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I had a bird nest in my carport. I made sure I left it alone and made sure people walked away from it.
This morning I noticed the nest was on the ground in many pieces. It broke my heart. I kind of live in the woods so perhaps an animal knocked it down. Whenever I had to walk by it, I'd sneak a look and could see the mom and babies in the nest. It's like the mom felt safe around me and wouldn't fly away when I walked by anymore.
Now the mother won't come back. I can look inside and see about 3 birds that look like they were born maybe yesterday. They are pink with no feathers. They open their beaks but no food.
Is there anything I can do to keep them alive or are they destined to die? I feel so bad for them and the little mother.
Should I go out and dig for worms? Would they eat them?
Take them inside into a warm place. Wrap a towel loosely around the group of them. Some birds eat reguritated seeds, others eat worms and the like. Do you know what bird species they are?
Call local rescue groups. Baby birds must eat often, so they won't last very long with no food. I have raised baby parrots, in which you bend the two sides of a spoon upwards. A syringe might work too. You have to 'shoot' the food deep enough to whereas they swallow. Make sure it is warmed too. As warm as a baby bottle fluid for a human child would be. You don't want them to eat cold food because they are so tiny, cold food could make them too cold.
Please get them inside and warmed up. I wanted to respond right away so you can do that. Hopefully, others with more experience than me can chime in soon, and help you further.
Take them inside into a warm place. Wrap a towel loosely around the group of them. Some birds eat reguritated seeds, others eat worms and the like. Do you know what bird species they are?
Call local rescue groups. Baby birds must eat often, so they won't last very long with no food. I have raised baby parrots, in which you bend the two sides of a spoon upwards. A syringe might work too. You have to 'shoot' the food deep enough to whereas they swallow. Make sure it is warmed too. As warm as a baby bottle fluid for a human child would be. You don't want them to eat cold food because they are so tiny, cold food could make them too cold.
Please get them inside and warmed up. I wanted to respond right away so you can do that. Hopefully, others with more experience than me can chime in soon, and help you further.
You can go to the pet store and buy mealworms. They also have dried mealworms if you want to go that route.
Make a wet paste with them and use a syringe to feed them until you can get them to a wildlife shelter.
If you can get live mealworms, they may take them whole from your hands, just make sure they go down their gullet
completely.
If you have sunflower seeds, make sure to rinse all the salt off, and make a wet paste of them. They will eat that too. A loose, wet peanut butter paste would also work, or a mixture of both/all three.
Thank you for being a kind soul and trying to help these poor little creatures.
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Dry baby cereal mixed with water, loose, in a medicine dropper. Also, some mashed soft fruit like strawberries.We did this many times when I was a kid and we had them fall out of nests. Raised them until they could fly away. Meanwhile look for a rescue center. We didn’t have those back then, but there were 9 of us so we could take turns feeding. They need to eat every 2-3 hours.
Thanks everyone. Even though yesterday I had picked the part of the nest that had the birds/eggs off the carport floor and placed it where it was originally, their mom is back this morning. Yay. Happy Mothers Day to the mom and her babies.
I figured when I picked it up, there was no way the mom was going to touch that nest anymore but at the moment it was instinct and I knew they'd never live on the carport ground but I'm excited the little babies are being taken care of and the mom didn't leave.
Wonderful! I went thru a very similar thing recently. Thought mom disappeared so did some research and then mom returned.
(by the way.. most of what I read said to take canned cat food or dog food, thin it a bit and feed with a dropper and don't give them water at all)
Thanks everyone. Even though yesterday I had picked the part of the nest that had the birds/eggs off the carport floor and placed it where it was originally, their mom is back this morning. Yay. Happy Mothers Day to the mom and her babies.
I figured when I picked it up, there was no way the mom was going to touch that nest anymore but at the moment it was instinct and I knew they'd never live on the carport ground but I'm excited the little babies are being taken care of and the mom didn't leave.
awesome!!
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