baby bird, HELP Options

[surfhottieoffcoa...]

this dang bird was sitting out in the sun on the ground so i took in inside....WHAT DO I DO WHAT DO I FEED IT! ITS LIKE BALD!!!
i dont even no if its alive.

[twelveislands]

Take it back outside?

[yukichan]

get a shoe box, and fill it with grass or a huge towel....make sure its warm...and then go to the library and find books on baby birds..lol..

[mouse_3k]

take it back outside and find a nest. once u find one, put it in there. Then hope for the best lol

[racoons > you]

feed it mashed up chick peas,through an eye dropper and keep it warm.

btw, NEVER pick up a baby bird straight away. now the mother will abandon it! always wait and hour, then go back and see if the mother has retrieved it in future

[*stephinika*]

hmm yeah you probably shouldn't have taken it in like that, but now that you have, just do some research and do the best you can. i'd be more specific, but i'm not too sure myself.

[SKDMNLE]

LOL how fascinating!
=| take it to the vet and make sure it healthy? and read up on baby birdies

[*Solipsist*]

Kill the bugger.

- Solipsist

[miszSERENiTY]

You should`ve left it silly.

[*salcha*]

yeah, the best thing you should have done was to leave it outside.
Find a nest and put the bird in there, and maybe check up on it time to time.

[dahding]

Handling a baby bird will not cause the parents to abandon it. Almost all birds have a very poor sense of smell. But raccoons, foxes and other predators have a very good sense of smell. You may be leaving a trail directly to the nest for these hungry animals.

We know you want to take the baby birds inside, put them in a warm box, feed them milk and bread with an eye-dropper and watch them grow up. Mother nature and the U.S. Government don't want you to do this. It is illegal (really!). Only licensed wildlife rehabilitators are authorized to handle wild birds.

If it is extremely obvious that a bird has fallen from a nest and is far too young to survive, you may place it back into the nest. If the nest blew down, place what is left of the nest and the babies in a small berry basket and hang it near the original nest. The parents may return to feed the young.

In fact, many birds are capable of walking and staying close to their mother almost from the moment they hatch. These species are called "precocial." They hatch with their eyes open and are down-covered. Quail, grouse, ducks, gulls, terns and shorebirds are precocial.

The opposite of precocial is altricial. These birds hatch in a helpless condition and depend on their parents. Robins, cardinals, bluebirds and most songbirds are altricial. These are the birds we usually discover on the ground.



courtesy of: http://www.wildbirds.com/Babybird_babybird.htm

[sandy_lumpy_shor...]

feed it to ants.

jk umm give it seeds?

[eli5e]

ummm take it back outside... it really just belongs in nature

[Nicolatofu]

I tried to handle an abadoned baby bird last year but when I was trying to help it fly, it flew on our roof. I had my kid neighbors looking in the dirt for worms.. haha. Dustin(?) seems to have good information there, just be careful you don't get caught with it.

[dahding]

I tried to handle an abadoned baby bird last year but when I was trying to help it fly, it flew on our roof. I had my kid neighbors looking in the dirt for worms.. haha. Dustin(?) seems to have good information there, just be careful you don't get caught with it.

yes, that's my name. i feel special somehow now...

haha, u made ur kid neighbors look for worms? how ingenious.

[jennyjenny]

Put it back.

[Nicolatofu]

yes, that's my name. i feel special somehow now...

haha, u made ur kid neighbors look for worms? how ingenious.

pshh, i'm nothin special

And isn't that though?

[lilconfusedbabii...]

thats really sweet what you did but like i tried helping some abandoned rabbits last year and they died. lmao so i`d put it back.

[glit_gal]

My science teacher says that it's important to leave them where you found it because it's normal for baby birds to fall out of there nest when they're learning how to fly. My advice is put it back where you found it because i'm sure the babies mommy is looking for it or if you can find the nest that it fell out of then put it in the nest. Although i would recommend it since you might put it in the wrong nest.

[DanielleMaria05]

Wow, that dustin kid totally got like everything u need.

I'd totally listen to what he said and do that. I was going to say you shouldn't have touched it, I thought that a bird wouldn't go back to it if it had another smell on it.
I guess thats not true.
Thats fun!

[tomboysocks]

i remember when i was little i would chase wounded birds all around the neighborhood until i finally found them... i would keep them in a box with that weird mouse bedding, a large shallow dish of water [large in case they want to play in it! lol] and some bird seeds scattered all around, with pebbles too...

but its a baby! i think the best bet would be to find the nest and place it back in..

[cHuNsAbAbIe012]

bring it back outside...

[c0oki3_m0n$tah]

poor birdie...but i wouldn't have picked it up...maybe put it in a grassy area or something, but i wouldn't have kept it..

[DrEaMgUy2K1]

feed it mashed up chick peas,through an eye dropper and keep it warm.

btw, NEVER pick up a baby bird straight away. now the mother will abandon it! always wait and hour, then go back and see if the mother has retrieved it in future

yea , feed it stuff like that ><;

should have just left it alone, u touching it will most likely make the mother abandon it cuz it has ur scent on it . try to find the nest and put it back it and hope the mother takes it back.

[Shattered_Hope]

Things you could do...
1.) Bring it back outside and find a nest so that the bird will be taken cared of...
2.) Make a nest out of a box and grass...and feed it berries until you know it can eat something else other than worms....
3.) Go back and put it where you found it..

[smile4me]

>.< ack.
do what they all said..
the neighborhood kids and i found a lot of baby birds one time.
and this one really sweet kid chewed up worms for them.

[dahding]

...and no one bothers to pay attention to me.

except for nicole and that other person, i forget who it was.

[Skyline Drive]

Is it dead yet ?


We found one and it was also bald. My mom had this oven mitten that looked like a bird and we fed him smashed up lemon bread with that. He kind of got to bloated and died somehow.. I can't remember. Don't feed it too much ( that's if it's still alive)

[whomps]

You shouldn't have picked up the bird.. now the mother will never find it or want it back.

[KissMe2408]

Kill the bugger.

- Solipsist

oh just lovely, jose. just lovely

I don't think you should of picked it up, it probably fell outta the nest. The mother won't want it now because it has ur scent all over it. But google it on how you take care of a baby bird and all. Good Luck
---edit----
wait i just read what dahding wrote....it's illegal? lol. Well i guess you should take it to the animal shelter or somethan..or you know what...put it back in it's nest if you can find it.

[demolished]

Remember, there are certain food that can kill a bird, esp. when you buy worms from the market. YOU should find worms somewhere but no in the market because they add some chemical to the worm .. . put the birds back in the orginal place until the mama never comes back .. then you'll be the mama.

[pingpang_0811]

it hurts or?

[jaeman]

You're not supposed to take baby birds when you're not certain about it's condition or situation!
The bird was probably in a nest above and the bird just fell out of its nest because of excercising its legs or trying to fly.
You must look for those three signs first; there are neighboring birds that look like that infant bird, a nest in a tree above the area you found the bird, or if there was distant squaking (it could be the mother).
If all three of those are missing then you take it inside.

[surfhottieoffcoa...]

but........i didnt leave it cause there was already 3 other damn birds dead on the side walk so i knew momma wasnt commen back for the live one

[lolthissiteisfun...]

you don't know if it's alive?

[innovation]

how do you know the bird doesn't have some sort of obscure tropical disease that could wipe out your entire family?!

[sadolakced acid]

i have an idea!

go find a nest and put the bird in it!

that way the nest's current owners will abandon it,

and the bird will die!

what fun!

[XaZnX07]

if its a babie you really need to keep it warm it has no feathers yet so keep it warm or just bring it to some animal caring thingings lol if you dont want to take care of it

.:tony:.

[sweetdreamsx3]

I know this topic is pretty old, but you should never take it inside. Esp if you have a younger brother who think it's a toy pet. >.<

[Note]

Chuck it out the window or put it out of is misery.

[jerry]

[[o0p]]

now that you have taken it in.....you should put it in a basket with a blanket and hang it where you found the bird or if there is a nest, put it there.

[mysticbreeze]

You can call some type of animal shelter hotline and ask for tips on what to do. Keep it in a soft warm place until you find out what to do. Go here.

[dahding]

I know this topic is pretty old, but you should never take it inside. Esp if you have a younger brother who think it's a toy pet. >.<

um. i don't even wanna know what happened linda.

how do you know the bird doesn't have some sort of obscure tropical disease that could wipe out your entire family?!

mindy... lol, ur crazy.

[sl8er]

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/guideto.htm#3b

This link pretty much has all you could ever wish to know about assisting baby animals from the wild

[belg]

incubate it... get a table lamp... presto!

[miss barnes]

yea you really shouldnt have touched the bird. i hope for the best now

[gladz612]

let it go back to where it came from..

[PinoyOtaku]

If it's not to late...

take it to the vet and he/she will take care of it and they will release it once capable.

[blah122986]

hahaha...um nothing......ur gonna get it sick...u shoulda just left it alone hahaha..