Baby bird help!

sirbrainy

No criticism intended of the OP, but...

IMHO the kindest thing to do would have been a quick assisted death. I probably would have used a brick and just crushed its head, but if you find the idea of doing that too appalling (blood & mess plus you certainly would know you'd killed it), then drowning is pretty quick.

Much kinder IMV than the slow, painful death of cold/ hunger/ thirst it doubtless suffered.

Sorry in advance if that upsets anybody but a rational approach is better in that type of situation.

mrbadexample

sirbrainy wrote: »

No criticism intended of the OP, but...

IMHO the kindest thing to do would have been a quick assisted death.

I think you might be right. It was pretty much a 50/50 decision, and I probably chose the wrong option. I'll probably choose the wrong option next time too.

soupdragon10

MBE I think most of us would have gone down this route - and it can end happily as I've in the past raised a number of waifs and strays in similar situations, to the point where people now bring me any that they find.

pinkcandyflossprincess

mrbadexample wrote: »

I can't get up any earlier than this.

Predicatably, sadly, and also happily, he didn't survive the night.

aww sorry to hear that- we had a baby sparrow that was hand reared from a baby and went camping to devon with us:eek::p
we did have a blackbird at one point but that died sadly, itsa shame but you did what you could which is more than the rspca would have done! x

greenval

Bless you for caring MBE !

emiff6

A bit sad, but a bit of a relief too, yes?

A lot of young birds don't survive into their first winter - there are so many hazards and a tumble from the nest is only the first they face, that's why mother nature always overproduces.

BTW, from the nest site, it was probably a starling.

mrbadexample

emiff6 wrote: »

BTW, from the nest site, it was probably a starling.

It was indeed. Found a little bit of blue eggshell on the patio a few days earlier, and I've seen them flying in and out. When I had Spaghetti, he knew they were there too - on one occasion I had to retrieve him from on top of the open bathroom window, on his way to fetch one. :rotfl: