why do baby birds keep chirping even afte i fed them?

Question

I found a baby bird unharmed in my backyard. I took him in and keep feeding it tuna but every 10 min. it's hungry and I can not get to sleep. I fed it like 10-20 times in the whole day. He keeps chirping and I can't make him stop without giving him food every 10 min. And then he goes to sleep. After 10 min same thing happens, chirping and hungry. What should I do to stop? I want him to live. The good thing is nights he never chirps. I think he sleeps. From liek 9pm to 6am he sleeps.

How do I stop it from chirping I don't have time to feed it every 10 minutes? And plus I did leave him where I found him for 1 hour and I came back and he was still there laying there.

how do I get sleep? I need to live my own life too.

Answer 1

He can easily live with feedings every three to four hours - just make sure he doesn't dehydrate. Keep him in a dark area and he will most likely stay quiet.

Answer 2

Baby bird listen up. Babies will look at you as the Mother and if your presence is near they will chirp for you. You have to feed them and then let them sleep. Any noise they automatically think its feeding time. When a Mother bird flys near the nest the automatically start chirping with their heads up for a nice tasty worm Momma robbed from a fisherman nearby out of his bait box.

They have to be fed throughout the day and at night it is rest time so lights out. In the day feed themand feed them. It isa constant job because these birds will grow so fast in a matter of two weeks their flying.

Answer 3

You should not have taken it in your house. Its mother was probably nearby - you never take them away unless you are 100% certain it has been orphaned. Baby birds need a lot of care - you have to hand it in to an animal rescue centre asap. It may not be hungry at all and could just be that it wants its mum! I think as soon as you can you should take it somewhere that it will be cared for properly - you could be doing it damage by feeding it the wrong thing even though you mean well.

Answer 4

He's a baby...babies are ALWAYS hungry. Tuna isn't the right food for a wild bird though. He's probably chirping because you're making him sick with the tuna. Take him to a "wild animal" rescue You have no clue as to what you are doing and are going to kill the poor thing.

Answer 5

Baby birds eat all the time. Now you are finding out why the parent birds are constantly looking for food to feed them.

Answer 6

These sites explain all about what to do for orphan and injured birds -
http://www.crowsystems.com/rehab/babybird.html - this is an excellent article - be sure to read down the entire page for info on how to care.
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 7

birds are like that. because birds eat about 10 times their own weight a day, they are always hungry. just keep feeding it.

Answer 8

Bird Chirping

Answer 9

baby birds are growing quickly.they are bottomless pits when it comes to eating.even mother/father birds have trouble supllying enough food for thier fledglings.good luck.

Answer 10

Yes, that's a good point