Baby Bird Rescue

[silverbulletgirl29]

I guess I couldn't have it all. At least one bird was saved, but the first bird was intact and not injured like the little brown bird which my cat attacked outside in our front yard.

[silverbulletgirl29]

Birds are fragile, esp. when it comes to injuries/illnesses and the smaller the bird, it's chances of survival drop drastically which is sad but true, no matter what you do or who does it. But failure sucks. I would love to hear from someone who has had success in treating an injured bird from a cat attack & it lived & tell me how you did it, b/c I need this valuable information in order to find the key into saving injured birds vs. normal healthy birds that are larger.

[silverbulletgirl29]

No matter how minute the injury, all birds must receive a shot of antibiotic (Ampicillin, Penicillin, or Amoxicillin) to prevent infection if scratched or bite by an animal (dog/cat, etc.) or they will die. Sometimes they need steroids to control/prevent swelling, pain meds (shot of Metacam or oral, IV/SQ fluids to rehydrate, warmth, oxygen cage, etc. dark quiet place to calm down/rest and light. Wounds must be cleaned & flushed & repaired or closed/drained etc. by a prof

[silverbulletgirl29]

It's not something I would want to do all the time, b/c I have a life but I was lucky I was home for the holidays, available to do it and well equipped as I work at a vet clinic and will be working at two clinics (one kennel and one vet assistant during this spring and summer) this year and am finishing up my vet tech degree.

[silverbulletgirl29]

Twiggy was my first bird to successfully to rehabilitate, even though I'm not a rehabber, but what choice did I have if there wasn't anyone available and I just found out that he was in fact a migratory bird, so I'm lucky the whole rehabilitation procedure was a success and he is now with his own kind and I still see/hear him every other day.

[silverbulletgirl29]

Well some birds will but not raptors, crows, grackles, or starlings, they may stick to their human caregivers for life which is NOT a good thing. But woodpeckers I found out will gain their independence and quickly when the time comes.

[silverbulletgirl29]

And the bad news is I couldn't find a rehabber that time either b/c of the holidays. It seems I'm going to end up finding a bird come every darn holiday. What I find out is that you won't have much luck w/saving a bird from a cat/dog/animal attack b/c 99.9% of them die esp. if they are a small bird, but u are better able to save one not injured or sick. As long as they don't imprint on you, and fledglings are already imprinted on the parents and not you and will take off when let go.

[silverbulletgirl29]

I can see why a rehabber is pooped after all this type of work. I'm going to have to make some calls. Funny thing, just right after Twiggy's release, our stupid cat got ahold of a small brown bird a nuthatch or something. I doctored it up, force fed it, got its strength back and SQ fluids and IM injxn of Ampicillin from vet to prevent infection, and it survived that very day and night and was awake next morning but on New Year's Eve, the fireworks outside must've caused it a heartattack.

[silverbulletgirl29]

When I went outside today this morning I heard his rrrrreeeeee noise and pecking around. I'd recognize that cry anywhere since I helped raise him during his last baby stage.

[silverbulletgirl29]

We released him out in our backyard Xmas day and he took to the nearest tree and I watched him peck on that tree and rushed over and watched him fly to a higher tall big tree. I see him hanging and feeding with the bluejays, for he is the only woodpecker sighting I've seen so far this time of year. But by now, he may have found a mate, I hope. He seems to be gathering food and nesting material when I see him foraging around outside, he's been a busy body lately and doesn't come close.

[silverbulletgirl29]

Because when we released him, I clapped my hands and whooped and hollered so he would fear people and he does. We had kept a mirror in his carrier and he would see himself. Gave him nutritious food. Feed him from 6 or 7AM to 7PM or whenever he pecked for food and was hungry, but on the afternoon of the 2nd day he ate from a bowl and lapped up his food. I checked him over to make sure he was perfectly healthy too. He never comes close enough to take more pictures, though b/c he's wild now.

[silverbulletgirl29]

I force fed it and then it ate own its own. I never skipped a feeding and was very dog tired after I released it. After it could fly around the bathroom and house, I took it out of the pet carrier & released it and it's doing awesome feeding outside and flying & pecking holes in trees. A family member woke me up and said Twiggy was on the roof pecking for bugs. He won't come close to humans though. He's now wild again even though when I cared for him, he was tame. We made sure of that.

[silverbulletgirl29]

@timvid. In my case, I tried to find a wildlife rehabber and it was the holidays Xmas break. I didn't have any luck. My cousin's kids found a baby yellow-bellied sapsucker (a type of woodpecker) in their yard. They didn't find the nest or the parents, it had rained earlier that week. Her daughter had taken it in & came over to get some stuff to care for it. They called me & told me to come & get it & I took care of it for 3 days. It was a male & fully fledged but not flying.

[Pop12646Okami]

So cute, but so sad...

[blakeb903]

youre a nice guy



[MyLifeWithDogs]

Poor little thing! My experience has been that once they fall out of the nest, they don't make it. So I guess we should go check out XxXMidnightblackXxX's channel to see the vid about looking after baby birds.

[magnusalexa]

gonna have 2feed it myself. found a baby magpie in middle of road once, runnin around not knowin where 2go,so i took that in too.it would peck my head in mornins 2wake me up &would sit on top of comp monitor to keep warm over vents.when sat on my hand or to my side in garden,if another magpie was seen it would hide behind me if it was on the ground, if on my hand would grip my hand with its feet twice as hard. Proper scared of its own species,maybe its parents tried to eat it or somet

[magnusalexa]

it could have fallen out of the nest, or been thrown or scared out by cats, squirrels, magpies or similar, or may be it just crawled out being inquisitive. its very rare a mother and father of a bird species of this size will attack a human holding their young, even pigeons wont do that. i found a baby house sparrow rolling around on the ground of my garden today, so took it in doors, and put in a box in garden so parents may feed it, they went to it but left without feeding it

[Krinisty]

I found a Robin Fledgling with visible injuries, he was bleeding in three spots. I took him in, cleaned his wounds, brought him back out the same day as he was looking much better, his parents were around and freaked out when they seen him. I didn't think it was safe for him as he was wounded and couldn't fly. I didn't know there was chance he couldn't fly because he was a fledgling. Second day now and no sign of his parents. i'm lost, and there really aren't any places around to take him. HELP!

[XxXMidnightblackXxX]

@Krinisty I think the bird you found is dead by now, but I have a video you can watch for some information on how to look after baby birds for next time you find one. I know it is good information because I have looked after and released five baby black bird, I also try to go on youtube every day so I can help people who care.

[Krinisty]

@XxXMidnightblackXxX That's awesome Midnight :) send the vid in a message or something here and I'll definitely check it out :)

[XxXMidnightblackXxX]

@XxXMidnightblackXxX I do not know how to send them in messages, but you can go to my channel and watch it. I will also be pouting up a video on how to release birds.

[WolfSwitchBack]

I've always wanted to raise a bird but reading the description about a permit, where could I get one if needed? And what if I can't find the nest?

[gnwcbsv]

do you know if it died?

[timvid]

@gnwcbsv It did - I think the mother kept kicking it out of the nest because I found it on the ground several times. I think that's why the mother wasn't attacking me when I was near the baby - she had already rejected it.

[LeslieChang95]

@timvid Maybe you spent too much time video recording cause this to happen.

[EquationKings]

i found a baby red robin on the ground after a storm and it looked like it got hit with a lawnmower and its wing is cut from the elbow but its doing great eating and the blood is clotting good its name is charlie and its a boy

[applehead97ify]

mine also but i keep the bird :D

[kylebushfan000]

ah go die in a hole

[kylebushfan000]

who cares if its cold or warm?

[TheColorPaul]

@kylebushfan000 theres another troll.

[Revolver123ish]

@kylebushfan000 uh me him THE WHOLE WORLD you need to go die in a hole you heartless bastard animals have souls to go ask any one if animals have souls they are going to say yes they do so go play hide and go fuck yourself

[waywardmuse]

Thank you! I hope it recovered :)

[hfollett22]

how did u find it i want one

[trumpet738]

it was hungry

[Rovert93]

thanks this helped. yesterday a baby bird fell out of its nest on top of my roof and i think it broke its wing. it had all of its feathers so maybe it was trying to fly. the momma bird came down and was warding off my cat then she left. we took him inside put him in an open container with a towel inside. but now we are gonna put him oustide when the cat isnt looking.