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Post by kskatt on Jul 24, 2016 21:23:39 GMT
Not really a farm animal, but as close a match as I could find.
Found bird on ground last night, got it back into nest. It was out again this am, so I brought it in. The best I've got, I think, is the juice out of some canned cat food. I did have to open the mouth, but did get swallowing. Any ideas would be appreciated! I guess I have to put the pics and video on pb to share.
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Post by kskatt on Jul 24, 2016 21:40:17 GMT
 I replaced my laptop with a chromebook and I miss my windows photo gallery! I can't find the video. |
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Post by horselover4life on Jul 25, 2016 2:25:50 GMT
The mama bird or siblings pushed it out of the nest for a reason....twice.
I'm sorry but it probably won't survive. More than likely it is to weak, or sick.
It is instinctive to get rid of what is not healthy.
If the chick had a chance to thrive and survive from the mothers care, it would of been left in the nest...and if it "fell" out the mama bird would of taken care of it on the ground.
I know you want to save it...
Sometimes it is kinder to let nature take the course that was intended...
I did find this for you....
If you read far enough along it gives ideas of foods and how to get the bird to eat...
www.wikihow.com/Feed-a-Baby-Bird
Good luck....
I hope the baby makes it but also know Mother Nature usually knows best.
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Post by horselady on Jul 25, 2016 11:25:19 GMT
Cute little bird.. hopefully you can just put it into a cage with hay for a nest and you will have to feed it often.
hl4l. there is no link in your post on what to do with baby birds
i find them in my indoor arena all the time and just move them into a corner.. and i do watch mom feeding them.. now i have barn swallows jumping out of the nests and landing on the ground. they squack and slither around but the moms and dad swoop in and feed them. in a couple of days they are flying around..
this one you have is way young hopefully in a week it will be ok.
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Post by horselover4life on Jul 25, 2016 11:33:55 GMT
Thanks Hl...
I fixed and added a link.
I found the article informative...never realized there was so much to know about "types" before you can rescue and rehab....
Now if my mom was still alive she would of been a great source of information.
A lifetime of birding, working with rehabbers and learning she was a wealth of information...
Sadly, she is now gone and so is my information reference desk.
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Post by horselady on Jul 26, 2016 11:08:49 GMT
Any update on the baby bird.??
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Post by hugs on Jul 27, 2016 13:20:39 GMT
Yeah, I'm wondering too
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Post by kskatt on Jul 30, 2016 3:22:09 GMT
Sorry, I've just been bummed. I hadn't even seen the responses here, I don't know if it would have helped. A friend elsewhere share an article talking about nestlings and fledglings and on closer inspection I did believe baby was a fledgling, maybe being out of the nest on purpose? Anyway, after a night of fluids and food baby had perked up quite a bit. I figured I'd put it back in the same area and check on it in a few hours. Went into town and it was four hours before I checked. Baby had been dead for awhile. Would have had a better chance if I'd kept it. I think I got all the videos on utube, 4 or 5 shorties.
Baby was on the ground in the middle of the way to the feeder, for my blind pony. I do not regret picking baby up, it was not safe and I have no doubt it was very dehydrated. When I put it out, it was off to the side and under some weeds. Let's see what I can figure out on the pics and videos.
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Post by hugs on Jul 30, 2016 20:45:16 GMT
Aw, even experienced momma birds lose their babies, maybe it was one of those babies that you found who was "on his way out".
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Post by kskatt on Jul 31, 2016 1:09:06 GMT
Where the bucket is, is where baby was.  Straight up is the nest, the other babies looked good.  The shed is not in great shape, working on getting Luvy (pony) into the barn. They are weeds, but still should be some protection. The post would keep Luvy off of him. This is where I put him, then found him.  |
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Post by kskatt on Jul 31, 2016 1:25:02 GMT
  Looking at the pic, it doesn't look so great, but baby was much brighter than the day before. This is right before I put him down.  I hadn't studied utube yet, to see about sharing the videos. I would have put them on pb, where I know how to do stuff but I couldn't find them on the upload thing on pb. They showed up for utube. I miss my windows photogallery! This chromebook is not photo (or me) friendly. |
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Post by kskatt on Jul 31, 2016 1:58:47 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7oE32XbqSwwww.youtube.com/watch?v=a7oE32XbqSwAlrighty then. Guess I'm not doin' so whoopee. I'm seeing the same video twice. Does this give you access to my utube? The last video is of the second baby I found. This one looks really good. Checked again, same place, doing well. That night there were three separate rain storms. In the am I was very pleased to see this baby still in place, looking good. Went out in the afternoon and found it dead, farther out in the open, looked like it got stepped on.
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Post by kskatt on Jul 31, 2016 2:34:09 GMT
The mama bird or siblings pushed it out of the nest for a reason....twice.
I'm sorry but it probably won't survive. More than likely it is to weak, or sick.
It is instinctive to get rid of what is not healthy.
If the chick had a chance to thrive and survive from the mothers care, it would of been left in the nest...and if it "fell" out the mama bird would of taken care of it on the ground.
I know you want to save it...
Sometimes it is kinder to let nature take the course that was intended...
I did find this for you....
If you read far enough along it gives ideas of foods and how to get the bird to eat...
www.wikihow.com/Feed-a-Baby-Bird
Good luck....
I hope the baby makes it but also know Mother Nature usually knows best.
I'm saving this. Thank you, hl4l. This is the best article I've seen anywhere. I should have come back here and read that. I will have it to consult should I find any more babies. Amazing I haven't, through the years with so many birds and nests. It seems like all the nests are directly over stalls. Wonder what the survival rate is. |
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Post by kskatt on Jul 31, 2016 2:50:11 GMT
Cute little bird.. hopefully you can just put it into a cage with hay for a nest and you will have to feed it often. hl4l. there is no link in your post on what to do with baby birds i find them in my indoor arena all the time and just move them into a corner.. and i do watch mom feeding them.. now i have barn swallows jumping out of the nests and landing on the ground. they squack and slither around but the moms and dad swoop in and feed them. in a couple of days they are flying around.. this one you have is way young hopefully in a week it will be ok. That would be fun to watch! Inside, like that, would keep them safer from predators like owls and coyotes. Do you have any dogs and/or cats? My cats don't seem to go over to the shed much, though that was another thing to worry about. |
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Post by kskatt on Jul 31, 2016 3:05:55 GMT
The mama bird or siblings pushed it out of the nest for a reason....twice.
I'm sorry but it probably won't survive. More than likely it is to weak, or sick.
It is instinctive to get rid of what is not healthy.
If the chick had a chance to thrive and survive from the mothers care, it would of been left in the nest...and if it "fell" out the mama bird would of taken care of it on the ground.
I know you want to save it...
Sometimes it is kinder to let nature take the course that was intended...
I did find this for you....
If you read far enough along it gives ideas of foods and how to get the bird to eat...
www.wikihow.com/Feed-a-Baby-Bird
Good luck....
I hope the baby makes it but also know Mother Nature usually knows best.
I do hear you, I understand. Any time I hear of, read about, or think of how that is, it still makes me so very sad. It's mostly the thought of the baby, left alone and cold to starve. It would be a little easier if the death was fast. As tiny as this baby seemed, it had all the feathers that the articles say fits a fledgling, which is the age they do leave the nest. What I was learning with the reading. That's why I put it back out. I have no doubt you're right, this one just wasn't strong. |
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Post by hugs on Jul 31, 2016 3:29:11 GMT
If I lived at home I know I would have tried too.
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Post by Terry on Jul 31, 2016 15:38:45 GMT
Sorry the little baby bird didn't make it. Sounds like you tried your best. I tried to save some baby birds in the past and it didn't end well for me either. No one can care for them quite like their moms, but at least you tried.
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Post by kskatt on Aug 1, 2016 1:05:27 GMT
What about the utube videos? Did you get to see anything, does it take you to my account? Did you get to see the second baby? The difference, health wise, was huge. I think it hurt me more finding that one dead. It had a better chance of surviving.
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Post by nhg on Aug 8, 2016 4:40:23 GMT
Poor little thing. It was sweet of you to try to save it. Too young to make that easy, though. I've heard that there are some babies that are very hard to rear such as baby birds and bunnies.
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