HI!!!!my mom found a baby sparrow about two days ago at her job and brought it home and we fed it wet bread and gave it water but we don't know if we are suppose to feed it a type of formula or worms or watever!its about 1 to 2 and has feathers but doesnt fly it also chirps and opesn its mouth for food!!!!WHat should i do???
2006-08-10 05:25:17 · 10 answers · asked by softballj 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Read below. This websites have all sorts of information on feeding baby sparrows and caring for them. Start with the pigeons.biz website.
Good luck.
2006-08-10 05:30:34 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First off keep the bird in an empty shoe box lined with towels, for a heat source use a desk lamp with a 40 or 60 watt blub. DON'T PUT THE LIGHT DIRECTLY OVER THE BIRD!!! sligtly off to the side will do just fine.
Secondly, go to your local petstore and go the reptile section and buy a few crickets(DON'T use the ones outside your house, they may have something on them that can kill your bird).
Once you get home put the crickets in a blender with a small amount of water(warm water will work but don't use tap water).
Blend up the crickets and give the mxture to the bird using a clean eyedropper or syrange without a needle. Take it easy when you feed the bird so he or she doesn't choke.
He or she will need to be fed every 2 to 3 hours(including during the night).
This is just some stuff you can do for the first 24 to 48 hours. After that you do have some options.
1. Calling a wildlife shelter to take the bird
or 2. Getting advice from a vet on how to take care of the bird.
If you get advice from a vet or someone who rehabs wild life chances are you can raise the bird until its old enough to be on its own.
2006-08-10 07:34:45 · answer #2 · answered by Checkers- the -Wolf 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey I took care of a baby sparrow when it was only some days old and I bought some formula for baby birds and you just get a glass eye dropper or a spoon and feed when it chirps for it. when all it feathers have grow your feed it insects and if it can fly you must let it and it might come back to eat where you live and stay near by it will eventually leave when it thinks it is ready like my does.If you want to teach to fly you throw it a bit in the air and catch it it will learn really fast. So I hope this helps you.
2006-08-10 07:08:22 · answer #3 · answered by hey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do not give it worms! it will die very quickly if you do! hard-boil an egg and offer the yolk to the baby. If it doesnt take it then it must be a bit too young to feed itself. DO NOT GIVE IT WATER.. it will go into the lungs and get aspiration which leads to pneumonia!
mash some nuts, corn flakes, rice crispies (no sugar), put a few drops of water in it, and feed it to the bird with a syringe. Open its mouth by putting the syringe in the corner of the mouth and gently tapping, or prying a tiny bit. Aim it to the left side of the bird's throat.. NOT YOUR LEFT... the Bird's left! and slowly release a tiny bit of food at a time. read the article below. DO NOT OVERFEED! message me at nyx_otos@hotmail.com if you need more help! i have hand raised and rehabilitated many baby birds successfully. don't follow any advice above about feeing worms, crickets etc. not necessary.
http://www.parrothatch.com/handfeeding-1.html
p.s. - a vet will NOT help you.. they don't bother helping with sparrows because they are not considered pet quality. if you take it to the animal shelter, they will barely take care of it there because it is time consuming.
2006-08-13 15:26:21 · answer #4 · answered by rockie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing you can do for it at this point is to take it to a wildlife rehab center. This site http://www.wildlife-international.org/EN/public/emergency/emergencyrehab.html can help you find one near you. (Make sure to find one that will take and rehab non-native species, since you probably have a house sparrow.)
What your mom should have done was to put it back in its nest if she could find it, or make a substitute nest and place it near the original nest. If the parent birds could find it, they would continue to feed it. (It is a myth that birds reject offspring that have been touched by humans- most birds don't have a sense of smell, and can't even tell if a human has touched their baby.)
Stop feeding it wet bread. This isn't good for it and doesn't have the nutrients it needs. If it can perch, you can give it a shallow dish of water (the lid of a babyfood jar is perfect), but not if it can't perch on its own.
To feed it, soak dry dog or catfood in water until it is mushy. Then mash it up with hard boiled egg yolk and babyfood or applesauce. You can feed it to the baby with blunt tweezers or a syringe without the needle. When you feed, only give a little at a time, so it can swallow between bites. When it opens its mouth, you should be able to see a hole in the back of its tongue- this leads to the trachea and the lungs. You need to make sure that this hole doesn't get covered with food or the baby could choke.
You can also feed it cut up berries and grapes, along with dead mealworms (it's important that the mealworms are dead, otherwise they could chew through the baby's crop) and crickets. (You can get mealworms and crickets from most petstores.) Feed with blunt forceps, like the dog/catfood mash.
Do not place water directly into its mouth. Birds can choke easily if you do this.
Put it in a cage with a small tub filled with tissue, like a nest. Put a towel over the cage so it has a calm place to be. Don't talk to it or pet it or cuddle it, since it can imprint on you (start to think of you/humans in general as mommy), and then it will be in trouble when it's released. If it can hop out of its "nest", or perch on the side, give it branches to perch on. (And you can also give it the small dish of water. You can also try giving it a small dish of food to see if it can eat on its own.)
It is illegal to keep native bird species in captivity, so if you want to keep it, you need to make sure that it is a house sparrow, not a native sparrow or some kind of finch.
It's best chance is at a wildlife rehab center, since the people there know what they're doing with it. (Again, make sure the center you find rehabs non-native species if it's a house sparrow.)
2006-08-10 06:53:05 · answer #5 · answered by kolvirbleys 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
phone the vets imeadiatley if it is infected or broken its wing and can heal and whereever your mum found it put it back there when it is fully recovered with some food because its mum might be looking for it . GOOD luck! from hannah
2006-08-10 06:27:37 · answer #6 · answered by hannah k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find worms or any kind of insects to feed and watch the liitle bird grow fast
2006-08-10 06:54:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it to a Veternarian and ask for food , supplies, and all that stuff to take care of Him/Her. Also, Shuedule daily appointments (and buy a cage too!
2006-08-10 05:31:11 · answer #8 · answered by Shannon S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
call a vet and ask what you should do without having to take the bird in, that happened to me before and they were pretty good about giving advice
2006-08-10 05:31:44 · answer #9 · answered by sassy2sloppy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sparrows can be kept as pets. Keep it.
2006-08-10 07:08:35 · answer #10 · answered by keℓsey<3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋