Wildlife Rehab

[GitaBooks]

I have once had a pigeon fly into my house through a open window! It took about 30 minutes to get him out!

Wishes,
Diana

We had a wren do the same thing! Sometimes you wish you could just explain to them that if they held still for one minute they would be free.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Dianacatz]

Yeah. It took so long to get the bird out!

Wishes,
Diana

 

[GitaBooks]

Robin Red-breast, the little fledgling that was attacked by grackles. Grackles are nasty creatures and use their beaks to stab chicks so they don't grow up to be competition. This poor little guy actually had a hole in his side and (gross as this sounds) his insides were coming out of it. We pushed them back in (yuck) and he healed up just fine. Once he was healthy enough we brought him to the wildlife rehabbers so they could train him how to be wild before release.
He LOVED earthworms, which is what robins practically live on. Hints the bucket of dirt next to him. Some of those nigthcrawlers seem to be as large as him!

 

[GitaBooks]

Its actually very hard to tell what this animal is, but I believe it is the baby squirrels we tried to help. We saved a mother squirrel that was hit by a car and helped her get better before releasing her again (I think we named her Rusty). She gave birth while in our house, but unfortunately the kits didn't survive.

Her story was a miracle one though, and I'll try to find the pictures of her so you can see.

 

[Eggsoteric]

One note: If you touch baby birds and try to release them their parents will not accept them because they have human scent on them and they will abandon them. Next time if you are going to release them try to pick them up with a cloth, rag or something else than your hands. Hope this helps.

This is not true at all. Birds generally have a poor sense of smell.

 

[CherriesBrood]

One note: If you touch baby birds and try to release them their parents will not accept them because they have human scent on them and they will abandon them. Next time if you are going to release them try to pick them up with a cloth, rag or something else than your hands. Hope this helps.

This is not true at all.  Birds generally have a poor sense of smell.  

Hmm I always heard that they won't except them. I actually saw them once on television try and the mother didn't come back for two days because of human smell.

 

[GitaBooks]

Hmm I always heard that they won't except them. I actually saw them once on television try and the mother didn't come back for two days because of human smell.

All that science stuff can be confusing, can't it.

There might be some truth to it, though it may not have been the human smell so much as that they knew humans had been in the area. birds have far better eyesight then people and notice things really quickly, so they may have seen the people or seen the change in the environment. Some birds even see in ultraviolet, which is really cool.

 

[CherriesBrood]

Yes! It can be!
It is very cool how they can see in ultraviolet!
It looks like you have rescued more animals and have more experience than anyone else here.
If you want to get more help with other animals besides poultry you could check out backyardherds.com I just joined them they are BYC except BYH. They are a great site too!

 

[GitaBooks]

I'm already a member.

We don't have any livestock right now, but I really want to work with them eventually.

 

[Eggsoteric]

Hmm I always heard that they won't except them. I actually saw them once on television try and the mother didn't come back for two days because of human smell.

It's as GitaBooks stated. Wild birds are very aware of their surroundings. Chances are good that the mother bird didn't return for a few days because something was disturbed or looked out of place which can indicate predators. Every winter we put out live meal worms in cups on the fence posts for the bluebirds, woodpeckers and mockingbirds and every year it takes them a little while to realize it's actually food and not some nefarious plan of ours to capture and cage them.

Thankfully, it doesn't take them too long to start feasting.