(Yeah, usually when you encounter something like this, you're very proactive. Why are you like a different person today?)

"I'm not sure if I can save this young saker falcon and help it survive smoothly. After all, it's too small, so..."

Lin Xuan told the viewers in the live stream his thoughts, his eyes dimming slightly.

(Streamer, didn't you tell us that if you encounter small animals, you should help them if you can?)

(Streamer, you haven't even helped this little nestling yet, why are you so unconfident?)

(Yeah, streamer, be more determined. Even if it can't be saved, you've tried your best, and we won't blame you afterward.)

Looking at the viewers in the live stream cheering him on.

Lin Xuan took a deep breath. That's right, he hadn't even tried to help this little nestling yet, so why was he wavering?

Regardless of whether this young saker falcon could survive under his care, he had to try to save it!

With that thought, Lin Xuan nodded: "Thank you all for your encouragement. Don't worry, I will do my best to save this young saker falcon."

Even if he gave his all, even if there was only a 1% chance, not trying meant a 100% failure!

Lin Xuan walked up to the young saker falcon, squatted down, and carefully held it in his hands.

Since he had made up his mind, he would no longer hesitate at this moment.

He placed the young saker falcon in another relatively clean spot and then put his backpack on the ground.

He took out a towel, tore off a self-heating patch, and stuck it to the bottom of the towel. After folding it several times, he placed the young saker falcon on it.

The young falcon, whose feathers had not yet fully grown, could only rely on its parents for warmth. This little nestling had been in the wild for who knows how long.

So, to save it, the first step was to ensure its body temperature returned to normal.

Seeing Lin Xuan busy helping the young saker falcon, Xiao Qing crawled over to it. It nudged its head next to the towel Lin Xuan had folded, wanting to see the young falcon's condition.

This scene startled Lin Xuan. He thought Xiao Qing still intended to treat the young saker falcon as food.

He quickly reached out to stop it: "Xiao Qing, this is not food, you can't eat it."

Xiao Qing stuck out its tongue and looked at Lin Xuan innocently.

It had heard Lin Xuan's words and knew this wasn't food. It just wanted to see how the young saker falcon was doing, but Lin Xuan misunderstood.

This made it feel a little wronged.

It crawled to the side and went to find insects or a few mice to eat.

It vented its grievance on the insects or mice.

Although the young falcon was now being kept warm, its most pressing issue was still a lack of food.

Lin Xuan also noticed that, despite its small size, the young falcon's beak was already a sharp, tender yellow and had a small hooked tip.

This indicated it was an insectivore or a carnivorous bird.

Since it was an insectivore or carnivorous bird, the next step was simply to prepare insects or meat for it as food.

Lin Xuan looked around, figuring it would be difficult to find insects to feed the young falcon.

He reached into his pocket and found a small bag of dried meat.

Since he couldn't find anything else at the moment, he would have to use the dried meat as a substitute for now.

However, given the young falcon's condition, feeding it directly would likely be impossible.

He would have to grind the dried meat into a paste and then use a syringe to inject it into its mouth bit by bit. Only then could it eat.

Having made up his mind, Lin Xuan began grinding the dried meat for the young falcon. He also prepared an antibacterial pill, scraping off one-seventh of the dose with his fingernail before adding it to the meat paste.

Then, taking out a syringe, he drew up the ground, watered meat paste. He cut a piece of infusion tubing, removed the needle, attached the tubing, and carefully picked up the pile of towels.

With warmth surrounding its body, the young falcon appeared to be doing a little better.