Question category: I Found a Wild Bird or Mammal

How do I feed abandoned new born wild chick

A grackle got hurt in my yard and I got it in a cage now. I read they need a high protein diet. I have high protein chicken feed… If I wet this into a mash, will this be good enough for the grackle? What else should I feed it? What about any special treats?

I saved a small sparrow from being eaten by some dogs, and when I picked it up, I saw that it had a wound on its side. How and how much do I administer amoxicillin to this tiny bird?

I found it while it was nestling and took care of it with whatever knowledge I had it started to grow feathers and was very happy for 2 weeks and today’s suddenly she didn’t eat anything from the morning and couldn’t excrete and died in the evening.

I found a new born bulbul in a park and took it with me. I took care of it for about 3 weeks. It was all healthy and fine but one day I bathed it with water only and it suddenly became so sick and died within few hours. Was bathing the cause of its […]

I picked up a dove this morning that couldn’t fly . I think it may have been struck by a car . It looks like some tail feathers are missing but has no other injuries we can see . We put it in a box with bird food and water . Any suggestions?

I found a very exhausted bird in the scorching hot sun in the middle of the street, I picked it up with bare hands and put it in the shade but it was too hot still so I went on my way to a cooler place until it died in my hands. It looked pretty […]

There is an open nest above my side door, the bird had four babies, yesterday I found one of the babies on the ground, it’s eyes where open but it wasn’t moving, I checked to see if he/she was stiff or cold an it wasn’t, I read to put the baby back in the nest […]

All the babies died after a couple of days should i remove so the mom dont see babies dead and cause her additional sadness. Im not sure if she will come looking for them and panic or she knows they are dead? She made a nest in my balcony plant buy they didnt servive im […]

My crow is 3 years old and she doesnt eat meat. I did as much research as i could about her natural diet before and after bringing her home, but she doesnt want to follow it. She eats fruit (bananas, strawberries, often apples), vegetables (potatoes, squash, cucumbers), dairy (cheese, yogurts) and grits, but she refuses […]

so tonight i found a baby ababil bird out of its nest, its eye are open and it cant seem to fly, i put the baby bird in a box outside near the nest.

hi I’m Mahia so basically I was walking with my friend and I saw a hurt sparrow and think it was hurt so basically we were trying to catch it and when I caught it we took it home and fed it apple slices which they are small and after that we left it alone […]