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hand rearing a 4 day old love bird ?

rite i have an aviary and ive hand reared love birds before but from the age of about 8-10 weeks as they had feathers reggie and ronnie are doing well and good , now my problem is we had a baby hatch jan 31st and we have been checking everyday as we have had snow and very bad weather , when i checked this-morning the mum was dead ! i know it was mum as she was on the floor under the nest box , and no bird came out and b4 i took him out i waited in the corner for 15 Min’s and no bird went in , the baby hasn’t even got his eyes open and was very cold , im am at my wits end with worry ive brought the baby in and he is in a nesting box on a large heat mat so he’s warm as he was cold when i found him , he is now hot to touch , im trying to feed him every 2 hours with food i mix with water from the pet shop and i will weigh him b4 and after a feed does anyone know of anything extra i can do or something im doing wrong as he is so small and dependent he weighs 15 grams at the mo , im thinking he he survives through the night it will be a good sign im trying not to get attached to him but its SO hard not too thank you xx sorry for the long question xx
hi there hope made it through the night she is looking strong we were up every 2 hours giving her a feed all we can do is what were doing and hope for the best , the vets said its good she made it trrough the nite , if you want to see her i have picky,s and a video on my facebook under my name tracey bullard xx i am in brighton and hove just in case there are a few of us lol thank you for youre help xx

What shall I do with a baby blackbird?

Last night it rained heavily and my brother found a baby blackbird at the bottom of our trees, it was soaked, shaking and couldnt stand, so we brought it into the house put it in a box and kept it warm. This morning the bird was fine and it had small feathers and bits of fluff on some parts, but my dad said it has probably fell out the nest with the bad weather as he didnt think it was quite old enough to be out, we couldnt find the nest so we decided it was best to put it back in the garden and let its parents look after it, so i put it in the garden and I sat all day looking out of the window every 10 mins or so, I seen a few blackbirds hovering around and a male went up to it first but I didn’t see it feed it, then a bit later a female went up to it, but I am unsure whether it fed it as the grass was too long to see. The bird has hopped under some wood and has been sitting there for a couple of hours, what shall I do I dont want to leave it in the rain to die and starve?
Can I also point out that the state the poor thing was in when we found it, it wouldnt have lived, and the house behind have cats so bringing it in was the best answer. The bird has been hopping and spreading its wings all day and has been opening its mouth for food to me. I am also wondering how long it will live without food as I am unsure wether it has been fed today.

hand rearing a 4 day old love bird ?

rite i have an aviary and ive hand reared love birds before but from the age of about 8-10 weeks as they had feathers reggie and ronnie are doing well and good , now my problem is we had a baby hatch jan 31st and we have been checking everyday as we have had snow and very bad weather , when i checked this-morning the mum was dead ! i know it was mum as she was on the floor under the nest box , and no bird came out and b4 i took him out i waited in the corner for 15 Min’s and no bird went in , the baby hasn’t even got his eyes open and was very cold , im am at my wits end with worry ive brought the baby in and he is in a nesting box on a large heat mat so he’s warm as he was cold when i found him , he is now hot to touch , im trying to feed him every 2 hours with food i mix with water from the pet shop and i will weigh him b4 and after a feed does anyone know of anything extra i can do or something im doing wrong as he is so small and dependent he weighs 15 grams at the mo , im thinking he he survives through the night it will be a good sign im trying not to get attached to him but its SO hard not too thank you xx sorry for the long question xx
hi there hope made it through the night she is looking strong we were up every 2 hours giving her a feed all we can do is what were doing and hope for the best , the vets said its good she made it trrough the nite , if you want to see her i have picky,s and a video on my facebook under my name tracey bullard xx i am in brighton and hove just in case there are a few of us lol thank you for youre help xx

What shall I do with a baby blackbird?

Last night it rained heavily and my brother found a baby blackbird at the bottom of our trees, it was soaked, shaking and couldnt stand, so we brought it into the house put it in a box and kept it warm. This morning the bird was fine and it had small feathers and bits of fluff on some parts, but my dad said it has probably fell out the nest with the bad weather as he didnt think it was quite old enough to be out, we couldnt find the nest so we decided it was best to put it back in the garden and let its parents look after it, so i put it in the garden and I sat all day looking out of the window every 10 mins or so, I seen a few blackbirds hovering around and a male went up to it first but I didn’t see it feed it, then a bit later a female went up to it, but I am unsure whether it fed it as the grass was too long to see. The bird has hopped under some wood and has been sitting there for a couple of hours, what shall I do I dont want to leave it in the rain to die and starve?
Can I also point out that the state the poor thing was in when we found it, it wouldnt have lived, and the house behind have cats so bringing it in was the best answer. The bird has been hopping and spreading its wings all day and has been opening its mouth for food to me. I am also wondering how long it will live without food as I am unsure wether it has been fed today.

what do i feed a wild baby cardinal?

i had a nest of 3 baby cardinals in my backyard. the nest collapsed in some bad weather. the 3 baby birds scattered across our lawn. one died of indigestion problems. the other is alive and being fed by the mother cardinal. but the last one is hidden in the bushes and the mother has not spotted it and has not fed it. we know not to touch the baby bird. but we know that its starving and needs to be fed. what should we do?
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