HELP ME!!!!!! BABY ROBIN PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

I was just out feeding my horses and on my way out to my poultry barn I saw my Tom cat playing with something, I went over to see what he had as he get frogs and plays with them. So thinking he had a frog I went over to him, and to my surprise IT WAS A BABY ROBIN!!! It seems perfectly fine, and I feed him some of our chick starter mixed with water out of a syringe. I put it and with one of my female pigeons in a cage together, I'm Hoping she'll adopt him, She has taken in Morning dove and blue jay babies before (But she has had her own babies at the same time too). I knew i couldn't just let it there, as my tom cat would eat him in one bite. He could completely shreds squirrels, rabbits, frogs, and snakes to where you cant even tell what they were, a baby robin would be like a sitting duck. I just need to know what to feed him and how often and what to feed him in, should i keep feeding him out of the syringe? Do i need to put him under some sort of heat, if so how would i do this? I'd like to raise him till he can fly then release him. Im calling my bird sanctuary in the morning too get additional info, But for now PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!

Answer 1

For most songbirds, there is a good rule of thumb: the rule of the thumb! By that I mean, can the bird sit up on your thumb (or finger) on its own? If it can, then it is a FLEDGLING and should be left alone! Nestling songbirds cannot balance on their own or grip a perch until right at fledging. If the bird can balance ok, then it is SUPPOSED to be out of the nest. It may not look like it, but it is. It will have some feathers over much (but not all) of its body, and the wing and sometimes the head feathers will be sticking out of little tubes (the feather sheathes). It might still have tufts of down on its head or on other parts of the body.



So, if it seems ok, not injured, just unable to fly, and it can perch on its own, you should PUT IT BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT. Even if the parents weren't right there yelling at you, chances are that they know where the baby was and were doing all they could to take care of it. Don't worry about them abandoning it because you touched it; birds don't do that. (They might, however, abandon nests if you get too close, especially if they have eggs and not nestlings.) Just get it back to where they can find it and where it will be safe. Don't put it in an enclosed area that the parents will be afraid to go into. Get it somewhere it can eventually move off on its own.

Answer 2

Im not sure why youd feed it before finding out additional information...If it's a fledgling,you should put it up high somewhere around where you found it, and hopefully mom will come back, and be none the wiser. But, since you fed it already, id just try to keep him up high maybe in your barn, and hope it's still alive the am, then call the bird sancuary.

Answer 3

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