Thank you so much for all of your thoughtful comments. The poor little guy did not make it. I called my vet earlier and he told me what I suspected. It had pneumonia, and probably was sick already before it was found, that is likely why it was out of the nest in the first place. The pinfeather...
I did not call the department of wildlife or any government agency because to keep a roadrunner of any age is very illegal. I did not need a legal complication on top of everything else! I do not want to keep it, I just didn't want to let nature take it's course in such a horrible way for the...
A friend found it under his truck during a dust storm 3 days ago. Hi called me over to his house and asked me what he/me/we should do. We hunted and hunted for the nest but could not find it. Road runner nests are pretty big, so we should have found it. We went back to the little thing and ants...
A friend found it under his truck during a dust storm 3 days ago. Hi called me over to his house and asked me what he/me/we should do. We hunted and hunted for the nest but could not find it. Road runner nests are pretty big, so we should have found it. We went back to the little thing and ants...
Hi, I hope you can advise me what to do for this poor little guy! The closest wildlife rehab is 4+ hours away. I was not sure the little guy would make it and did not want to drive all that way to deliver a dead bird. Day 1: it ate pretty good though it would gag and spit out any piece of meat...
During a dust storm, a friend of mine found a road runner chick under his truck yesterday. The poor little thing is just getting his feathers, still has a little white fuzz on top of it's head. He was peeping pitifully and ants we're starting to get on it and we're biting it making it jump and...