i found two baby stray birds how do i feed them?

Answer 1

Don't feed them unless you know exactly what they need to be fed!

Call the humane society to see if they know who you need to contact. There should be a rescue in your area. If not, call your vet.

When in doubt, only give them water

I found a 2 week old humming bird once and this is what the rescue person told me to do from now on (I didn't give him/her anything to eat).

Answer 2

OK first get a box and line it with towels, get some hard cat food and soak it in water until no hardness is left. Keep birds away from all animals and people at all times. They need to be fed every 90 minutes for a few days then every other hour, they will let you know when they are hungry. To stimulate them to eat stroke their neck under their beaks, they should respond by opening their mouths. They should eat anywhere from 3-5 pieces of soggy cat food at a time. Just lay it in their open mouths, do not force it down their throat. Do not give them water, the water in the cat food is more than enough. Keep them warm and well fed and undisturbed and they should be fine. In the mean time do not pick them up, it will not do them any good. Find a bird rescue in your area, or a local wild life reserve. They will teach themselves how to fly, you will know it's time to set them free 1. they can perch on the side of the box, 2.they start to take practice jumps off the box, counters, etc. until they learn to fly. I hope all goes well!

Answer 3

You can go to any local pet store and get bird food for baby birds. It comes in a can and you mix it up and feed it with an eye dropper (or a spoon for older, weaning birds). It's how breeders hand-raise their babies.

If you don't want to buy that, you can try meat-based baby food (turkey, ham, etc). I have raised several baby pigeons that way. It's just a long process and they need constant temperature and feedings every 2 hours.

You can also purchase an item at the pet store called "monkey biscuits". You can soak them untill they turn to mush and feed that through an eye dropper. Just remember not to give them milk of any kind. There is a specific enzyme in it that baby birds cannot digest and will eventually shut down their digestive system and they will die.

Answer 4

If the birds you found are wild birds, the best thing to do is let them be. It is in our nature as humans, especially us nurturing ones to want and help them but this is not nature's way. Storms knock birds out of trees. Sometimes they are fledglings and parents are nearby. Wild birds eat different types of diets. You can't just go to the bait shop or the pet shop and get some food. The majority of conservation departments recommend leaving the birds alone unless it is an owl/hawk/eagle-bird of prey, and then you call the humane society and they will get ahold of someone to rehabilitate it because it is illegal to be in possession of them unless you have a permit to rehabilitate.

Answer 5

Go to a bait shop and get some worms. Mash then up just a tiny bit, and feed them to the babies every hour or so with a tweezer. They really need their mamma to teach them how to fly now. Most fledglings are leaving the nest now, and you may have two whose mommies are nearby, but afraid of you. They were probably teaching junior to fly, junior busted their butts, and gave up. Now you play stepmamma.

That chick below has NO idea what she's talking about. I grew up in the country. I know a thing or two about playing mammy to a fallen fledgling. If they are meant to survive, they will feed well, and they will grow their tail feathers and fly away under your care. If they are not meant to make it, then they will not. Simple as that. Where else but a bait shop, or Petsmart, are you going to find worms?? That chick is a nutty assed hippie.

Answer 6

Don't go to the bait shop there are pestisides on the worms that can KILL the bird. Call the animal rescue peopleDon't feed the baby bird

Answer 7

You don't. Look up wildlife rehabilatators in your area and bring the birds to them. It is very hard to successfully raise them until weaned. They can "imprint" and that makes it impossible for them to go free and they need specific nutrients. Do not try to do this yourself. More then likely, they will die without proper professional care.

Answer 8

You should go to the vet first and ask. If you cant find one or u cant afford one, you should feed it seeds.(buy bird food) When they sleep, put them in a shoebox with cotton inside. DONT CLOSE THE LID.

Answer 9

Do you've a flora and fauna rescue crew close to you? i ought to examine on that pronto. i stumbled on a infant sparrow once and a collection took it for me. They ultimately released it and despatched me a tremendous note telling me of its new stumbled on existence. If there is not any crew close to you, i imagine you need to carry it in. infant birds want to be fed about each and every 4 hours. i comprehend this sounds like plenty to do, yet you do look like the worried type. yet dazzling can be a flora and fauna rescue crew.

Answer 10

These sites explain all about what to do for orphan baby birds -
http://www.crowsystems.com/rehab/babybird.html - this is an excellent article - be sure to read down the entire page!
http://www.stokesbirdsathome.com/q&a/archive/qa108.html
http://besgroup.blogspot.com/2006/02/what-happened-when-nestling-fell-out.html
http://www.projectwildlife.org/find-babysongbirds.htm
And this Yahoo Best Answer too -
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1006050608886

I've got a lot of links to wildlife carers from a lot of countries on my site, at
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/links under "Wildlife Assistance" - just click on them all, click on your country and state, have a browse, 'phone them and ask their advice.

Very very best of luck.