marky b 309 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 They like it indoors the clues in the name lol its o.k pointing that out after someone has named it on the thread.chill out man ain't you ever heard a bad joke before Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Trigger you did your best matey, it's a shame people like to give advice without any knowledge of the subject in hand. Let's hope he makes it to Africa... I was handed a house martin just the same as your's a couple of years ago. He was superb, had him in the house a few days, getting his flight muscles going, building him up, having lots of flights around the front room. Quite an amazing experience it was. For me anyway. The next sunny day that came along he was taken back to the site where he'd been picked up and away he went.....It felt good, and even though I know that it was 'against natural selection' to help a creature that was , perhaps, meant to die, I have no regrets. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trigger2 3,404 Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Hi, the parents will NOT feed that chick. It has fledged some time ago. The bird is a house martin and I've reared one before. In this weather there's every chance he will now die....they cannot cope with wet weather well, especially as young birds. I'm sure he appreciated being warm and dry..... what did you feed it on darcy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Tinned dog food mate. Thats what I've always fed rescued birds on, and a n addition of a few crushed mealworms and a bit of banana too.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trigger2 3,404 Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Tinned dog food mate. Thats what I've always fed rescued birds on, and a n addition of a few crushed mealworms and a bit of banana too.... thanks thats worth knowing for the future Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I always have a large stock of 1, 2 and 5 ml syringes in, as i do get handed quite a few fledglings over the course of a spring/summer. One little tip, is that the crop of a bird is slightly on its right hand side, that helps with fast feeding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 The last birds I had to hand rear was a few treecreepers that some kids had disturbed the nest of, ripping dead bark from trees.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trigger2 3,404 Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 These are a pair of treecreepers i had to do a couple of months back when some kids had pulled their nest out. I think they were pulling dead bark off tree's and this was the outcome.... fairplay. ive raised young wood pigeons when i was a kid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Where there's life there's hope and never under estimate a wild animals desire to stay alive. The bird I'd say was down low due to being water logged and it sounds like he was only in long enough to dry out so fingers crossed on a good hatch of flying insects and he might get his strength back up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 31,602 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Trigger you did your best matey, it's a shame people like to give advice without any knowledge of the subject in hand. If people only gave advice on subjects they have knowledge on half the topics on here would never get off the ground !!.............Long as you make the person aware your not an expert i cant see the problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,445 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 What possesed you to take it indoors i hope your proud of yourself Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alimac2 321 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Trigger you did your best matey, it's a shame people like to give advice without any knowledge of the subject in hand. Let's hope he makes it to Africa... I was handed a house martin just the same as your's a couple of years ago. He was superb, had him in the house a few days, getting his flight muscles going, building him up, having lots of flights around the front room. Quite an amazing experience it was. For me anyway. The next sunny day that came along he was taken back to the site where he'd been picked up and away he went.....It felt good, and even though I know that it was 'against natural selection' to help a creature that was , perhaps, meant to die, I have no regrets. So you've never watched a house Martin or swallow feeding young anywhere apart from the nest?? Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I'm not saying that. Please don't put words in my mouth. I do know what I'm talking about matey, otherwise I would not be giving advice that could effect a life. I was speaking from experience. That's all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alimac2 321 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 (edited) Double post Edited July 19, 2014 by Alimac2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alimac2 321 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I should have quoted your op, if that's the case we must just differ on how recently it fledged, personally I think the adult would still be feeding it & hasn't long left the nest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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