Newborn bird...

[Nami]

I found my cat played with newborn bird this noon. At first i thought it's some weird bugs or something. Then I notice it's some newborn-thought it's a rat or some other stray cat's kitten. When I picked up, it's a bird.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/kaitouslacker/DSCN1725.jpg
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I tried to feed it with mashed cat food, but he doesn't open his mouth..He can moves and tweet softly sometimes though.

I don't know what to do. Personally, I can't leave him outside, because my cat will eat it. My house also looks like a miniature jungle, so there are lots of bird here and I can't find its nest or its mother. (.__.)

So my mom said to leave the guy in the pot that is hanging in the balcony because the cat can't reach it, so the mother bird will find her baby....It's getting dark now here. And he's still there. I want to keep him in but my mom won't allow. She said that I steal the bird's baby if I do that and the mother bird will never find him. Yet, it's getting dark now and he didn't eat anything since the time I found him. :( What should I do?

It's 7PM now, and he's still outside in a pot. (.__.)

[master terrence]

feed it small things such as rice I suppose

http://www.lafeber.com/products/feeding_instructions.asp


So is your house really like a jungle? like with tree's and stuff growing out of the tile? 'cause that would be pretty sweet.


Also, you know what you are doing is kind of illegal in some states (the taking of a wild bird, injured or not, into your care).

FEEDING
Nestlings require frequent feedings-- as much as every 30 minutes from dawn to dark. One person should take care of the bird to avoid excessive human contact. (Don't tame the bird!). Food should be at room temperature and of soft consistency. The bird shouldn't need water if the food is fairly moist.

Begin feeding young birds with an eyedropper. Fill the dropper so there are no air bubbles. If the bird won't open its mouth when food is presented, gently open the beak by slipping a fingernail between the upper and lower jaws and prying them apart. Put the dropper in the back of the bird's throat, behind the tongue, and slowly squeeze the dropper. Be careful not to get fluid in the breathing tube in the floor of the mouth just behind the tongue. Clean food from the beak and feathers with a moist tissue.

Later the bird will take thicker food and will eventually open the beak when it sees food or it may even squawk when it wants food. Stick the food to the end of a pointed popsicle stick or a drinking straw cut on a slant and give it to the bird. Do not use metal tweezers--they may damage the bird's tender mouth. As the bird grows it will eat more, but less frequently.

FOOD
Birds have a high metabolic rate and a high energy requirement. Bread crumbs and milk are not sufficient. Most baby birds are unable to feed themselves; normally the parents feed them, so putting bird seeds or worms in the box does no good. You have to put the food into the baby. At first you may have to pry open the beak to do this, but soon the bird will realize that you are the source of food (Momma) and will open its beak and squawk whenever it is hungry or when it hears you approach. Feed it when it asks for it. When it has enough it will collapse and sleep until it is hungry again.

Emergency Food

When a bird is first found, it likely is hungry and dehydrated. You may make a quick food that will keep the bird alive until you can prepare a complete diet. The following recipes are for emergency use only and should not be used for more than a few hours since they are only "energy" foods, not "growing" foods.

Mix 4 tsp. water and 1 tsp. sugar - OR
2 tsp. water and 1 tsp. white Karo syrup - OR
2 egg yolks and 2 oz. boiled and cooled Coca Cola.

Feed the mixture with an eyedropper. Fill the dropper, poke it down the bird's throat (past the entrance to the air pipe or trachea), and pump it in. Take care to keep the food from soiling the bird's feathers. Once it dries, it will be very difficult to remove without harming the bird.


http://www.csubak.edu/FACT/baby_bird_care.htm


Make sure you are using moist food.

Esophagus not trachea.
http://www.biologycorner.com/resources/bird_anatomy.jpg

[Nami]

So is your house really like a jungle? like with tree's and stuff growing out of the tile? 'cause that would be pretty sweet.

Yes it is. ^^; Sweet? (.__.) My mom hates it, and I hates it even more. It's s pain to clean up. ;-; Somestimes we have to hire people to cut down the trees and it costs a lot. If i have enough money I will just pour thick cement over the floor instead.

Also, you know what you are doing is kind of illegal in some states (the taking of a wild bird, injured or not, into your care).


Yes, and it'd be easier if I am there but I'm not in the States right now. (._.)

By the way...

I took the bird in my room now. It tweet sometimes but won't open the mouth wide enough....except when it's the time I didn't expect it-whenever I put the food near the guy, he shut his mouth. When I took the food off, he open the mouth wide.....only for a second or so.... T__T

Oh, and another people in another board I post said it's a dove. >.> Any comment or suggestion?

[CrossboneGundam]

I don't know where you are, but if they have anything like a humane society or audubon society, it's chances are probably best there. A lot of birds will reject their own young if a foreign scent has rubbed off on them.

[Nami]

I don't know...I have a mixed response on this. some said it will reject their babies because of the scent. some said, they don't. Anyway, I'm not sure he/she will make it through the night or not because he won't eat.

He has becomes quiet now...since I dropped him while I tried to feed him. He's still breathing though. Hence I dropped him twice at noon for the same reason and he's quiet at that time too. but he moves a lot and tweet a lot when I brought him in.

He also can't stand, and when he pecks, he pecks on another place that doesn't have food. >__< Which is another reason why it's so hard to feed him.

[Raziel_MGS]

all i can say is good luck, hope the bird does ok in the end

[Evil_Koala]

If it's a dove...IT HAS TO LIVE! OR THE WORLD WILL BE IN CHAOS FOR ANOTHER 800 YEARS ZOMG H4XX0RZ CALL THE GESTAPO! CALL THE KGB! CALL THE RAF! CALL THE GREEN BERETS!

Feed it steak.

[Nami]

It won't open it mouth or beak. ;0; He does get all active and tweet again now though. It seems like he know it's food but he won't open his mouth. He just tweet and move around and peck...without open the mouth...--;

[Lord Dagoth]

Doesn't rice makes a bird's stomach explode or something?

[Old Ape Face]

Doesn't rice makes a bird's stomach explode or something?

no that's Alcaseltzer

[Lord Dagoth]

I know alkaseltzer does it...but I think I remember hearing some where that if you feed a bird rice it'll kill them.

[Old Ape Face]

i dono anything that makes you burp would :P

[Lord Dagoth]

never mind...I Googled it and found this

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/birdrice.asp

[Bernard_Monsha]

I took the bird in my room now. It tweet sometimes but won't open the mouth wide enough....except when it's the time I didn't expect it-whenever I put the food near the guy, he shut his mouth. When I took the food off, he open the mouth wide.....only for a second or so.... T__T

Oh, and another people in another board I post said it's a dove. >.> Any comment or suggestion?

You are going to have to force feed it, it will not openn it's mout automatically

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/caring_for_wildlife/carers_kit/birds/raising_juvenile_birds/

[Old Ape Face]

well that completely Obliterates my Alkaseltzer theory.

[Lord Dagoth]

"Feed adult small birds every two hours during daylight."

lol...sucks for you.

[Nami]

You are going to have to force feed it, it will not openn it's mout automatically

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/caring_for_wildlife/carers_kit/birds/raising_juvenile_birds/

Thank you for the link, Bernard. :)