What to feed it [right now im feeding it wet wheat bread]? How to keep it warm? How many weeks until it can eat solid food, until it should be able to fly, and any other iportant fact. I need some serious help, i want it to live.
I have a baby bird that i found, about 1-4 days old and i want to know how to take care of it thebest way.?
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at 1-4 days old its probably just a little hairless, blind blob. You will need to feed it a commercial baby bird food mix unless you don’t mind pureeing bugs and worms to simulate feeding it regurgitated food the way the parents would. Also be sure to get it a heat lamp.
Very extensive info at this site……….
http://www.ornithology.com/rehab.html
Feeding can be tricky……..
http://www.lafeber.com/products/feeding_instructions.asp
http://www.2ndchance.info/insecteater.htm
http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Baby_Birds.html
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Birds/Facts/FactSheets/emergencycare.cfm
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The best chance that bird has is if you put it back in the nest. The parents will not reject it just because you handled it. A bird’s sense of smell is not that acute.
If you can not get it back into the nest, the very best thing to do would be to contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. You can find one here: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact.htm
These people have the training and the resources to care for sick, injured and orphaned wild animals until they are ready to be released back into the wild.
Please do not attempt to care for this bird yourself. If you live in the US, it is illegal to keep most native wild species without the proper permits. Also, if you do not have the proper training, you can do more harm than good. I like the way this website explains it: “First of all, there are federal and state laws that prohibit keeping wild birds. And there are so many important but subtle elements to raising a wild bird that the job is only legally entrusted to licensed rehabilitators. Many well-meaning people raise baby birds or rescue birds from cats or after accidents, and sometimes they don’t realize that the bird in their care is suffering from a serious dietary deficiency. Some of the problems aren’t apparent to untrained people, but can cause death, or make the bird less likely to evade predators or to survive harsh natural weather conditions.”
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/robin/FAQBabies.html
former volunteer – Avian Rehabilitation Center
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