In the spring and in the summer many people quite often encounter the little helpless baby birds who dropped out of a nest. Most often it is representatives of sparrow and pigeon families. The first rush of most of people – to save the unfortunate baby. The little know that actually the majority of such baby birds do not need the human help. Pay attention to the recommendations of professional ornithologists about what needs to be done in such situations.
It is required to you
- Shovel, flour hearts, earthworms, caterpillars, box, aquarium, cage.
Instruction
1. First of all, think whether really the baby bird needs your help. Probability is high that before you – a fledgling. So call baby birds who leave nests in spite of the fact that they still are not able to fly at all. At such chickabiddies still too small wings, they feathered insufficiently and are not able to support themselves. But it is absolutely normal: fledglings leave the nests because of a self-preservation instinct. Rules of survival in the wild nature are that that unfledged baby birds are forced to leave a nest as it is below much safer, and chances to be the found predator are much lower. And if it also finds a baby bird, then only he will die one, but not all brood. Therefore do not select fledglings!
2. Consider that you will not be able to set a baby bird free when he grows up as it will not be adapted for life at liberty. An exception to the rules – martins, they sponsor children until those learn to fly therefore the dropped-out strizhonok indeed needs your help. In other cases if you saw a baby bird in the place, dangerous to it (the carriageway, a bicycle track, the yard in which there are a lot of vagrant cats and dogs), just transfer it to thickets or put on the lower branch of a tree.
3. Immediately address the veterinarian if nevertheless picked up a baby bird. In 9 cases from 10 it will turn out that you picked up a fledgling, and only the highly professional veterinarian will be able to supply you with detailed information on how to look after such baby bird. Most of unfortunate saviors are not able to help to survive to a baby bird as, as a rule, people make the improvised nest and begin to feed with grain. It is absolutely inadmissible.
4. Place a baby bird in the warm place, in an aquarium or a cage. He has to sit at an equal firm bottom – any laying, cotton wool or poles. It is necessary to feed baby birds very often. At birds extremely fast metabolism, parents feed baby birds from 100 to 500 times a day. According to you it is necessary to monitor presence at a baby bird of a forage constantly. Baby birds flour and earthworms (you should dig out the last) and caterpillars eat (they should not be shaggy).
5. Do not try to give to drink to a baby bird! He does not need to drip water from the pipette or the syringe if you supplied it with a qualitative and plentiful forage, water is not required to it at all.
6. If you learned about the forthcoming difficulties on the same day in which you picked up a baby bird, carry him back. In several days will be already late.