I was on a bike ride and then I see the poor little guy in the middle of the street. He is now in my house and he seems healthy and in great shape. Who should I contact? What should I feed him until then? Where should he stay? I have no idea where his nest is because he was found in the road.
Thanks!
My friend and i were going home from a store and we saw a dead baby bird, and then she saw another one we thought it was dead, too, but then it moved. She wanted to just leave it there and let it die, which may have been a good idea, but the other was dead, it was hot out, and flies and bugs were swarming all around it, so i picked it up, and took it home. I have pet birds, but those arent the same as a wild baby bird, and i know it wouldnt be good to give it their type of food. I put it in a nesting box, and in a separate cage and i need to know what to do with it. I dont know if it will survive, it is a large baby bird, and it has most of its feathers, but some are missing around its neck, i think it is getting better feathers. I got some water into it with a plastic syringe, just to keep it hydrated for now.
If anybody has any experience in raising wild baby birds, any info would be appreciated.
Thanks Allie, I think it is about 2-3 weeks old.
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I have 2 pet parakeets, and I have to go out of town for about 4 to 5 days. I don’t know what to do with them. I was going to leave them with a friend and then someone told me that may not be a good idea. They said the birds may not adjust well to a new enviorment. My home is moderately quiet, because there is no one there, but my teenage daughter and myself. The person I was going to leave them with is single with no kids, so her house is usually quiet too. I also thought about leaving them with my brother, but he smokes. I don’t smoke, so my birds are not used to smoke, and I don’t want to exspose them to it. Someone said I should just give my brother the key to my house and ask him to come over everyday to feed them and give them fresh water, because again the shock of leaving them in an unfamiliar enviorment may be too much for them. I don’t know. What do you think. If any of you are veternarians or are just experienced bird owners, I would really appreciate your advice.
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I have 2 peach faced love birds, both are about 1 year old. I’m not sure but I think one is a male, and one is a female. I have them together in a large cage with a nesting box. I see them “doing it” all day long. They do it both inside, and outside of the nesting box. Like I said I’m not sure of their sex, if they are the same sex, boy and boy or girl and girl, will they keep doing it, even though they can’t produce anything? Also I can’t seperate them because when I did The one that I think is a female ripped out her feathers from stress. I do not want babies, so when they lay eggs I plan on taking them out as soon as i see them to prevent hatching, is this a good idea? If not what’s a better idea? I also thought about getting fake eggs and replace the fake ones with the real ones, so she will not keep producing eggs, is this a good idea?
i was walking in the forest behind my house about a week ago, and thats when i saw a bird stuck to some really sticky stuff. ( i have no idea what it was) it smelled bad and stuff so i took the bird home. The stickey stuff was all over the bird so i cut it’s wings( not off just trimmed them like you do with other birds so they can’t fly) because i couldn’t get the stuff of. Well i did that cleaned his feet gently and what not. He is doing fine in my spare cage. but i was reading on the internet that you can teach the these bird to hand feed from you is this true? And if so how do you do it? any info would be help full, and just for you to know i can’t relise him he can’t fly.
well it’s kinda too late now, this morning i woke up he’s dead so…… thx any way i guess.
I have seen a couple of birds (males mostly) who like to climb inside paper bags, boxes etc. When they do this usually they make noises as though they are whispering to themselves. This usually leads to aggression if they are disturbed. My conure is only two months old and has started this behavior. He also does this when he is covered up at night. Any idea why they do this?? Serious answers only please!
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My dad was cutting down a tree and he now is looking after them, we dohn’t know the type of bird though. shall we keep them in there nest and under a light and what do we feed them?
