We recently built a home and there were several baby birds trapped in the attic. What should I feed them?

Question

I know four of them are robins and I am unsure of the other one.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

If the parents can not get to them, Immediately phone animal control and find a local wildlife rehabilitator! Depending on whether they have feathers yet or not, these babies will need to be placed on a heating pad on low (not directly-use a light towel or pillow case in between) and fed every 30 minutes daylight to dusk .The closest correct answer for food has been the purina dog food senior, mixed in a blender with water until it can go in a syringe... the birds can drown if it is not placed to the BACK of the throat. This is a temporary solution until a rehabber can be located.

Answer 3

Ok first of all DO NOT feed them worms it may sound dumb but in the wild robins will eat worms but worms can actualy carry womrs that can get into the robins liver not killing it but giving it a shorter life span.

Heres a robin formula I am raising a robin right now so this is great for all the baby robins.

1 cup of dog food Purina senior is good.

1/4 apple sauce non sweetened.

1 boiled egg.

1 tums mint is ok [ this is for calcium]

Now let the dog food sit a bit then add the rest of the ingredients and moosh it up till its soft then use a tooth pick to feed it to the robins if they dont open there beaks open it yourself but do it gently sooner or later they shall learn to open there beaks.

Now you can phone a wildlife centre to take the robins so that they may set them free.

Goodluck.

Answer 4

Try animal control, if they do not to help out, although they should at least tell you about what to feed them.
If it gets down to it you can try feeding them, meal worms crushed up partial. Some watered down babies milk. Several small feedings will be needed. Make sure they are protected from weather, be it hot or cold or whatever.
Also before trying feeding yourself see if any parents around and do they have access, although at this time it may be to late for such.

Answer 5

what you should do feed them wild bird food that they sell at the store like cocktails food or canary food or just plain wild food they sell at walmart or any grocery and retail store for ex, Walgreen's, CBS, target. or you want worms are good. buy a bird feeder and put the food there or small plate. just be careful when you feed it don't want to get bit or ant diseases because is a bird from outside is not a pet.

Answer 6

The babies may not live, but you can buy worms and put them in a blender, get a syringe (without a needle of course) and feed them like that. you can also use a dropper. They need to be fed every two to three hours so you may not be able to help them.

Answer 7

Nothing, unless you blocked the parents out. If you did unblock it and let the babies grow up and leave on their own.
Call wildlife rescue, get the number from the vet, they will be able to take care of the little ones.

Answer 8

If you are trying to kill them try rat poison.

If you are trying to feed them soak bread pieces in milk and place it in a bowl. Unless they are very young then you will need to use an eye dropper and give them milk.

by the way where is their mother?

Answer 9

robins will eat small worms, many baby birds will also eat cormeal mixed with water

Answer 10

Give them wild bird seed, since they are wild.