Why are baby birds so suicidal. They barely have feathers and they jump from the fucking roof like 15 meters down in my stables 😭
This guy is the 6th I've found so far this year and the only one I've found alive and with a decent amount of feathers. All the others were all pink and dead when I found them. I think they died from overheating since their nests are right under the metal sheet roof and the parents threw the bodies out of the nest.
Last year I found two like this little one but they got caught by a neighbour's cat when I was feeding the horses.
There are no wildlife centres around me and the vets don't take them so I guess I'm stuck babysitting again.
Anyone has any tips on bird care ? I've got a cat and a dog inside so I don't think it's safe to bring him in.
Update :
I put it in a small cardboard box with a hole in the side to make a kind of bird box at about 16h and he was tweeting to his parents and hour later.
I went to check on him right now at 21h30 and he wasn't in the box anymore. I'm hoping his parents managed to get him back up in their nest but given his size I think it's unlikely they could carry him.
I haven't found infos on sparrows specifically getting babies back to their nest. Does anyone know if they can do that ?
I know a lot of birds continue to feed their babies if it's safe on the ground. I saw pigeons in my stables doing it a couple of years ago but do sparrows do that ?












