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How to Rescue Baby Birds
1. Prepare a container. Place a soft cloth on the bottom of a cardboard box or cat/dog carrier with a lid. If it doesn't have air holes make some. For smaller animals, you can use a paper sack with air holes punched in.
2. Protect yourself. Wear gloves, if possible. Some birds may stab with their beaks, slice with their talons (claws) and slap with their wings to protect themselves, even if sick. Birds commonly have parasites (fleas, ticks, lice) and carry diseases.
3. Cover the bird with a light sheet or towel
4. Gently pick up the bird and put it in the prepared container.
5. Warm the animal if it's cold out or if the animal is chilled. Put ONE END of the container on a heating pad set on low. Or fill a zip-top plastic bag, plastic soft drink container with a screw lid, or a rubber glove with hot water; wrap warm container with cloth, and put it next to the animal. Make sure the container doesn't leak or the bird will get wet and chilled.
6. Tape the box shut or roll the top of the paper bag closed.
7. Note exactly where you found the bird. This will be very important for release.
8. Keep the bird in a warm, dark, quiet place. Don't give it food or water. Leave it alone; don't handle it or bother it. Keep children and pets away.
9. Contact a wildlife rehabilitator, state wildlife agency, or wildlife veterinarian as soon as possble. Don't keep the bird at your home longer than necessary. Keep the bird in a container; don't let it loose in your house or car.
10. Wash your hands after contact with the bird. Wash anything the bird was in contact with to prevent the spread of diseases and/or parasites to you or your pets
11. Get the animal to a wildlife rehabilitator as soon as possible.
FROM HEALERS OF THE WILD; PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR INJURED AND ORPHANED WILDLIFE BY SHANNON K. JACOBS
EMAIL WILDLIFEWRITER@AOL.COM
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