[DM The Blue]

In our backyard today we found a dead bird.. cats go back there a lot too. Then We saw the mother and a baby bird. The baby bird looked mature but half the size of the mother which was rather large, like a pigeon or something size. We went to go look and the mother flew off but the baby couldnt fly yet so we took it in (fear of cats eating it) and put it in a large box with some towels. what should we do?

[M.S.]

Try to put it outside where there is no fear of cats, it may call for its mom and the mom may find it and feed it. Otherwise get some bread and mix it with water to make a watery dough. Fill a syringe without the need and full it with the liquid. Hold the bird and force it to open its beak and put the syring head in its mouth, slowly push the liquid into its beak and it will start eating it, feed it from 1 to 2cc of the liquid and wait for an our or two and do it again. Don't feed the bird too much though! Try to put some solid bread or seed for it as well, when you see it starts eating those regularly you won't need to syringe feed it anymore. Soon it will start flying and then you can let it go, just try to free it away from the cats so that it can live for a while!!

[rahul]

feed the baby bird by dipping some chapati in water for some time so that baby can eat it easilytry to put it in the mouth by using ur hand and keep the baby warm.

[gravedigger2u]

Just put the bird back in it's nest,and leave it be,along with the mother.You're just doing more harm than good for it anyways.It's not like the mother can't fend off some cat trying to get at it's baby for one,and two,I don't see you out there catching the bugs and worms it has to eat,to survive.Also,if you're so worried about this,then put up some type of birdhouse to cover the nest around the young bird and it's mother.

[ruthie]

I agree with gravedig leave the bird outside with the mother bird. You are scaring the mother away just as much as the cats. I know it is hard not to help but let nature way take care of the little bird. If it is a fledgling it is ready to leave the nest. When your home you can help keep the cat away.

[katie c]

i found a one day old rabin who had been blown out of the next. I kept it ina tubberware container, with lots of nesting material, with a heating pad under it (so it wouldnt boil).I fed it baby bird food from a tiny seringe. Your bird is probably old enough to eat regular bird food (i also found a baby pigion who had hopped in hot tar and had it all over his legs) and i fed him meal worms, wax worms and dove food.

[margecutter]

Most people do not realize that in the U.S. you need, by law, a license to have in your possession most species of wild birds. The exceptions to this are introduced, or non-native, species such as European Starlings and English House Sparrows.If you found an injured bird, or an abandoned baby bird, you should contact a local wildlife rehabilitation center and make arrangements to take the bird there or have someone come to your house to pick the bird up. The people at these facilities are trained and licensed, and can give the bird the best chance of survival and eventual return to their natural environment.