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| Question about Pets:Taking care of a newborn bird.am i doing it right? |
The very, very best thing to do for this baby is to put it back in the nest, if you can find it. Don't worry - the mom won't reject it because you handled it. Birds do not have an acute sense of smell. Bird banders and wildlife biologists handle baby wild birds with their bare hands all the time, and the parents do not reject the babies when they are returned to the nests.
If you can not do this, the next very best thing to do is contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. You can find one here: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact....
These people have the training and the resources to care for sick, injured and orphaned wild animals. They are the best chance for this baby's survival.
You should not attempt to keep the bird yourself. First, if you live in the US, it is illegal to keep most native wild species without the proper licenses. Second, and more important, if you do not have the proper training, you can do more harm than good. Finding a recipe and directions on the internet helps some, but it is no substitute for training and experience. I like the way this website explains it: "First of all, there are federal and state laws that prohibit keeping wild birds. And there are so many important but subtle elements to raising a wild bird that the job is only legally entrusted to licensed rehabilitators. Many well-meaning people raise baby birds or rescue birds from cats or after accidents, and sometimes they don't realize that the bird in their care is suffering from a serious dietary deficiency. Some of the problems aren't apparent to untrained people, but can cause death, or make the bird less likely to evade predators or to survive harsh natural weather conditions."
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/robin/f...
You cared enough to try to save the bird. Please care enough to do what is best for it now, and either return it to the nest, or find a licensed professional to care for it.
former volunteer - Avian Rehabilitation Center
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