Tag Archives: wild animal

Why ask, if you don’t want the correct answer?

Posted on May 10, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

People ask what to do for a sick/injured/orphaned wild animal they found. At least 5 people tell them to call a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, it is illegal to keep any native wild animal in the US without proper permits. They pick as best answer the one that tells them how to take care of the animal themselves. What part of illegal don’t they understand?

A person asks what not to feed her pet bird. Several people tell her not to feed it chocolate, it is deadly to birds. They cite avian vets and websites of experts to back up their answers. She edits her question to tell everyone she feeds her bird chocolate and it does not harm it at all.

If you are only looking for an answer that agrees with your preconcieved notions, if you are going to do what you want to do, no matter what you learn here, why waste your time, and the time of the people who give thoughtful, well-researched answers?

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Posted in Bird Feeding

Tagged animal, answer, care, correct answer, part, rehabilitator, US, wild animal, wildlife, wildlife rehabilitator

my boyfriend found a baby crow what should we do with it?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

My boyfriend found a baby crow on the floor where he works, he looked very weak and next to him was a sibling of his which had sadly died. He waited a day to see if a larger crow returned to the bird but they never did, so he decided to take the bird home. we dont really know what to do with the little bird now, and theres no wild animal centre any where near where we live. were not sure what to feed him and how often and not sure whether to take him back to where he was found even though the parents did not return that day. please can someone give us some advice on what to do it would be much appreciated. thank you

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Posted in Bird Feeding

Tagged baby crow, little bird, parents, sibling, wild animal

HELP!!! wild animal (bird) attacked, hurt, parents gone?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin| 6 Comments

PLEASE READ
A little past 10 pm, my family heard a noise coming from the outside. For about three weeks the mother and father has been there, but recently two infant birds were born. (about one week old). After realizing that the mother bird was no longer keeping the birds warm, we decided it was only safe to bring them inside. We made a nest out of rabbit hay, which we put into a shoe box. Then we gently placed the birds in. One of the birds has a cut and is breathing heavily, and one of them are fine. We put a heating pad on top of the shoebox, placed it in a 70 degrees room. We are wondering what else is possible to help keep these birds alive, we understand that raising them is illegal and we plan to bring them to a shelter when safe. Thank you for reading, and I will update the question to tell you how things are going.
they are morning doves
I have not fed anything yet… It’s almost midnight and I attempted contacting a shelter but they didn’t pick up

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Posted in Bird Nest Boxes

Tagged animal, Bird, HELP, parents, PLEASE, read, wild animal