There is a bird in my garage giving out regular chirps. It looks like an adult sparrow (I am not a bird expert), but it doesn't act afraid of me. It's in a cardboard box at floor level and by the poop-pattern has been there a while.
It *acts* like a baby, because it keeps calling out, and it doesn't seem to have a problem with me being near it.
I know not to pick it up. I did move some things around near it, but if it's a baby and its parents are still around maybe they won't care. But if it's abandoned, is there anything I could do for it -- bird experts?
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
maybe you could get some bird seed? does it seem injured?
I'm no bird expert Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
I'm no expert either, so I google "wildlife rescue" and read what various sites say there. I would probably provide water for it, and something to eat. Perhaps Purina Cat Chow soaked in water would work. You may have to place it in the bird's mouth with tweezers, depending on its age. It most likely needs to be fed often, and kept warm.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I just read an article about this recently, but can't for the life of me remember where. I'll go looking.
Meanwhile, the point was made that often baby birds are left alone on the ground for periods of time as the parents are trying to get them to fly on their own. Of course, you have noted that you have reason to believe that that the bird has been there an excessively long period of time.
I think the suggestion was made that if you want to try feeding, you can give hard-boiled chicken egg broken apart with tweezers.
Good, concise information. They recommend the moistened kibble that Tatiana suggested (as well as baby food and hardboiled egg yolk). Something I picked up from other reading is not to give them much straight water, as it is too hard for them to manage. [I don't know how accurate this is, but the SNZ site only recommends moistened food and, in some cases, drops of water on your finger, one at a time. No explicit restriction that I saw against it, though, at least on quick read.][I also read elsewhere to avoid milk.] Use well-moistened food instead.
Do you have a wildlife rescue unit in your area? If you tell us the general area, maybe we can help you find one. Often a School of Veterinary Medicine has a unit.
[ May 13, 2007, 08:36 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :
It didn't show any interest in the tidbit of fish I offered it, but if it's still there tomorrow morning I will offer it wet kibble.
Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :
It died overnight. :< Oh, well. I don't know how long it had been there.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
How sad. Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
I'm so sorry. That's very sad.
Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :
Aw, poor birdie. Maybe its parents abandoned it because they knew it was sick?
![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
![[Frown]](frown.gif)