I found a baby bird, what do I do to save it?!!!?

It is old enough to open its eyes and it has a few feathers. It was near a dead sibling and also near a ripped and abandoned nest very high. It has no broken wings but I think its leg might be hurt, please tell me how to figure that out. I want it to survive so dont tell me its hopeless. I am eqiupped with an eye dropper, a shoe box, toliet paper and rubber gloves. I fed it water but I dont know what to do about food. PLEASE HELP!

I found a baby bird, what do I do to save it?!!!?
First - do NOT give it any water - it could aspirate and die. Keep it warm, but not hot. Make sure it can not escape from the box, but also make sure it is well ventilated, so it can breathe.





Do NOT call a vet - vets are for pets, and most do not have any experience with wild animals. Contact a licensed wildlife rehablitator. You can find one here: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact....





These people have the training to care for orphaned wild animals. They also have the licenses that allow them to do it.





Please do not attempt to care for this bird yourself, no matter what anyone else tells you. Not only is it illegal, if you do not have the proper training, you can do more harm than good. And getting formulas and directions on the internet is a poor substitute for proper training.





See what this site says: "First of all, there are federal and state laws that prohibit keeping wild birds. And there are so many important but subtle elements to raising a wild bird that the job is only legally entrusted to licensed rehabilitators. Many well-meaning people raise baby birds or rescue birds from cats or after accidents, and sometimes they don't realize that the bird in their care is suffering from a serious dietary deficiency. Some of the problems aren't apparent to untrained people, but can cause death, or make the bird less likely to evade predators or to survive harsh natural weather conditions."


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Reply:What type of bird is it? If it's a migratory bird, you should take it to a wild life rehab center, where they will give it the proper care and feed it correctly. If you don't have one near, then take it to a vet.





Other thing you could do if you know it isn't one of your "local" birds, then call Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network at 805-966-9005. In after hours call Pacific Emergency Pet Clinic at 805-682-5120.





If it isn't a migratory bird, and it's one bird that isn't in danger of extinction then you would want to do this, since it's a nestling (a featherless or near featherless baby bird);





First of all you would want to make it a "substitute nest". Since the other nest was abandoned, you would probably want to make it as home as possible to increase his chances of surviving.





To make a substitute nest;


Use an empty margarine container or a similar container (plastic) with small holes poked on the bottom. This holes in the bottom will be drainage holes, so that when the baby does of the bathroom, you won't have to be changing it's nest again and again. Line the container on DRY grass and leaves. NO GREEN GRASS AND LEAVES, THIS WILL ONLY CAUSE MOLD AND DAMPNESS.Also put some dry twigs, leaves, grass, and some paper towel and cotton, to keep the baby warm and comfy. Be sure to make enough room so that the baby can move freely, but cover it so that it won't harm itself.





You should contact a vet too, to get the little one's leg fixed and to see that he is not injured in any other way. Taking it to a vet will help you identify what type of bird it is in case you don't know and in case it is a migratory bird or one in danger of extinction, this will avoid problems with the law.





Other thing is that the vet will tell you what it eats, because you don't describe the nestling, so I don't know what type of bird it is. Some eat seeds, and some eat insects, if you feed it the incorrect type of food, you may injure it in an potential way-





PLEASE IGNORE IF PEOPLE TELL YOU TO FEED IT INSECTS, SEEDS OR BIRD FOOD, THE BIRD FOOD IS MADE FOR "DOMESTIC" BIRDS, IF YOU FEED IT ANY OF THESE FOODS, THEN YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HARM THE BIRD, FOR IT COULD BE THE INCORRECT FOOD.





DON'T GIVE IT ANY MORE WATER, MANY BABY BIRDS GET THE WATER FROM THE FOOD THEY ARE GIVEN BY THEIR PARENTS. IF YOU GIVE IT MORE WATER, THE BIRD MAY INHALE THE WATER AND RESULTS WILL END IN ASPHYXIA OR PNEUMONIA!!!





TAKE IT TO THE VET ASAP IN ITS SUBSTITUTE NEST TO AVOID IT BEING HURT!!!
Reply:water is not good. go to the pet store and get baby bird milk baby bird should be eating 10 percent of its body weight per feeding. (A 500-gram bird would need 50 milliliters of formula per feeding). cheak on him every 2 hours and see if he needs more food.





It’s important not to feed your bird if he still has food in his crop (the enlarged portion of the esophagus at the base of the neck) from the last meal. Food in the crop for more than three to four hours is a sign of crop stasis (slowing down) and could be the beginning of a bacterial or fungal overgrowth in the crop that can make your baby bird ill.








If you feed your bird too much at each meal, his crop can become overstretched and will lose its ability to move the food down through the digestive system.





You’ll need to weigh your bird on a gram scale daily. This will help you determine how much to feed your bird and it will help you monitor whether he’s gaining or losing weight, which can be a sign of your bird’s overall health


Formula should be fed at a temperature between 105 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Baby birds won’t eat food that’s too cold. Conversely, many babies have died from novice bird owners feeding formula that is too hot, which causes a severe burn to the cropSpoon-feeding is just as it sounds. Gently stretch your birds neck straight up and support the head with one hand, with your thumb and forefinger placed gently at either side of the upper beak close to where it comes out of the skin. With the other hand, tilt the spoon of formula. Allow your bird to swallow and continue in this manner until he’s received the appropriate 10 percent.





When syringe-feeding, support your baby bird's head in the same manner as when spoon-feeding and place the syringe in the side of his mouth, aiming towards the back of his throat. As he opens his throat, give him the formula. Practice with the syringe first because it’s common for too much to squirt out suddenly.





Also remember that your bird has to breathe at some point, so if you’re putting food in his mouth for more than a few seconds at a time, he may aspirate food into his lungs. Be careful with babies that bob for their food vigorously. It’s easy to injure the back of the throat with the syringe tip when these little ones are aggressively bobbing for food.


baby brid food till you can gget some


The ingredients should be available at any 24 hour grocery store.


2/3 cup of Gerber's or Beech Nut mixed grain or high protein baby food cereal,





1 teaspoon of peanut butter--only use a commercial, name brand , NOT organic.





1 teaspoon of baby food applesauce





1 cap full of unflavored Pedialyte





Distilled or bottled water, enough for needed consistency





Dip a plastic, disposible spoon in boiling water then bend the tip to make a little funnel for handfeeding. This will work if you do not have feeding syringes
Reply:Call the vet or animal hospital. You shouldn't do something you aren't sure about so you don't harm the animal you are handling.
Reply:Ignore that Andy dude but you should bring it to the vet for safety a getting better we can fix its pain and help it. it should make it. FYI wrap it in a warm cloth in a safe and warm room. also this is a stupid idea but true get a worm crush it up and feed it I know this Will help
Reply:Go to a vet. If you are not a professional bird handler then go to someone who is!
Reply:You'll be hard pressed to save it. The food issue is the hardest. Have access to earth worms? Grind them up small enough to fit into the eye dropper and feed by putting eye dropper in the back of the throat, and helping little birdie swallow. Keep him warm. Don't handle him too much. Feed frequently, but small amounts each time. Good luck.
Reply:Your best bet is to call a vet. they will most likely take it off your hand and raise it untill it is ready to go wild. If they won't take it, then you need to find some worms and mush them up, add some water, and feed it to the bird. I know it sounds gross, but that is what it's mom would feed it. but like i said earlier call a vet, because you'll probably get better advise from them on how to raise it.
Reply:READ THIS


http://www.torontowildlifecentre.com/pag...





Try to find a wildlife centre in your area that will take care of the bird.
Reply:i woulld call your nearest pet hospital.. they would know what to do.
Reply:take care of it well by at least one cup of bird food if its half dead and when it dies make a grave for it



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