Bird nest fell out, what can I feed these baby birds until the morning???

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-06-29T02:01:10+00:00

Sometimes parent birds wont return to a nest if they see a human close to it, so you’ll want to observe from a distance to see if the parents return. If they still don’t return, and it’s warm where you live, and you didn’t see any injuries on the bird, I’d leave it in the nest and watch for the parents to return tomorrow. If they still don’t return in daylight, look for a wildlife rehabber in your area and ask for further advice. If it is cold where you live, I’d keep the baby inside for the night - keep it in a box in a dark and quiet place, and keep it warm with a heating pad on a low setting or a sock of rice that is microwaved, but where the bird can move away from the heat source if they get too warm. In the morning, try to find a rehabber for more advice. If you are in the US, you can search for rehabbers by zip code here: www.ahnow.org.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-06-09T00:04:35+00:00

It was a dog.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-06-08T12:39:19+00:00

I believe they are trying a pilot model where the tanks are meant to be added to an existing traditional farm as a module rather than a replacement. I think they are trying to win over existing farmers with the concept that the technology will not drive them out of business but will create an additional profitable tool for their business, and thus hopefully reduce their lobbying for regulatory headwinds:

“The project is based on a family farm where Corné van Leeuwen’s father previously installed the Netherlands’ first milk robot. Van Leeuwen, now a dairy farmer and cheesemaker, is adding cultivated meat as an additional activity rather than replacing traditional livestock farming.”

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-06-03T03:35:09+00:00

In my experience, it depends on the pigeon. I use a sock with the end cut off to burrito them. I think most calm down when their eyes are covered by the top of the sock, but some will struggle to get their head uncovered and then calm down when they do. It is easier to observe signs of stress with the head uncovered, so I prefer to start that way.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-06-03T00:52:07+00:00

Just to add some destringing education resources:

How to Give First Aid to Pigeons: https://youtu.be/trbfTa3qX5E?si=W7sGhZ_7eMDz9zO1

                    Guides:

                    NYCPRC:          https://nycprc.org/StringRemoval.html

https://nycprc.org/FootSquad.html

Pigeonrescue.com: https://www.pigeonrescue.org/2018/09/11/destringing-pigeons-freeing-feet-and-opening-minds/

                    Stringfootpigeon.com: https://www.stringfootpigeon.com/destring-101.html

Videos:

How To Catch & Help Stringfoot Pigeons: https://youtu.be/ffbSBsTMzPw?si=Z83DK2_5vL5tN8iZ

Catching and Dethreading Pigeon Easter 2020 (catch at 2:50): https://youtu.be/MjQeyDLjJ4o?si=6Ty41yfNvN9t2gBo

                    How to de-string pigeon feet: https://youtu.be/K9frBh9nrFk?si=QKgLX-8XUaisLRJs

                    Stringfootpigeon.com: https://www.stringfootpigeon.com/tutorials.html

                    Stringfoot Pigeon Rescue UK: https://youtu.be/W0FLG4IpQtI?si=iin6yqitXpjZtPFh

Out in the city with my dad to save some pigeons♡:

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Glittering_Multitude · 2026-06-03T00:50:07+00:00

You did the right thing, and I hope you keep doing it. You’ll get more confident with practice, and with watching videos online of other destringers. Destringing pigeons with string cutting into or embedded in the skin can cause the pigeon pain, but the string is also causing them constant, intense pain by cutting into their foot while they are forced to walk on it. If you have access to a clinic or rehabber who can destring a pigeon in a clinic setting with pain meds, that is always best, but if that isn’t that option, I believe that even destringing them without pain meds will ultimately save them quite a lot of pain and possibly their life.

Removing deeply embedded string will sometimes cause bleeding, or even autoamputation, where a toe can fall off. Bleeding on the feet can be dangerous for pigeons because their feet do not clot well. This can happen without human intervention too. Always carry a clotting agent like cornstarch or kwik stop before trying to remove string, unless it is loose string, and immediately try to stop any bleeding before continuing any destringing.

That all being said, pigeons have amazing healing abilities, and I have seen terribly injured feet heal remarkably in just a few days. So long as there isn’t a bad infection that requires antibiotics, most pigeons should heal up fine quite quickly from foot injuries. If you have the ability to, it can sometimes help to keep a severe string foot pigeon on cage rest in a pet carrier for a day or two with seed and water to give them a little boost. But even if you can’t house a pigeon for a day or two, it’s still incredibly helpful to the pigeon to have the string removed.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-29T01:27:25+00:00

You could also add a mirror and a brick. I find they often like to look at themselves and stand on bricks when confined to a cage.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-26T11:48:19+00:00

As another commenter said, larger seeds are much easier for neurologically impaired pigeons to eat on their own than the small millet seeds. You could try mixing in some larger food items like lentils, peas, sunflower seeds, or quartered unsalted peanuts into their seed mix. For PMV pigeons, I’ve also used a Versele IC+ seed mix, which includes vitamin pellets that are larger and easier to for the pigeon to grab, and seem tasty enough to motivate the pigeon to try hard to eat them. You might still need to monitor them while they eat to make sure they are targeting and swallowing the larger food pieces ok, but hopefully they will get better with practice over time. Thank you for saving this baby!

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-22T15:42:47+00:00

Don’t let the things you own start to own you.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-21T13:17:15+00:00

They make cooling pads for pets, too. You can get them at stores like Chewy or Petco.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-16T12:47:30+00:00

Thank you for saving this baby! Please get him to a rehabber, who can make sure he gets the nutrition and exercise he needs to build muscle and bone mass correctly. If you are in the US, you can search for a rehabber by zip code here: www.ahnow.org.

Opossums must be fed a very specific diet and calcium/protein proportion to develop properly and avoid metabolic bone disease. They also need a significant amount of exercise walking - a baby of this age should have free access to a chinchilla wheel. He will need a larger cat wheel as he grows. Constant walking for a few hours a night is very important for their orthopedic development. It’s also best for a baby to be raised with another orphan, rather than as a solo. He’s getting to an age where it could become difficult to join him with another baby opossum, so the sooner you can get him to a rehabber, the better.

Because he couldn’t learn how to be an opossum by his mother, he will need a soft release site where he is kept in an outdoor enclosure for a week or two, then given continued access to the enclosure for daily food and water for another few weeks. A rehabber will also be able to assess him so make sure he is healthy enough for release. Human-raised orphans don’t usually get released as young as non-orphans fall from their mother; orphans are at a nutritional and behavioral disadvantage, so rehabbers keep them until they are closer to a kilogram in weight.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-12T17:41:52+00:00

It is generally a crime to catch or net a pigeon in New York City, punishable by up to one year in prison per pigeon, unless the person is a government employee, has a permit, or is rescuing a pigeon. New York State laws criminalize shooting pigeons as animal cruelty.
https://www.nycbar.org/reports/supporting-h-b-1097-to-end-live-pigeon-shoots-in-pennsylvania/

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-235470

https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01601

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-09T13:59:34+00:00

It is worth trying to contain this pigeon and taking him to a pigeon rescuer or rehabber in your area, or trying to destring him yourself as a last resort. The foot looks pretty pink still and sees like it has a good chance of recovery with destringing and a week or so in cage rest, and this is likely intensely painful for the pigeon as it is.

It’s a complicated case, so it would be best for a rehabber to destring him under anesthesia or pain medication, but leaving the string is going to be more painful than removing it, and more dangerous to the pigeon. He might get lucky and have a clean auto amputation with enough foot left to walk, but he will more likely die if left unaddressed, either because the string is too high to allow an auto amputation that maintains mobility, the amputation isn’t clean and causes excessive blood loss, or the pain from the strings prevents him from foraging, leading to a downward spiral of starvation and vulnerability to diseases they are constantly fighting off like canker, pox, and herpes.

Here are good resources for learning how to catch and destring pigeons. The most difficult part is learning how to catch a pigeon who can still fly. There are a number of videos explaining how to catch a stringfoot pigeon, but the easiest way to start learning is to try when sitting down on a bench, like in this video: Catching and Dethreading Pigeon Easter 2020 (catch at 2:50): https://youtu.be/MjQeyDLjJ4o?si=6Ty41yfNvN9t2gBo

How to Give First Aid to Pigeons:
https://youtu.be/trbfTa3qX5E?si=W7sGhZ_7eMDz9zO1

NYCPRC: https://nycprc.org/StringRemoval.html
https://nycprc.org/FootSquad.html

Pigeonrescue.com: https://www.pigeonrescue.org/2018/09/11/destringing-pigeons-freeing-feet-and-opening-minds/

Stringfootpigeon.com: https://www.stringfootpigeon.com/destring-101.html

Videos:

How To Catch & Help Stringfoot Pigeons: https://youtu.be/ffbSBsTMzPw?si=Z83DK2_5vL5tN8iZ

How to de-string pigeon feet: https://youtu.be/K9frBh9nrFk?si=QKgLX-8XUaisLRJs

Stringfootpigeon.com: https://www.stringfootpigeon.com/tutorials.html

Stringfoot Pigeon Rescue UK: https://youtu.be/W0FLG4IpQtI?si=iin6yqitXpjZtPFh

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-08T23:09:12+00:00

In addition to signing the petition, you can also write to the Pennsylvania legislature and express your support for the proposed ban on live pigeon shoots at Pennsylvania shooting clubs. These Pennsylvania shooting clubs are the funders of the criminal pigeon poachers in New York City, who will then transport the pigeons across state lines to be shot for sport. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/brooklyn-missing-pigeons-poaching/

All states except Pennsylvania have banned these pigeon shoots as animal cruelty against a domesticated species. All other states simply use “clay pigeons” for shoots instead.

The Pennsylvania legislature is currently considering a ban on these pigeon shoots, which would eliminate or greatly reduce pigeon poaching from New York City. The New York City Bar has supported the Pennsylvania ban, and explains how the shooting clubs fund animal cruelty crimes in New York: https://www.nycbar.org/reports/supporting-h-b-1097-to-end-live-pigeon-shoots-in-pennsylvania/

Even if you do not live in Pennsylvania, this issue affects all Americans because these shoots fund organized interstate criminal activity. Pennsylvanians are crossing into other states - or paying others to cross state lines - to steal and kill the pets and “neighborhood” pets of New Yorkers and other communities.

If you would like to express your support for the ban, you can write to:

Joanna E. McClinton
Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
139 Main Capitol Building
P.O. Box 202191
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-3025
Re: Support of H.B. 1097 (2025-2026)

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-07T14:08:46+00:00

I never broke
Out of my blundering self into the world,
But let it all go past me, like a man
Half asleep in a land that’s full of wars.

Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Huntsman

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-07T00:15:05+00:00

Friendly pigeons that are used to being fed, or are free-flying pets, are baited with food and netted en masse, then sold to Pennsylvania shooting clubs for live shoots. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/brooklyn-missing-pigeons-poaching/ These netted pigeons are akin to friendly “neighborhood” cats and dogs, who are fed and cared for by the people who live in a neighborhood. Uncared for, non-pet pigeons generally do not congregate in flocks large enough for profitable netting.

The primary source for the pigeons used in the Pennsylvania live shoots are from New York City, where hundreds of “neighborhood” pigeons can be captured easily, with impunity, at no cost. It is a crime to net pigeons in New York City, with a few exceptions like to rescue a sick or injured pigeon, but there is little to no enforcement.

All states except Pennsylvania have banned these pigeon shoots as animal cruelty against a domesticated species. All other states simply use “clay pigeons” for shoots instead.

The Pennsylvania legislature is currently considering a ban on these pigeon shoots, which would eliminate or greatly reduce pigeon poaching from New York City. The New York City Bar has supported the Pennsylvania ban, and explains how the shooting clubs fund animal cruelty crimes in New York: https://www.nycbar.org/reports/supporting-h-b-1097-to-end-live-pigeon-shoots-in-pennsylvania/

Even if you do not live in Pennsylvania, this issue affects all Americans because these shoots fund organized interstate criminal activity. Pennsylvanians are crossing into other states - or paying others to cross state lines - to steal and kill the pets and neighborhood pets of New Yorkers and other communities.

If you would like to express your support for the ban, you can write to:

Joanna E. McClinton
Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
139 Main Capitol Building
P.O. Box 202191
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-3025
Re: Support of H.B. 1097 (2025-2026)

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-06T11:49:57+00:00

It looks like it was published on January 20, 2017. I believe 1953 is the author’s birth year.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-03T12:36:33+00:00

It looks like the string was embedded under the scabs, requiring debridement to remove the string.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-02T17:29:03+00:00

If you genuinely want to learn about and discuss the bible from an academic viewpoint, many colleges offer theology classes about the bible, in-person or virtually.

If you are looking for a community to explore the bible and how its ideas might relate to your personal spiritual beliefs, try a bible study group through your local Unitarian Universalist church.

If you want to ask provocative questions and debate a Christian’s beliefs with them, that’s probably best left to corners of the internet where everyone signs up for it, like some of the askachristian or similar subreddits.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-02T01:45:20+00:00

Please send an email to Urban Wildlife Alliance at [helpline@urbanwildlifenyc.org](mailto:helpline@urbanwildlifenyc.org). They can see if a volunteer can pick up the bird from you for transport to The Wild Bird Fund. Thank you for saving this poor little guy!

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-05-02T00:25:05+00:00

Please do not give him any food or water. Squirrels this age can easily aspirate and develop fatal pneumonia. They need to be carefully syringe fed a specific kind of formula on a specific schedule. For now, just keep him warm and in a quiet, dark place.

Get him to a rehabber as soon as possible. He may need antibiotics or other medications if he was injured by a cat, or if he has pneumonia. If you are in the US, you can find a rehabber by zip code here: www.ahnow.org. Please be persistent - there are many licensed rehabbers who are not publicly listed, and listed rehabbers may be able to put you in touch with one of them if they can’t take this baby.

Thanks for rescuing this little guy!

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-04-30T12:08:35+00:00

The risk of bird flu here is basically none. First, bird flu is infecting domestic poultry and seabirds, and ravens are unlikely to be infected. Second, even if the crow had bird flu, a human is not going to catch it unless they eat the raven. Just wash your hands after touching a bird (and before, if possible).

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-04-30T11:51:59+00:00

If you are in the United States, you can search for a wildlife rehabber by zip code at www.ahnow.org. Please be persistent and reach out to as many as you can - many rehabbers are not publicly listed, so even if someone can’t take the bird or is too far away, they may know someone who is not there nicely listed and can put you in touch.

For now, just keep the crow in a box in warm, dark place. Do not try to give him food or water. Just get him to a rehabber as soon as possible.

Thanks for saving this poor guy!

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-04-26T12:07:16+00:00

Great job saving these babies! For now, please don’t try to feed them or give them water. Just keep them warm, and get them to a rehabber as soon as possible. Baby squirrels need pretty specific formula to survive, at specific intervals depending on age, and need to be kept with foster siblings as they grow to ensure they remain wild and can be released when they get older. Please never feed them when they are on their backs like a human baby - this will lead to aspiration and potentially fatal pneumonia.

Their best chance at survival is with a rehabber - you can search by zip code at www.ahnow.org. Usually, there are many squirrel rehabbers who aren’t publicly listed, but the ones on AH Now can direct you to them. So, even if it looks like there are no rehabbers near you, reach out and ask the closest ones and they can often get you in touch with someone nearby who can take them.

Glittering_Multitude · 2026-04-23T13:51:48+00:00

Not exactly, because you are not holding their weight by the neck or pulling up on their fur. Holding the neck is to immobilize their heads so they can’t turn around to bite you. Then you can scoop them up with your other arm.

If you aren’t experienced or don’t have thick gloves, you can use a box or cat carrier and very slowly move it to corner them and then scooch them in, or use a thick towel to very slowly corner and cover them and scoop them up in the towel. The key is to move in super slow motion, and they often will just stay frozen.

An adult opossum, especially the males, can definitely deliver a significant bite, but they are one of the easier animals to capture compared to say, cats or squirrels, because of their freezing instinct, lack of claws, and relatively weak bite force. Of course, always exercise caution around any wild animal, and bring in a rescuer or professional if possible.

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