I found a baby bird and I need to know how to fix its broken leg. It is about 7-10 days old and it is a starling. I cant bring it to a vet because I am 14 and my parents could care less about a bird. But I really care and I am trying to find a wildlife center within the next week that can give him a good environment. I have also been feeding it soggy puppy food. It seems healthy other that its posture.
2007-06-28 16:02:41 · 4 answers · asked by morgan 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
You can call avian rescue centers, wildlife centers, vets, and even the local animal control! These will all take good care of the bird and usually will come and get the bird from you for free. If you don't know how to find these places, call the non-emergency police line (in the phone book) and even if you don't know this number, call 911 and they'll help you. I hope the bird gets better!
2007-06-28 16:08:35 · answer #1 · answered by Cliffieduckie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bird can not wait a week to get medical attention for a broken leg. It needs help now. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, please! You can find one here: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact.htm
Most of them do not charge any fee.
Some of them will come and pick up the animal from you.
They are trained and licensed by the state to provide medical care to injured wild animals.
When I was a volunteer at Avian Rehabilitation Center, I can not tell you how many birds were brought to us TOO LATE to save, because people would not listen to the advice of "Take the animal to a licensed professional." They thought they could do just as good a job as we could. By the time they brought the bird to us, it was starving, or had developed complications from its injuries. Even some of those we could save could never be released again, because untrained people attempted to set broken legs or wings, and permanently crippled the bird.
Please get it the help it needs right away!
2007-06-28 16:11:43 · answer #2 · answered by margecutter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call a vet to get the number of a rehabber now! Tell them your situation and they can come and pick it up from you. You are not helping by keeping an injured bird--it needs professional medical care to survive. And a correct diet.
2007-06-28 16:08:41 · answer #3 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not soggy puppy food use chicken gravy and potatoes season it well with salt,pepper, garlic,onions (ps dip the bird first in boiling water and the feathers come off like butter. leave the innerds intact. feeds 2 people. serve over cooked rice/with a house salad. tall galass of sweet tea with a sprig of mint for flavor. buttered french toast
2007-06-28 16:15:34 · answer #4 · answered by chucky5050 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋