Billy's

Billy's
My baby Teddy has never missed a meal!

Thursday, 7 June 2012

It's raining baby birds!

We've had a influx of baby birds! First, Billy bought a boat and moved it to our location and I found a nest of baby birds. Robin fledglings. I fed them over the long weekend and then took them to Judy, A wildlife rehabilitater in Guelph. The next day, Another baby bird fell on my back stairs. I made it a homemade nest and put it near it's own. I also fed him for 2 days and still he died. The very next day, Another baby bird fell out of the same nest. The nest is in our rafters and I can't reach it. I kept him alive. In the 4 days it was with me I watched him grow a few feathers! I fed it dog kibble soaked in water or skim milk. Baby birds are all mouth! It is so cute the way they open their mouth and I just stick a small amount of soft food on a straw and gently blow it down their throat. When they are full, they stop opening their mouth. I got in touch with Mary Catherine, A wildlife rehabilitater in Welland. She kindly accepted the baby and I was so thrilled to relinquishment that chore. They are fed every 20 minutes. A robin bird will fly into a nest up to 400 times in the course of a day to feed her young. Did you know that? I thought they ate rarely! Seems like it's more often then I thought. I have decided to take the wildlife course. It would help to have some knowledge of taking care of all these raining birds.
Wildlife rehabilitater are the only people allowed to handle wildlife in Ontario. They are licensed by the providence but receive no funding for their efforts and must have another source of income to support their dedication to help and release these orphaned and injured animals.
Sadly, I had to put Scarlet to sleep. She was our oldest feline/animal. I look for her every night to come into the house and am sad when I remember, She will not be coming home. Not to this home ever again. Wonder where a cat goes when it dies, Is there a kitty heaven? Or do you think like some, that an animal doesn't have a soul. Does that give us licence to torture animals for our own use? I hear of so many animals subjected to painful research, Slaughter houses are worse but at least their end is in sight and what about the veal industry? Who really supports baby cows being torn from their mother to be raised in seclusion, immobilized while they are made to be anemic and slaughtered young? What about hunting and killing animals when there is a grocery store on almost every corner. Or is that trophy alright? Etc....Etc...Etc... OMG! My heart aches to think of all the animal suffering on this planet. And the Bears....The poor bears. Victimized on every corner of this planet! Fur for a queen, Bile, Baiting, dancing...Why can't we just leave the animals alone? Why can't we all just let them have a life with out human intervention? And if you do intervene, You better be a licenced wildlife personnel.

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