The bird is fully feathered, but does not have it’s eyes open.
The bird is fully feathered, but does not have it’s eyes open.
My dad works in a welding machine shop and they found a baby blue jay in one of the storage rooms. They looked all over the place and found No visible nests or other birds. So he brought it home in a box, and we called the wildlife group near us, and they can’t get out here for at least a month. However, They didnt tell me what to feed him, I’ve been cutting up worms and feeding him that way, but should I be giving him something else?
He’s NOT that old and it looks to be that he’s JUST getting his feathers.
He still has some of the baby fuzz on his head
He died this morning
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There are many ducks out here, eating my garden plants. When a blue jay knocked over my feeder, the ducks came and now I can not get rid of them. I stopped putting food out for the birds. Several of my neighbors were putting bread on my deck. I have since blocked my deck off with potted plants. I have no idea what to do to make the ducks stop coming to my deck. Even when I stopped feeding them, they hangout in the yard. I stopped feeeding then 3 days ago.
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Alright, here’s the situation.
Yesterday evening, my family found our cat attacking and trying to eat a baby Blue Jay. After getting it away from our cat, we put it in a box without handling it by our own hands with a sweater lining the bottom, and placed cat food softened with water in a bowl inside the box with it.
He made it through the night without dying of shock, and now he’s actually really vocal, and bouncing around inside the box trying to get out. We draped a towel over it to calm the bird. It’s still too young to fly, though, and the main problem?
We have NO idea where the nest is. We don’t seem to have any blue jays around here that this fellow could belong to.
So my problem now are two things: Feeding it, and getting it to a shelter.
So, can anyone hand me a website link of a center or shelter in Fresno, CA. that will take a baby blue jay and rehabilitate it, or take care of it? I’ve looked everywhere..
The bird is unharmed. It seems to have ruffled tail feathers, but other than that, it doesn’t appear to have any injuries.
I found a baby bird in our back yard and i dont know what to feed it…..it has spikes for feathers and is about 4 inches long. I have dealt with 2 baby squirrels before and they survived and then i set them free. Now i found a baby bird and i think it may be a blue jay(not sure) and it is still relatively small and i dont know what to feed it.
Any answers would be greatly appreciated…=)
I found him about 20 minites ago, he is healthy, easy to handle.
No problems, just got knocked out of a tree by wind.
What to feed him and how?
Will this little bird eat on his own?
Thank you!
Ok, I just turned him over and he has a bloody chest. He is in a laundry basket and very calm.
So, in the morning he is going to the wildlife vet.
I just found what appears to be a blue jay nestling at my home. I work at SeaWorld, so I’m going to take it in tomorrow morning for them to take care of. I couldn’t get it back to the nest as it is 30+ feet up.
But what do I do meanwhile? One of the sites I went to suggested feeding it tiny slivers of fruit. So I tried a tiny piece of a grape – it won’t open it’s mouth. Should I be worried that it’s not eating?
Thanks everyone for your answers. The bird made it through the night and was very hungry this morning. I was able to feed it lots of tiny slivers of a grape (site I found gave this advice) and I got it into work OK.
I work in the zoological operations department of SeaWorld Orlando and yes, the aviculture department will take just about any bird you bring to their door.