How To Take Care Of Baby Bird At Home. Feeding your baby pigeon and keeping it warm are the two most important things you can do for your pet bird. Give your bird varied types of food on a daily basis.
The parent birds may have been killed by a predator or a window strike or a nest with living babies may be obviously abandoned for far longer than normalIn these cases it will be necessary to collect the young birds and turn them over to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator for proper care. A Home for Your Baby Pigeon. Be careful not to get fluid in the breathing tube in the floor of the mouth just behind the tongue.
Since precise dietary requirements are dependent on the species talk with an avian veterinarian to see what type of food your breed of bird.
Pigeons often get fed specific formula seed and get offered oyster shell or grit for digestion. Thats because if you overfill it the baby may end up with pockets that can trap food and lead to sour food that can make your baby pigeon ill. The first thing to do is to figure out if the baby bird is a nestling or a fledgling. These are young birds that have just left the nest and cant fly yet but are still under the care of their parents and do not need our help.