I’ve put it in a shoe box with a makeshift nest and covered it with a glove for now. Its prolly only a couple of days old; it hasn’t opened it’s eyes and doesn’t hardly have any feathers.
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What do you do about a baby bird that fell out of a tree?
I live in rural North Carolina and we had a nasty storm today that blew down a lot of tree limbs and apparently dislocated a few baby birds from their nests. We managed to save one, what looks like a sparrow. It has most of its adult feathers and can fly (learned that the hard way) but didn’t seem to be able to fly when we found it, so we brought it in to keep it safe from our dogs. One baby robin wasn’t so fortunate and was killed by our lab before we could help it. It ate some mushy cat food/water and is now asleep in a shoe box in my little bathroom. I don’t plan on keeping the bird, that would be wrong, but I want to help it. My dad won’t take it to a vet or rescue group because he thinks it will cost us money, even though I’ve told him it won’t, but it’s like arguing with a brick wall. He says keep it for a couple of days, tie the dogs up and let him loose outside to see if he can fly away. hopefully he won’t go up a tree where we can’t keep an eye on him or feed him. Not sure what to do. Open to any suggestions. Just don’t tell me to take him to a rescue, I know that already, but I’m only seventeen and I can’t take him there w/out permission.
Okay, Squeakers (believe me, it’s an appropriate name) is back in the tree, flying around from branch to branch, and we left some of the mushy catfood out there for him. The dogs are tied. we thought he was probably okay when he escaped from his shoebox and flew to my shower curtain.
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save a bird?
ok so the cat i stray cat in our backyard i asked about like an hour ago? well it tried to catch a bird. the bird escaped into our screened-in porch but is now very injured. we got it into a shoe box and im afraid to check if its dead or not. i dont want to let it die because it has a nest of little chicks that just hatched about a week ago to take care of. anyone know what to do to help, if anything?
What do i feed a wild baby bird?
I was doing yard work today and i saw a baby bird (with some feathers and some fur looking stuff), no nest near by… so i made up a shoe box for it, but now my question is
WHAT DO I FEED IT? AND HOW?
…all the sites i have looked at don’t tell me exactly what i need to know, all i want is a simple answer( if there is one), of what foods, where to get it at, and how to feed it to the baby bird.
HURRY!!!!!!!!!!!
i found a baby robin. what should i do?
i was out for a walk and i came across a baby robin looking up at me and opening it’s mouth. after being sure that the nest was nowhere to be found, i took it home. i have it in a shoe box lined with a towel, the bottom of which is covered with a thick layer of grass. my dad picked up some night crawlers that would generally be used as fishing bait and it readily ate almost a whole one. it is now asleep and seems to be breathing heavily. its entire body moves when it breathes, but i’m not sure if this is normal in young birds. it has almost all of it’s feathers, so i’m not sure in what range of age it falls into.
anything you know is greatly appreciated.
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the bird is definitely a nestling. i forgot to mention that when i found it, there was another bird of the same size just a few feet away.. dead.
the bird is doing marvelously. it is eating and pooping regularly. it hobbles around in its box every now and then, but mostly sleeps. now it is in my room which i am keeping warmer than usual. i have the box on top of a heating pad which i have on the medium setting. it isn't very effective, but i dont want to put it up too high for fear of burning the bird. i have been feeding it night crawlers [cut up] along with moist dog food mixed with hard boiled egg yolk as i read that this was ideal on several different sites.
things are looking up [:
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i found a baby robin. what should i do?
i was out for a walk and i came across a baby robin looking up at me and opening it’s mouth. after being sure that the nest was nowhere to be found, i took it home. i have it in a shoe box lined with a towel, the bottom of which is covered with a thick layer of grass. my dad picked up some night crawlers that would generally be used as fishing bait and it readily ate almost a whole one. it is now asleep and seems to be breathing heavily. its entire body moves when it breathes, but i’m not sure if this is normal in young birds. it has almost all of it’s feathers, so i’m not sure in what range of age it falls into.
anything you know is greatly appreciated.
thanks [:
heeeey [: we found the bird sunday, and it is now tuesday. he is doing excellent. he’s started hopping around and flapping like crazy. i think he’s just about ready to go. unfortunately, i’ve grown very attached. i’ve named him Sid.
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How old is the featherless, baby bird we found abandoned?
The baby bird was found by my two little ones. We gently scooped it up and put it in a shoe box with some towels since it has no feathers to keep it warm. I did some research and have been feeding “it” chopped up egg yolk (hard) and a few bugs for protein and placing it (via toothpick) in the back of it’s throat. Evidently, according to what I have read, the baby birds need to eat every 20-30 minutes.
The baby has nearly NO feathers and it’s wings look skeletal. Besides what we are doing, we are clueless as to the age. No sign of a nest or other birds. The kids found it next to the bottom of our large trash can on the side of the house. It was shivering….it has eaten a bit; however, it takes it in, lies there with it’s eyes closed the whole time. It’s tried to open it’s eyes a couple times.
Please help us if you have any knowledge whatsoever. The origin is unknown, buy basing it on the birds around I would predict it is a robin or similiar.
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