found a small injured bird in yard

[spaceman]

he dont look like hes doing well,flies were swooping in on him,small youngbird afaik
i put him in a screen top aquarium with a dish of water in the shade of carport with a towel
any advice
hes breaking my heart🙁

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Honestly.. It is very unlikely that he will make it but you might try calling a local vet to see what they recommend for you to do.

 

[Newbian]

Preheat the stove to 425 and make a snack.

 

[Chrono]

eat it

 

[FoBoT]

such is life in the Animal Kingdom

 

[Krazy4Real]

Time heals all wounds.

 

[iRONic]

Wwjbd?

 

[CycloWizard]

A wildlife rescue place is your best bet. They have the expertise needed to raise him until he's old enough to be released back into the wild.

 

[fatpat268]

A bird? Should've just left it alone.

 

[Theb]

Release the hounds.

 

[blackdogdeek]

this happened at our house. we found a baby bird sitting on the driveway, unable to fly away, starting to get covered in ants. we called a friend who was an animal lover and she happened to know of a local wildlife rescue place. i called them up and they told me to put an old t-shirt in the bottom of a shoebox, put the bird in and then cover it up and drive it over to them.

when i got there they took the bird and informed me that he would be fine. he would be fed and cared for and eventually released back into the wild.

they said he was a baby cardinal and most likely what had happened was that he either fell out of the nest too early or the parents were killed.

 

[Ichinisan]

Probably have to use an eyedropper to give it water.

 

[SagaLore]

they said he was a baby cardinal and most likely what had happened was that he either fell out of the nest too early or the parents were killed.

FYI - I recently learned that after 2 weeks in the nest, the baby cardinals jump out before they're ready to fly. The parent birds will bring them food for another 10 days or so.

I watched that happen recently. I put 1 of the babies back in the nest just to watch it hop out again so I had to look it up. Even more interesting, there was another nest of some other kind of bird that getting too crowded with the babies, so then after a week of the cardinal's nest being empty, the other mommy bird somehow moved it babies to the cardinal's nest. 😱 :awe:

 

[Linflas]

he dont look like hes doing well,flies were swooping in on him,small youngbird afaik
i put him in a screen top aquarium with a dish of water in the shade of carport with a towel
any advice
hes breaking my heart🙁

Look to see if there is a Wildlife Hotline where you live and call them.