Emergency! Please Help!

[Chickiezz]

Sorry this is a bout a baby bird,not a chicken. but too bad!!!! The baby bird fell out of its nest and my cats attacked it. It's a blue Jay. The parents are going crazy and if you get any where near it they will dive at you, what should I do? If I leave it there my cats will get it,but I don't want to get human scent on it! Please help me!
BTW,sorry I didn't know who else to ask. It never happened to me before.

 

[phoenixmama]

Construct a small nest out of a kids shoe box, or something similarly sized. Put it up in the general vicinity of where the original nest is. The parents will find the baby bird and start feeding it in the nest that you stick it in. The "human scent" thing isn't a big concern for birds, so don't worry about that.

 

[Chickiezz]

are you sure about the scent??? I don't want the parents to kill it or anything.

 

[phoenixmama]

Oh, I forgot...if it is injured from your cats, then (if it were me) just put the thing down.

 

[Chickiezz]

I can't see if the injuries are bad or anything because the blue jays will attack if I go near it.
Oh Well I better go back outside and check on it thanks for the help!

 

[Imp]

I agree with phoenixmama. I have alway heard that the scent thing was inaccurate. Had a similiar thing happen to me years ago and the local PAWS office gave me the same advice.

Imp- Wash your hands after handling the bird. Good luck & thanks for caring

 

[Lil chick chick]

This happened to me before. Five cats had surrounded it. I ended up calling a local bird sanctuary. They said it was a fledgling and it had to live on the ground for a couple days, the parents would protect it. With cats around that is not a possibility. I called them back and they had me bring it to them. Can you get the baby back in the nest? If not... Make sure the baby is warm. Call your local bird sanctuary, they should take it.

 

[phoenixmama]

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I've read from several wild bird rehabilitation people that the scent thing isn't a concern with birds...their sense of smell supposedly isn't all that great anyway. It's most important, if found right away, to get it in a makeshift next up off the ground so that the parent's can continue feeding the baby.

 

[Uppity Peon]

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I've read from several wild bird rehabilitation people that the scent thing isn't a concern with birds...their sense of smell supposedly isn't all that great anyway. It's most important, if found right away, to get it in a makeshift next up off the ground so that the parent's can continue feeding the baby.

I have heard from people who rehab wild birds that they rarely survive after being attacked by a cat. So brace yourself, it may die from infection.

 

[morelcabin]

I used a juice container once when this happened to us. Cut the top off the jug nailed it to the tree as far as I could reach so the cats wouldn't get it and put straw in with the little bird. THe parents took care of it from there and in a week it had learned to fly and was gone from the makeshift nest