Baby bird help

[johnik]

Greetings all, hope someone can help me out here
i have been watching some bluetits going in and out of the nesting box for weeks, today the little ones flew off to make their way in the world....apart from the last one, he is a bit smaller than the rest, managed to bellyflop onto the grass, the parents have dissapeared, not seen them for a couple of hours now
i put him back into the box where he is sitting staring at the walls so question is, i am not wanting to ignore him and find him dead in the morning so the only option i have is to bring him in and find something to feed him with till he is strong enough to fly away
should i do this and have a warm feeling for the rest of the week or let nature take it,s course, if the former, what to feed him on ?

 

[hotponyshoes]

Water is the priority, they dehydrate pretty quickly.
It might be ill or too stressed out to drink & die anyway so try giving it some first before you bother sourcing food for it

 

[Kram]

I would say dig up some worms as they will be easy to dangle into its gob, and being mostly water shouldnt be a problem even if they are big ones. The blackbirds here were feeding young on worms but I havent seen the tits or sparrows nest.

 

[fizzy]

Greetings all, hope someone can help me out here
i have been watching some bluetits going in and out of the nesting box for weeks, today the little ones flew off to make their way in the world....apart from the last one, he is a bit smaller than the rest, managed to bellyflop onto the grass, the parents have dissapeared, not seen them for a couple of hours now
i put him back into the box where he is sitting staring at the walls so question is, i am not wanting to ignore him and find him dead in the morning so the only option i have is to bring him in and find something to feed him with till he is strong enough to fly away
should i do this and have a warm feeling for the rest of the week or let nature take it,s course, if the former, what to feed him on ?

Good for you!
Found this on the RSPCA site

"Raw mince is excellent for baby Blue Tits. Just cut it into small 'maggot sized' pieces and feed with tweezers and also (as suggested before) a small amount of water via a dropper. They should also be kept hand warm all the time. I nursed an abandoned Great Tit nestling a few weeks ago and kept it in my hands the whole time to keep it warm. It woke up every 10 minutes or so for more mince and then dozed off again. I was lucky enough to have it collected a few hours later, but keeping it warm was as important as feeding it. To be honest I wouldn't have known that unless someone from a rescue centre had told me to do it!"

 

[johnik]

thanks for the replies, he is inside now with some mince, my dog is very interested in the poor fella as well.
there were two dead chicks in the nest as well

 

[johnik]

 

[johnik]

sorry about the duplicates

 

[brightspark]

a full time job feeding it

 

[RichardM]

I hope he/she makes it

 

[outofthefire]

It's a great tit and i'd say that mince is way too big try cutting it up into really small bits, they are generally brought up on insects and caterpillars much softer and easier to digest than raw mince that size, you could also try soft fruit or sunflower hearts (maybe crushed a bit.

 

[chunkolini]

teaching him to fly will be fun.
Good man rescuing him

 

[Anguz]

The parents are very busy in the box on my workshop.. took this at the weekend

 

[brightspark]

the robins nested in my garage again this year dunno where though found a few empty nests from last year though the blackies
were in my scrap cable pile

 

[not done it yet]

Magpies scragged the blackbird‘s nest just outside our kitchen window last year. This year the nest was even closer to the window (better hidden from the magpies) and avoided attention from both the magpies and local cats. They fledged about a week ago, so we now have them being looked after by the adults around the garden. I hope they all survive, but unlikely for all to survive until next year…

 

[brightspark]

Magpies scragged the blackbird‘s nest just outside our kitchen window last year. This year the nest was even closer to the window (better hidden from the magpies) and avoided attention from both the magpies and local cats. They fledged about a week ago, so we now have them being looked after by the adults around the garden. I hope they all survive, but unlikely for all to survive until next year…

someone dispatched 10 magpies round our way last year dunno who mind

 

[Screwdriver]

You should find a wildlife, wild bird hospice(?) near you and ask them. They might ask you to drop it off with them. I frightened off a nesting bird once (hit the nest with a ladder, it was in the eaves of my shed). Dropped off the nest complete with half a dozen chicks. Apparently they must not become too friendly with humans.

 

[Barking Mat]

We've tried saving baby birds before.

Being pragmatic, and honest, don't get your hopes up.

We try to save any living animals we find, in a poor state.

Best of luck, hope it works out, and recovers.

Did manage to save a large bat once, birds, less luck.

 

[Barking Mat]

You should find a wildlife, wild bird hospice(?) near you and ask them. They might ask you to drop it off with them. I frightened off a nesting bird once (hit the nest with a ladder, it was in the eaves of my shed). Dropped off the nest complete with half a dozen chicks. Apparently they must not become too friendly with humans.

I think once you handle them, they get your smell or something.

 

[Kayos]

I think once you handle them, they get your smell or something.

That's a bit of a myth is that. The parents are very pragmatic and won't waste energy or food on weak chicks. I've put a chick back that fell out and the parents continued to raise it

 

[johnik]

Well the good news is he is still alive this morning but looking pretty weak, he has eaten some mince, see what the next couple of hours brings