well, in the end, i decided to put it back in a tree, halfway up. i just hope the mother bird find's it quickly!Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles
Awww! Poor birdie! I hope you can save it but I don't know what to do for it.
yeh, i joined a bird forum & posted on there. however, someone said on there that, most hand-raised bird's will die. ohhh, i never found the nest, i thought it'd be better off out there, in case the mother bird came back. i wouldn't be able to save it, it's 2.30am here.Originally Posted by strange_wings
Wow, that's rather young. Sadly, at that age I don't think there's a lot of hope but those who have raised baby birds should know more. (has anyone on here raised them from that young?)
I do know you'll need some sort of gruel/slurry sort of mix for it. Maybe they make this for parrots but a wild bird would need insects... so that would probably mean you'd need to get some feeder insects from a pet store and mush them up in a food processor - there's other stuff that would need to be added so maybe your best bet is a quick search for a bird forum?
Also, you must keep it warm.
EDIT: Glad to see you found the nest.
ohhh, i did the wrong thing then?Originally Posted by glitch
The baby bird has your scent on it and the mother will not accept it back, I have tried several time to raise birds from that age, and can tell you that its fighting a losing battle most of the time... Its very young, and will definatly die out there alone in the cold! Im sorry!
Actually some mother birds will accept their babys back even with human scent on them. Mom and I found a nest with babies that young. We were cleaning a brush pile and knocked them out of their nest. Sadly one of them didnt make it but the other two did we put them back in their nest in the branches and the mom did take them back they just recently flew off.Originally Posted by glitch
The baby bird has your scent on it and the mother will not accept it back, I have tried several time to raise birds from that age, and can tell you that its fighting a losing battle most of the time... Its very young, and will definatly die out there alone in the cold! Im sorry!
That is an old wive's tale, birds have a very, very poor sense of smell, they rely purely on sight.Originally Posted by glitch
The baby bird has your scent on it and the mother will not accept it back, I have tried several time to raise birds from that age, and can tell you that its fighting a losing battle most of the time... Its very young, and will definatly die out there alone in the cold! Im sorry!
i just asked my partner to go & have a look, i'll let you know what's happened once i know.Originally Posted by glitch
I dont think putting it back in the tree was the wrong thing to do! Ive never personally ever seen a bird take one back, I think that one may have fell out of the nest or something, because I dont know if your kitty would go climbing a tree to get it! Which would mean it would cross the bridge either way! It should be with mother nature to let her do whats best for him! My cat brought me 8 baby bunnies once, we found the mom dead next door with a large tumour prodruding out of her head, they were covered in fleas and only days old! We almost had one live and it probably would have had my brother not stepped on him! He was left to roam in his room and cuddled up in his jacket that was on the floor! You can't feel bad about putting it in a tree, because on any other day thats where it would have been and normally when they fall out of the tree you find a poor little dead birdy on the sidewalk! Its sad, they look so sweet! He almost looked still egg shape! Have you peeked in the tree to see how he's doing??
Im sorry if my wording of my previous post was mean in anyway, I didn't intend it to be!
aww thank's!Originally Posted by jasonjuicer
how sad! I wish I could be there to help find the nest
well, we can't see the baby anywhere. my guess is it's either dead, or the mother bird's took it back to the nest.Originally Posted by pixietina
if you want a drive you can try bringing it too me?
ive bought up a baby pigeon before!
i got some syringes... worms and stuff aint hard too find either
That is not true. Birds do not have a good sense of smell except for scavengers most notably turkey vultures. A mother will always take a baby back if it is the nest. If the baby is injured, another little one in the nest may eat it, but that is another story.Originally Posted by glitch
The baby bird has your scent on it and the mother will not accept it back, I have tried several time to raise birds from that age, and can tell you that its fighting a losing battle most of the time... Its very young, and will definatly die out there alone in the cold! Im sorry!
yeh, i hope so!Originally Posted by glitch
I hope the mother found it... If bird can't smell she probably would have gone looking for it!