my cat just drug in a baby bird. its still alive... what should i do?

Question

and what should i feed it.......?

Answer 1

omg poor bird! Is there any way you can get in touch with a vet? If not I don't know what you should do... sorry.

I hope its ok!

Answer 2

Injured birds must be kept very warm. Place him on some clean towels in a plastic storage box, on top of a heating pad set on the absolute lowest temperature. Keep him safely about a foot under a flexi-neck desk lamp with a 60 watt bulb. Don't handle him very much. Immediately contact a professional. Sick birds become dead birds quickly.

Call the local 24 hour veterinary clinic and ask for advice. There will almost certainly be someone who will treat or care for this bird, but if there isn't, you'll find helpful advice and possibly local aid here:

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/

There's a wildlife rescue near you somewhere. Enter "wildlife rescue" and "(place you live)" in your browser and you'll know who to call. Leave a message if they aren't there, and call again first thing when they open.

I know you want to help and you're doing the right thing. Don't feel too guilty if the bird doesn't make it, but don't give up on him. He very well could. Give him a few millileters of warm pedialyte through a dropper every hour. You can also offer him warm baby food. Make sure you stir it evenly if you put it in the microwave (not recommended), because it will contain random hot spots which will burn his crop and send him into further shock.

When you feed him, it is very important that you hold the dropper in the right direction. Otherwise, he will drown on the food. His crop is on his right and his lung is on his left. If he's facing you, hold the dropper in your right hand, and aim it through the open side of his beak on your right, and empty the dropper very slowly against the inside of his beak to your left. Allow him time to swallow it. He may pump against the dropper. Be prepared to move it quickly away from him. He could injure himself by swallowing it.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Look the bird over very good. See if you can see any holes in the skin. If there are not any you might be able to keep it warm for a little while and leave it alone to its self. This will allow it to recupe and then you can let it go if it can fly. If not you may have a house guest for a little while. Damp bread or cat food is about all you can feed it. do not give it water and for sure no milk. It will get the water from the damp bread.

If the bird has holes in it or scraches you might go ahead and kill it. It will most likely die anyway. Not much you can do for it.

Pet the cat for doing a good job of hunting and bring home food for you to eat. Your cat really thinks it is brought you a gift. This is what cats do.

Now if you have an inside bird and the cat tries to attack it you might want to puinsh the cat with a spray bottle or something to let him know it is yours and not his. My cat respects my house birds but knows it can catch anything outside he wants. And he is good at it.

Answer 4

Put the bird in a cage and hang up haigher as possible, take the cat to the veterinary or both!

Answer 5

If it's been scratched by the cat it'll end up dying. Feed it bird seed from the pet store.

Answer 6

Contact a wildlife rehabber in your area and drop off the bird. It is very hard to sucessfully raise an injured bird. It`s also the best thing you could do.

Answer 7

my cat does this alot with both mice and birds.. the creature is usually in shock and it is that that kills them... if you cup it gently in your hands so its safe dark and warm.. it will eventuall move slowly ..it might take a while ...but i have released almost every one my cat has brought in .....alive ...hes 10 now so its been quite a few lol...dont try to feed it just let it recover from the shock and raise its body temperature ..if its not too badly hurt it will be fine...and release it up high.. where the mother can get to it to feed it ...

Answer 8

In your situation I have scooped up the baby bird, ran out with it and released it high on a chain link fence...the bird got instantly on the other side and in a second was airborn...

Answer 9

If it's not half-dead call your local animal shelter and they'll give you all the info. you need~~~I and my daughter find birds that have been hurt we give them to a woman who specializes in helping them heal and putting them back into the wild. If it's really messed up finish the job.

Answer 10

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 these Yahoo Answers too -
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq1GdvtmX27UJrgshR77Jersy6IX?qid=20060711181307AAZ59uh
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 11

Can the bird fly? If it cannot fly, it will probably die.. Is it a big or baby bird? If it can fly.. then return it to the yard and perhaps it will fly away