My dad was cutting down a tree and he now is looking after them, we dohn't know the type of bird though. shall we keep them in there nest and under a light and what do we feed them?
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I would contact your local game warden or wildlife sanctuary. Caring for baby birds is hard. You have to maintain certain temperatures and humidity, feed them appropriate foods every 2 hours all day, and so on. You're better off (and so are they) finding someone with experience to take on this task.
Hello..depends on their age what you feed them, very young birds still needing their parents require ground up foods like worms %26 beetles fed with an eye dropper ( dig for local worms or bugs or bought meal worms, wax worms, crickets etc from pet stores or bait shops )..even then it's very hard to keep them %26 keep them alive..they need feeding often like every hour ..24 hours a day..if you can keep them alive till they begin to eat on their own..then you can let them go once they are flying %26 eating on their own, when they get to the size to eat on their own..then it's best to use the local bugs in your area ..or if it hasn't been too long you may even be able to put the birds securely in another close by tree to the one you removed..birds dont' smell, but they do hear their young..if it's been a day or 2 tho, chances are the parents have been back %26 realized no more nest, so they will leave..Take Care :)
the tree should have been left there until the birds hatched and left the nest themselves.
if you dont know what type of bird it is things are goingg to be very hard. Bird eggs need different conditions according to their breed, and the babies need contant care.
just putting them under a light to heat them will not work.
It is very unlikely they will survive.
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First of all, make sure that there is no way you can simply return the nest and let the parents take over again. It doesn't matter if you've handled them, the parents will still want their babies back.
The next best thing to do is to find a wildlife rehab centre and bring them in. They're experts at raising baby animals.
That said, if you really want to raise them yourself, it's important to know what type of bird they are. If the parents are raising their young on worms/insects, you can actually substitute that diet with one of wet canned dogfood, milk and egg yolks. See the link below to read more.
call dept of natural resourses. They will tell you what to do. If you don't have one call a bird santuary or the vet. Yes the light is good don't handle them except to feed them. Turtle food, from a can; yes they do make turtle food in a can!!
GUESS WHAT??
well, yesterday i found this bird and its nest laying dead on the ground. (i thought it was a baby bird.)
then like two hours later, two more birds fell and died, right next to my front stairs.
they were actually the babies, and they had recently hatched.
and now theyre all gross.
my suggestion: google.
i wish i couldve helped those birds yesterday :/
I have tried that several times and the poor babies always died anyway. I tried keeping them warm with a light bulb like my grandparents did with baby chicks. I even dug up worms (yuck) from my garden to mash and feed them like the bird man of Alcatraz. But maybe you'll have better luck. Good luck.
Leave the nest somewhere by the tree. The parents WILL come back. Don't take them home, expecially if you are not a professional bird person. If you've already ripped them away from their parents, call a vet or SPCA and ask the the number of the nearest bird rescue organization. But my first choice is PUT THEM BACK!
Try to put the nest back as close to where it was originally located. Your father broke the law by trimming this tree during breeding season. There is a law called the Migratory Bird Treaty Law that forbids disturbing any nest of ANY native species, that is why tree trimming is NOT done during the spring. If you cannot put the nest back, take the birds to a wildlife rehab as they will be difficult to raise on your own.
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