By the way it’s doing fine in my house and I’ve been feeding it bread dipped in milk. I don’t know what kind of bird it is but now it barely has feathers so I don’t think it was fledging. I would have let the parents have more time to look for the baby (since the was no birds flying around in the area) but there was a storm coming up and I took it in when I felt rain drops. Also, heard giving it water was bad for a baby bird it that true and if it is good thing i didnt give it water
My lovebird just hatched her first egg today! And I understand that they hatch a few more eggs later on in the week, is that right? I also noticed that my lovebirds hatched it inside the nesting box without nesting materials, is it alright? Should I put some in or put some on the cage floor and let them do it themselves. I also want to know how long since hatch-day should I candle their eggs, is it 5 days after the 3rd egg is laid, or 6-7 days after an egg was laid. And what ideal nesting materials to put, and what ideal food to give for these “parents-to-be”. It’s currently raining here every so often, like, every 3 and a half to 4 hours a day, sometimes strong sometimes mild. And in the morning it’s a bit chilly. We put the birds at our laundry room, it’s outside. . .the cage can feel the chill but they can’t feel the rain because our laundry room is under a roof at our yard… Is it fine to put them there? They could only feel the slight chill, is that ok? Or should I keep them in the house from now on?
So i have been keeping my eyes on this nest. We have a large deck and a robin built her nest on one of the bars underneath it. We had a nest there last year and it was destroyed by squirrels. I had the dech covered on top of where the nest was to protect them from the rain. When i went to clean up after the dogs today the nest was gone. I looked and found a broken up nest, 3 baby birds and a cracked egg. The cracked egg just hatched. Theres no way i can try and put them back. The nest is destroyed. I have them in a box with a towel. They are hungry. How do i feed them? What do i feed them? Is there anything i can do? Animal control says they have their hands full so im at a loss of what to do. Any help would be great
Gunny thats just mean. These are helpless baby birds. What kind of person would i be if i left them there? That would have been cold hearted and as a animal lover i would never do that. They would have been killed or they would have starved to death. If you dont have a helpful answer then dont answer. I didnt meddle in nature. I am simply being a good person and trying to give these babies a shot at life
Thank You to the ones with helpful answers. i called the spca and it actually just put me through to the animal control like before so i found the raptor trust and will be taking them there now. For now i knitted a little baby cap and put a rubber glove with warm water and tissues on top to use as a temp nest and to keep them warm for the time being. They are still see through. Thanks for the help
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I saw a bird in the pet shop. It looks like a parrat but the lady called it a Rain Bowlerkeet or something like that. It was blue and red. Can I keep this as a pet? Will it talk? Do I need a cage? What do I feed it? I have a goldfish.
she lost alot of feathers, down feathers. Over the weekend my housemate spotted her on the ground (they live in an aviary) sitting in the the rain. all the birds often spend time on the ground, stripping the grass for nesting material and picking up seed so i didn’t give it a second thought.
someone suggested she was egg bound, there is two nesting boxes in the aviary, one already has a bird and her 4eggs in it, the other box seems to be abandoned, as every time i add nesting material too it they pull it out and put it in the other one (so i gave up)
they were treated for worms about 2mths ago.
there was four love birds (3female, one male) and 2 cockatiels (both male) that live in the aviary, its about 3×1.5×2.5m. fairly big, and they have lived in it together since january, before that they all lived in cages (cockatiels in one, two love birds in two separate cages)
any ideas? i just dont want my other birds getting sick.
i’ve never seen them fight, ever, not even over the eggs or boxes
and in the last 24hrs she died, i check them in the mornings and i found her at the bottom of the cage this morning.
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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.
Been wanting to attract pigeons into building a nest on the balcony of the town house I live in heard one out near the balcony today! went out to look and sure enough there was a male pigeon on the roof! he stood there and looked at me long enough for me to say hello before taking off. I put out some bird seed and hope he’ll come back, (maybe with a mate) there’s a section of the roof that sort of drops down, there’s also a metal panel that underneath which I’m guessing is for draining rain off the roof. Doubt it’s the best place to build a nest
Think I should put one of the wine crates out on the balcony and try to get them to use that?
It seems he’s selected that part of the roof as a nesting spot since this the 2nd or 3rd time I’ve heard a pigeon on that spot.
The crates were used to ship/hold wine and are unstained wood. The ends of the box are 6 1/2 inches tall and the sides are 19 1/2 iches long. No slits on the sides or ends, it’s all solid wood.
Would like advice!
