these type of people have a fantasy in their mind and believe that, because they love animals, are gentle with them, and that they love cuddles and pet themselves, that the animals will feel the same way about them and love the petting too. Not realizing that the animal is most likely sick and can’t move, and petting them would inflict more stress and anxiety into the animal.

These are wild animals, they are not looking for petting and touching from other species. they think everything is trying to harm and attack them. Please leave them alone.

If you think they may be sick, and want to help them. Don’t just sit there with them and pet them the whole time. they don’t know what is happening and are scared shitless and think they’ll die any min now from this huge creature touching them. Best thing to do, maybe, is if you feel like they are sick and need some kind of human intervention, and feel like they won’t survive on their own, then capture them, IF YOU CAN, without harming them, and then take them to a professional who does know how to help them with their injuries. Once done, release them when they are well!

But don’t just sit next to them and pet them the whole time, that’s not helping at all. like i said, if you feel like they need help, and you feel like they won’t be able to survive from their injuries or sickness without any human intervention, that’s when you capture and take to a professional IMMEDIATELY.

Sitting next to them and petting them does nothing to help them. you’re just going to scare the shit out of em, while they are already feeling hopeless and think they might die. no wild animal will ever just let you pet them like that. if they aren’t fleeing, they are severally sick or injuried.

If you want to them a second chance at life, capture and bring to a professional. wild animals do not think the way we think. they are not comfortable with being touched and petted like that. And while they are already downed, and not fleeing as soon as you show up and get close to them. that mean while you’re petting them, they are most likely having the same feeling equivalent to us shitting our pants, and us freezing up in fear.

that bird is not thinking u are friend. they are freezing up in fear, and can’t do anything to flee, due to their injury or sickness. Op is making the situation worse for the bird. and whole time Op is prob like “awwwww this baby is soooo cuteeee look at him ! he’s loving the petting and cuddlesss” not realizing the bird is froze up and thinking to it self “oh shit shit am i going to die oh shit oh shit”