I found a baby bird and have tried to call local places but cannot find anyone at this time that would take it, so now I would like to know what should I feed it, how often and how much…this bird is able to stand and hop has feathers but cannot fly yet and is still a little unsteady at times. the birds size full grown is bigger than a sparrow but smaller than a pigeon. not sure of the breed yet.
She cannot fly but is old enough to chirp and screech. Mom and Dad (bad father’s day—bad joke) cannot come down and bring her back to the nest. Should I feed her bread crumbs until she can fly???? This sounds crazy but I am serious–poor thing! Kids with stupid answers can proceed to next question.
Posted in Bird Feeding
Tagged bad joke, bread crumbs, chirp, fly, mom and dad, screech, small bird, stupid answers
We have an injured juvenile downy woodpecker and have made several calls to local avian vets, rehab facilities and wildlife sanctuaries. Thus far, no response. While I still hope to hear back from someone knowledgeable who can take him, what do we do if they don’t? He has an injured wing, but otherwise is in good spirits. If he survives his injury, but can not fly, what are the odds that we can raise him in captivity? We have managed to feed him a couple of mealworms, but after that….? Has anyone else done this or had experience with this kind of bird? Thank you in advance.
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Tagged avian, captivity, downy, downy woodpecker, fly, injury, mealworms, odds, rehab, rehab facilities, response, someone, spirits, wildlife, wildlife sanctuaries, wing, woodpecker
I have a baby bird that has most of his feathers and is trying very hard to fly. I found him just yesterday at a park on the floor so i took him in. He cannot fly or perch. He crawls a lot and flaps his wings untill hes out of breath.
Should i return him where i found him or keep him in my care until he learns to fly?
Right now hes eating moist cat food and is in a soft box.
I feed him every hour.
He has most of his feathers but cannot perch or fly yet. He flaps his wings a whole lot and tries to crawl. He eats well, i feed him moist cat food.
What other foods are better?
Is his breathing normal? If not, what do i do?
Is the flapping of wings normal?
my cousinis and i just found 2 abandioned baby birds. we have them in a box with a nest we made out of mud, hay and feathers. they have been jumping around and lflapping their wings but are unable to fly./ we are wonder how ofter we need to feed them, what to feed then, and how to feed them.
well my budgie has had many babys and most have survived but this time she had a baby and another budgie went in her nesstbox and chucked the baby out when i went in the avary the baby budgie was almost dead and the mother was on the floor at the other side so i put the mother n baby back in the nest box and got the other bird out the baby diad and then i noticed the mother bird stoped been able to fly and becam weak could this have been depression or just becouse shes diad becouse of having babys or just died for no apparent reason
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Tagged apparent reason, avary, baby, becouse, Bird, Budgie, depression, diad, floor, fly, having babys, mother, mother bird, nesstbox, nest box, time
