In 2015 a little bird made a nest in my mailbox, which is mounted on the wall right next to my door. I liked checking in on her and the babies and saying "hello" in the mornings. One night though, I noticed the mother hadn't returned since earlier in the afternoon. I heard some commotion earlier, but thought nothing of it since there are so many animals that live around my neighborhood. Now I think the mother may have tangled with a snake, or some other predator, and lost. I took the little babies in and cared for them for a night and half a day, until I found a wildlife refuge to take them to. Then, earlier this year, my dad (who works in tree trimming), asked if I could take in two baby squirrels he found. I said yes, and took them to the same wildlife refuge the next day. Wildlife rehabilitators like yourselves are a blessing. So many animals would die without your kindness and expertise! Thank you for doing what you do.
i got a baby squirrel that has eyes open moving around on the ground no mom at all, I saved him, called a wild place to come take him and do waht they are to do with animals and waas told by the man on phone to throw it outside and if it dies it dies. isnt that just wonderful
@@MissChibiGodd thats awful. sometimes things die in the wild, and thats life - but the point of a wildlife refuge is to give wildlife that has had their circumstances fucked by human intervention (cats, dogs, loss of habitat, cruel children and adults) a fighting chance. Squirrels may not be rare, but a few days or a couple of weeks with someone looking out for them when a mum isnt around isn't hard to give - and means the world to the baby.
My dog has rescued baby birds; she's so weird! It wasn't a fledgling quite yet, and there were hawks, crows and ravens trying to get to the poor thing. But anyways, my dog, Bella, kept the predators away. The mum still came and fed the baby too, like maybe she and Bella had some sort of agreement to help take care of the chick.
my dog found a baby bird that hat fallen from its nest and carried it to my grandpa, he raised it until it was an adult until one-day it did not come back home from its journey
such a sweet dog, I'm afraid my dogs won't be so kind, but that is because the first year of there lives they had to take care of themselves, they where born as strays
Wonderful job by you and Andy the cameraman! Strangest place I've ever put a little bird in to get it back home where I could nurse, warm and feed it was inside my fake Ugg boot. I got a very soggy foot walking home in the rain, but the infant was warm, cosy, dry, and no chance of being squished or escaping from a pocket :)
Aw what a lovely thing to do. Not many people would walk home in the rain with just one boot on to give a wee bird a warm ride to safety! You're a very special person.
Awww.. I wish I could get paid to take care of birds. I really love birds but I love my cockatiel the most. Birds just make me happy unconditionally. Like, even when I'm strongly upset, I calm down when I see birds and I start feeling better just by looking at them and observing their behavior... I hope I can afford to own a parrot one day. I know it's a huge commitment and asks allot of attention and care, but I'd be so happy to have one for sure.
Wildlife Aid ur vids ar relay cool I found ur vids yesterday I subcribed and liked the first video straight away because of how nice u are looking after these lovely animals no matter if their ugly or cute u still help them
I recently rescued a baby Bluejay at a local park of my home town. It's was in the late evening, I was playing Pokémon GO with some friends, and found it under a very tall tree. He was quite noisy, but his mum wasn't at the scene. A friend and I ran across the street to the Home Depot and grabbed a pair of soft gloves, a box, and a towel. It seemed to be a fledgling, had all its big boy feathers and what not. He wasn't trying to fly at all, or even jump away from me as I grabbed him. I examined him before putting him in the box, noticing that his left leg was kind of limp. We put him in the box and took him to a Petsmart for advice (No way in hell was I leaving him at Petsmart) on what to feed him. I got the phone number of a local wildlife professional, called them the next morning and they came to get him. A few hours later they called me, telling me that his left leg had to be amputated because it was broken badly. It's been about two weeks since his amputation.
Quite some birds can live just fine with just one leg. I even saw a duck out in the wild once with a useless/limp leg that seemed to be just fine, it just had to use it's wings to jump/fly out of the water. If a larger predator attacks it it'll be dead anyways, these tiny birds have no chance to fight back.
Last year in 2015 A HUGE storm past by were I live. And since the storm was hard it knocked down a nest with baby birds in it (looks like the mother was already dead cause I never saw a single bird fly in the nest) 💔 So I went out side and saved the baby birds myself😶 I'm proud for what I did that year😌😂😂💚
Aww lovely. I raised a house sparrow from bald too freeing it at 10wks .her name was wonderful. She was so sweet came when called. Loved too ride on your shoulder. And nap on the top of lampshade. Miss her.
once my cat injured a female Yellow Bellied Sapsucker that was drunk from fermented sap since it was a hot day. She ended up falling into the window well, but I put her into a box with some rags and such to keep her warm and some water and left her. The next morning I checked on her to see that she was drinking, and that day we brought her to a wildlife rehabilitation center where she made a full recovery :D I have had a soft spot for all woodpeckers since
I recommend either putting jingle bells on your cat (on a cat safe collar or even harness) or keeping your cat indoors. If your cat frequently goes outdoors it's not likely that was the only animal it's ever injured. Cats still have the instinct to hunt, but not the skills and knowledge in most cases meaning they often severely injure and animal, but don't know to kill it. It's very kind of you to try and help, most people never would, but preventing the situation in the future is the best way to help. :)
Sapphire Otaku Yeah, She wears a collar with a bell. The woodpecker was injured because it was drunk from fermented sap, since it was a hot day, it couldnt get away fast enough. I know last year she did catch and eat some mice, but I dont know if she remembered how to over the winter, as we have seen no signs of her hunting this summer. And if she ever does injure or kill a bird, we make sure to try to help it or treat it with respect, we bury dead birds so other predators cant get at it. She didnt kill any birds this season though... Either she has forgotten how to hunt or she doesnt want to as much anymore now that she is getting older. I think its the former, she is rather forgetful. She forgot the cat she knew her entire life literally one day after he died.
my friends have 2 cats they are crazy those cats entered someones house by the window and killed their pet parrot they kill everything they kill soo much mice and birds they bring alive animals to their home and i gave her 2 collars with bells and those cats remove it i went to their house when the cats were kittens i got some gifts for those cats i had brought cat food, treats and some toys those cats became greedy because of the presents and now even if they have lots of food they still kill birds and dont even eat it they got litter trained when they were kittens and they before use to poop outside now they are lazy and will poop inside the house they ruined their moms dress they steal their food and will just come to their home when they want food and when i come they like me though but my friends sis ruined the cats life she forces it to lick her by grabbing its neck and putting her hand onto its mouth then she tells me "see it doesn't like u it likes me" then i remind her ur forcing it to lick u the kittens always run to me and i run as fast as i can and open the window so they can jump out and play (they live at the ground floor of the building) they had a cat before in their home country but they basically killed it my friend and her sis when they were younger had a black cat it was scared of them whenever the cat saw them it would hide in a drawer once before it died my friends sis took the cat and said i wanna play doctor doctor with it then she took superglue and a paper and stuck it to the cats mouth the cat started to panic and died a while later i hate her because it was her fault the cat lived a miserable life and died in a horrible way.... rip
chezburgerz ....K then. Sounds like bad training and animal treatment to me. Sorry to hear that happened, I pity the animals. People like that shouldn't have pets at all imo.
+jasmin celis nunez You can help save wildlife now! Here are some ideas to help hedgehogs, but most of it can be applied to all wildlife: wildlifeaid.org.uk/savingharry/helping-hedgehogs Also, litter is very dangerous for wildlife so make sure you bin your litter properly and clean your neighbourhood! Visit our iDot page (I Do One Thing)facebook.com/iDot-1520911948156379/timeline/?ref=hl for more ideas and to meet like-minded people.
I've had to rescue quite a few animals my own yard. We have chickens, and the feed attracts pigeons, two of which were sick. The first was a crested pigeon that couldn't fly out of the yard when we went near it, so we decided to keep it in a cage and give it some food. Sadly it died later that night. The second one was a regular pigeon, that did the same: it flapped along the ground but couldn't fly. We caught it and took care of it, and since it survived the night we were able to give it to a carer. Fortunately we found them before our cats did. They don't normally catch birds, but one got a butcherbird once and ran off with it. Our other cat likes to catch geckos and grasshoppers and brings most of them live into the house, so we have to catch them before they go under the fridge.
I seem to have neighbours bring all kinds of baby birds to me. Last year a neighbour had a Coot chick come into her kitchen via the dog flap, so inevitably it ended up living with us for a while. Every year I end up raising a Sparrow (or two) which thrive on boiled rice grains. So far, over many years, I've raised a Seagull, a Cormorant, A Robin, A Coot, Countless Sparrows and countless Starlings. All were hard work and very demanding.
Am I the only one that saw another baby behind the shed he was climbing over when he said " first time in 30 years that I've carried a patient back in a plastic bag"
Oh Simon, you do make me 😊 so glad you got them all back to WAF, albeit in a plastic bag lol, needs be eh. I know they will be fine 👍 sad for mumma 😢 but a suggestion on names (tho' I know you don't name them) as there were 4...... has to be John, Paul, George and Ringo 😀😁😂😅😄 x x
Isn't it bad to put birds (or any wild life) in a plastic container or bag? Btw if u see this thank you so much for saving these poor creatures :) it rlly makes me happy to hear they are getting the support they deserve and I wish to volunteer in about 4 years from now. In 4 years I'll be around 15 so I'll be proud to help :) (I live in USA so it might take me a little while to get to the uk :3)
Well spotted TheWildlifeKate !! Our Vet nurse informed us of that after she watched the video :D, she also checked the babies who are also dunnocks so we are still assuming this was one of their parents! We'll have to get Simon a guide to British birds book!
There was a day.. it was raining, o caught a little bird lost by the storm, i fed him, got him warm, and the i had the great idea of opening my hands with him on it and throwing him to the sky ''fly little bird, youre free!", i said. the bird fell to the ground like a little rock on the concrete. i never helped nature again.
We all ways find fledglings in my garden but when we phone any local animal shelters they are to busy I know that you have to feed them watered down food and keep them in a nice safe warm incubator which we have but is there anything else there is to help?
I would suggest contacting a wildlife centre close to where you live and volunteering to work there, get lots of experience working with wild animals, to be honest you can't really call it a job, it's more a calling, the vast majority of people do it for free out of the goodness of their hearts. Or you could always train to become a vet or vet nurse and specialize in wildlife. :)
In normal cases I would be disappointed that you used a plastic bag of all things to put them in, but if it was the only thing to put them in..I guess good job. I know animals as well as children have a significantly high rate of suffocation with them, or at least it's high in the US. I guess what has to be done, has to be done. Good intentions though, and they're very cute!
Hello sir, I'm from India And I love your job. I have watched many videos today itself. You're doing well and only the problem is that I want to watch end of each Video. For example what happened to that little fox who struck in a trap, like how doctors operated and weather they're able to save his leg and what happened to him in his later life. (you should end the Vedio's with perfect ending, but it seems really unfinished for me and when you read this please reply me back.)
+Aimée Weijers Thanks for that input..its idiots like you that are responsible for millions of birds dying every year..They are part of natural wildlife and stupid domesticated cats are not..why even own a cat?..every chance I get I scare the crap out of them..hate the things..
what the fuck man We can have cats if we want, they're part of nature and houses as well. Don't call me an idiot. You are the one who is an idiot. Shut the fuck up
