Hey Everyone, at my school I Found a Baby Bird that just hatched. We looked for the Nest and the was no nest unless it was the one in pieces under the dumpster truck... So I Took it Home and Warmed it Up in some Blankets and Heating Pads. My Friend said to feed it, go to a local pet store to find some liquid type food and have a dropper. So we are doing the best we can. It is Breathing a Moving but not Chirping. So anything else for Advice to help it ( Lucky ). REPLY PLEASE
The type of handfeeding formula for parrots that you find in petstores usually isn't appropriate for wild birds, especially if the bird in question is an insectivor, carnivour or scavenger bird.
If the bird has just hatched, then you won't hear any chirping just yet. For the first few days of life, they are virtually helpless. Their eyes don't open until about 2 or 3 days old, so that can give you a clue as to how old it is. Bare and eyes closed is a newly hatched bird, bare and eyes open is probably 2 to 4 days and pinfeathers will start to develop around 5 days although they won't really stick out much or look like feathers.
If your baby is 3 days or less, you will have more trouble feeding it because it probably isn't gaping as enthusiastically as an older baby would. If this is the case, go see a veterinarian or somebody else who can show you how to tube feed. I unfortunately cannot tell you how to tube feed over the internet, sticking a tube down a bird's throat is risky and you need to be shown. Same with force feeding which is just as dangerous as tube feeding but more time consuming.
Oh, I also want to say that an eyedropper/medicine dropper isn't going to work.
A mother bird's regurgitated food is not liquidy or watery, it is rather solid, about the consistency of oatmeal. Obviously oatmeal will not fit in a medicine dropper. Again go see my other post for food info and feeding utencil info.
If your food is too watery, the bird could aspirate it. If that doesn't happen, then you will stunt the birds growth because it's not getting enough real food, instead it's just getting alot of water which in essense is what a watery food is.
Man, a lot of lost baby birds. Since, you have already removed the bird from the area, you can't do what you really need to do in this situation. But, for future info (since this appears to be happening a lot), if you can't find the nest, leave the baby in the area and supervise it. The parents will usually pick the baby up nd return it to home once they think it is safe to do so. Since this is over a week later, I'm assuming it is too late. However, in the future, if the baby is not picked up call a wildlife center. They know how to care for the bird. DO NOT FEED THE BABY AND DO NOT WATER THE BABY! You can KILL it. Gently pick the baby up and place it in a box with soft surroundings (toilet paper), and call the center. You cannot care for a baby by yourself, especially if it is a hatchling (no feathers). Furthermore, it's also illegal to keep wild animals, and for a good reason...so just call a wildlife center and tell them your situation. If you choose to not call a center and care for it on your own it is very likely that the baby will die.
it's best if you take it to a wild bird preserve because birds like that need to that they are wild. and those people have all the time in the world to feed it and make sure it's comfy. i know it's hard to part w/ a bird like that, i had to do it, too, but it really is best for everyone. and it takes off the stress of having to feed it every hour.
Of course it's illegal to raise a baby bird, but it's also illegal to keep an unlicensed cat and there is no good reason for that (fixed and indoors). I've succeded at raising a baby bird before. I rescued a fledgling from a cat (in my neigborhood cats outnumber cars). If you have enough time, or people that can help, you can do this. It only takes a little research, you have a computer, and you're already using it to find out what you need to do to keep the bird alive. Yea, the bird may die but its also very likely the bird would die anyway. The expert ornithologist that have kindly posted here know that being a baby bird is hazardous business. And they also know that its not uncommon for 4 out of 5 nestlings to actually make it to adulthood. To say that only "liiieeecensed" bird "eeexpeerts" can do this is pompus! What is a license? A piece of paper issued by the government stating that you have read a book. Well I've read "Are you my Mommy?" by Dr Seuss. Everything else I've found out online. Best of luck to ya, it is a big responsibility and make sure you know what you're doing. It looks like you're well on your way.
for the baby bird's sake, just take it to a vet or a wildlife center. why risk letting it die for lack of education? i understand that you would really like to help the bird and learn to care for it, but if you are already having problems i would just let the professionals take care of it, especially because at this point they may not even be able to save it when these baby birds are so fragile.
I wasn't trying to offend anyone cs1olo. However, some people, with all the research in the world do not know how to take care of a baby bird. Birds know how to take care of birds. As a vet, I've put down 2 wild baby birds today because of people who have waited to take them to me and they are on their death bed before they finally decide to take them to someone who knows what they are doing. Normal people do not have incubators do not have food for numerous bird species and do not have the proper knowloedge to know what temperature to keep a baby bird at when it is in certain stage or of a certain species or know what type of food that thei bird eats and when, how often, and how much. Things you see online are often wrong. Many simple procedures such as how to trim your birds wings or nails are wrong online. If it is not written by a vet or a professional, it could be wrong. And, I am almost certain that any vet will say contact a wildlife refuge or bring it to me, if you find a baby bird. You can play "Are You My Mommy" all day long, but the fact is, you are Not a momma bird. You can act like it all you want, but it may be at the expense of the baby. If you really care you will contact the proper authorities.
today me and my friend were walking home from school and saw a baby bird and picked it up. then we had brought it to my house and it keeps on gushing out stuff from it's belly button and we pulled it out. so now we are watching it and it is having a hard time breathing right now and we are really worried that it will die really soon. we will keep watching it but there is not much time till it dies so we are going to give it to a vet and let them take care of it. so that is the only way it will survive. then it does crazy stuff with it's head and it just hatched today so it is very tendare right now. then we had it in heat to long and we have no clue what to do and it is really scary that we have to see a day old baby die it's eye had gotten hit by something while we were down stairs getting something to drink. but when we got back up stairs we thought it was dead but then it started to breath again it was not a pretty sight . pluse there is 6 kids in the house right now all of them were tring to toch it but me and my friend kept them away from it so they would not kill it because birds have a desiese. so we don't know what to do. There is nothing else we can possibly think of to keep the bird from dying. So if anyone is an expert on birds than please message us. We could use all the help we can get. The bird is about to die so we need help fast. So if anyone actually read this message that happens to be an expert on birds, than please message us back before the bird dies. I know a lot of people don't like to see a bird die so message us back. Because i'm one of those people. So message us back before the bird dies and if it does die we will let everyone know.
Originally posted by tekerz: Hey Everyone, at my school I Found a Baby Bird that just hatched. We looked for the Nest and the was no nest unless it was the one in pieces under the dumpster truck... So I Took it Home and Warmed it Up in some Blankets and Heating Pads. My Friend said to feed it, go to a local pet store to find some liquid type food and have a dropper. So we are doing the best we can. It is Breathing a Moving but not Chirping. So anything else for Advice to help it ( Lucky ). REPLY PLEASE
i have a wild baby bird right now to. im 11 i freaked out because i was out of the house and no one was home, the new chick was home alone. wene i went home my and my little brother (we were the only one who new bout the chick)we went to the backyard first thing! we looked and looked for ants. here we none! then i gave him banana and now i feed him hamburger meet sence my mom found out! hes sleeping right now and i dearly love hopper, my baby bird! good luck
A bit late, but first I see this posting. Many wild baby birds may not take liquid feeding like formulas. It is best, if you still have it, to try to find the rescue organization for wild birds in your area. In Arizona, It's 'For the Birds' and 'Liberty Wildlife' ( I believe they are larger than statewide). Ask a local birding club or Vet's office for a contact number. They will have INVALUABLE information for you. Also, some wild birds are protected by law and you should find out before it becomes 'human imprinted' so it can be reared and returned to the wild. I volunteer with these organizations and it's truely wonderful to see such babies survive and be set free later.
