Why does my baby mockingbird's poop smell bad?
You should have turned this bird over to a licensed professional at a wildlife rehab. You are breaking the law by having this bird in your possession. How is this bird going to know how to forage or recognize predators once you release it. It will most likely die out there since you are not skilled to teach it how to survive in the wild. I suggest you get it to a rehab soon so that they might still be able to get this poor bird back into the wild where it belongs. Also, if you have not been feeding this bird properly...it is likely ill. Baby birds need lots of calcium while their bones are growing. If you have not been feeding a calcium supplement to this birds, it bones are likely weak and may break. Look here for a rehab near you: http://wildliferehabinfo.org/contactlist_mnpg.htm
An in-use bird nest smells like dead animal. could there be a dead bird in the nest with lives ones?
It's possible, however, highly unlikely there is a dead bird in the nest. Babies usually push them out, or the parents do it. That smell is most likely the natural course of a nest full of nestlings! It's the babies all together that smell. Decomposing worms in their tummies and throats can cause that yucky odour! Post Answer: Do not, repeat, DO NOT, disturb the nest, as suggested by someone else. You could cause damage and trauma to the birds. They might try to jump out before ready.
Baby bird is panting! Please help fast.?
I found a baby sparrow on the sidewalk and took it home. After I fed the bird grounded up worms it started to pant or breath with its mouth open. Whats the problem? Im worried please help.
My baby parakeets have already gone out of their nest box and they're not even four weeks old. What should I do? Is it safe to touch them?
"Parakeet" can refer to several different birds. I'm hoping you mean Melopsittacus undulatus, the Australian budgerigar, which is the bird in the picture above, since it is the most common pet bird. Also, it's the only one I know anything about, so if you have some other kind of parakeet, ignore this answer. :)Your parakeets are 3-4 weeks old? Usually parakeets that age fall out of the nest because they stood at the edge of the nest and leaned way over to try and get their parents' attention for feeding. It's fairly common.Their father should be visiting them on the ground and feeding them. Try watching for a while and see if the father is feeding them. If he is, you probably don't need to interfere, except maybe make sure they're in a warm room.Unfortunately, sometimes pet birds have bad parenting instincts, especially if they were themselves hand-raised, or if this is their first hatching. First you could try picking the hatchlings up and putting them gently back in the nest to make sure the parents notice them. If the parents still seem to be ignoring them, you might have to hand-feed them, which is a ton of work, so I hope you don't have to! Karlene Christensen has good advice in case you need to feed them yourselves.Thanks for the A2A, hope it works out with your birds.(image source: wikipedia)
Do cockatiels usually smell funny (bad)?
Hi I just got a baby cockatiel from the pet store. I was told it's less than a year old. Anyway it's the second day I have it, and I noticed that the bird smells funny. I had a budgie before and those didn't smell the day after I got them. Could it be what the cockatiel is eating?(it's cockatiels mixed bird seeds) The cage is brand new, never been used before either. Also i don't know when the storeowners gave it a bath, but it didn't smell when we purchased it. I can't give it a bath yet cause it's afraid and doesn't trust me yet Does anyone know what is causing the cockatiel to smell?
Bought a tree and there was a baby bird in the nest (nestling I think), should I bring it back to the original area in a nest?
Probably does not make a difference at this point. Especially if you have touched the baby bird. Many species of wild birds (most maybe?) will not come back to tend to their young once the young have been contaminated with human smell. Chances are, if you brought it back to where you got it, the mother would not come back and the baby would starve or be eaten by crows or something like that.Best option is probably to take it to a vet. Birds are not the only creatures- for example, if you mess with wild bunnies while the mother is away, if the mother comes back at all she might just kill them all for smelling funny.
Do dead birds smell right away after death?
No , they do not smell right away nor would you smell it even if it were around the room in small pieces , till decomposition sets in, which usually occurs within 18 hours if the room temperature is above 65 deg. your cat will not have hidden it's kill but will have eaten it(ugh) you can not blame your cat for it's natural hunting and killing habits, it will do it again , so there is nothing that you can do , other going to the extreme of keeping your cat locked in, which would not be natural, once it has being roaming free.
Does anyone know how to care for baby birds? Theres a nest outside my door and the mother abandoned it...?
There are four baby sparrows outside my front door, the mother stopped coming back to the nest about days ago, I'm worried that the hatchlings will die, I think they are about a week old, what should i feed them and how?
Why do birds cages smell so bad when the bird and its poop doesn't?
The only time that I had an issue with odor, it turned out that food (pellet fragments) had gotten inside the frame of the cage where the wire bars went though small holes in the frame. When I had washed the cage, water got into there too and mixed with the food. It was a nasty smell. I don't know what kind of cage you're using, but if it's a solid metal type with hollow frame construction, you may have a build up of food and water stuck inside the frame. Here is an example of the cage that I use: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/pr... After I discovered this, the trick was to get the water and debris out of the frame without taking the cage apart. I used a canister vacuum, and a straw. I used duct tape the seal the end of the vacuum hose, cut a tiny hole in it and inserted the straw, and added more tape to seal the edges. Then I taped two of the three holes in the frame, and inserted the straw into the third, and then sucked out the mess. To prevent it in the future, I did have to partially disassemble the cages. I inserted small plastic ceiling/wall anchors into the frame holes. Since they were too long, I first used a sharp kitchen scissors and cut off all but about 1/4" of the ends, and shoved the anchor into the hole. The hole in the anchors was just big enough for the wires to slide through. Now the holes are completely sealed. Here is an example of the type of anchor I'm talking about: They are available at any hardware store. http://www.chinajingtao.com/products.asp... Since the holes on the cage frame are directly below the food and water bowls, it's feasible that food and water could get in there anyway...even if I hadn't used a hose to wash the cage. If this isn't your problem, and you have a cage with a plastic cage bottom, look under the drawer to make sure there's no buildup. And if none of that works, remove the cage from the room altogether and see if it still smells. Maybe the odor is coming from the flooring under the cage. As for cage liners, I only use newspaper. I put down several layers and remove a layer twice each day. I don't use or recommend any of the litters. They hold moisture, and cause fungus and mold growth, which is generally the cause of the smell. I hope this helps...Good luck!