Anyone ever try to save a baby robin?

[EricShane]

OH This is Easy...

#1 Buy a dozen Night Crawlers from your local Bait Store

#2 Chew them up, swallow and Regurgitate into each birds mouth Hourly.



*evil grin*

 

[rebecca10782]

 

[gabby3535]

To give it the best chance, I would get it to a certified bird rehabilitator.
If you don't know of one.............your vet should.

 

[EricShane]

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*snicker*

 

[horsejody]

I have been in wildlife rescue. Birds and coons were a specialty of mine. Please do not take home baby birds you find on the ground. It is very common for babies to fall out or jump out of the nest (even if they don't have feathers yet!!!!!!!). The parents still care for them while they are on the ground! They only need rescuing if there is an immediate danger like cats. Call a rehab person and let them take the baby. Even if you can get it to survive, it still has to be reintroduced to the wild. Reintroducing a wild animal to nature is tricky.

 

[scullybird]

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Yeah... I tried that once. The chick drowned. Very sad.

 

[cassie]

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I have raised a bunch of baby birds over the years and it's really not that hard. I just soaked good quality dry dog food and fed it every hour or so during the daylight hours. Sometimes I used tweezers to poke it down. Kept them warm at night and they all did fine. When they were all feathered out and could fly, I either released them myself or took them to the wildlife rehab for them to do so. Someone suggested leaving babies that fall out of the nest on the ground. If you do that here you won't have to worry about them because they become cat food, or skunk food, or raccoon food in very short order.

 

[EricShane]

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Yeah... I tried that once. The chick drowned. Very sad.

 

[texas_is_home]

I've got my Blue and Gold Macaw when she had just been hatched. I had learn how to hand feed her with a syringe. I can tell you it was a very, very difficult couple of months. They need to eat almost every 2 hours depending on how young they are. I would get it to a wildlife rescue, unless your ready to take on a big job that could end in disappointment.

 

[cobrien]

I have rescued baby birds. I also fed them moistened dry cat food with a pair of small, clean needle nose pliers. Baby birds opened their mouth for me and I put each moistend (till soft) kibble gently in the back of their throats. Don't think there is much risk of them aspirating, unlike with chickens because the chickens won't open their mouth for me so there is more forcing / struggling.

Keep baby warm. Feed every hour during daylight hours, if they are doing okay you don't need to feed them at night, but if weak or not doing well, I'd feed a few times in the middle of the night.

The challenge is always reintegrating into the wild, for that I would take them to a rehab facility to get them used to fending on their own unless you have a big aviary.

good luck!