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If you find a baby house sparrow, you can learn how to care for it. Before you bring the bird home, however, make sure to take a close look at your surroundings to make sure it has been abandoned. Birds kept at home have a high mortality rate, so the bird will have a better chance of survival if it returns to the nest and is cared for by its parents.

Steps

Method 1 of 4: Avoid common mistakes

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   Make sure the bird is abandoned. If the bird has feathers, it is a fluffy bird and is learning to fly. Therefore, it needs to be underground and you should only take it away if it is in danger of a predator, or the parent does not return within an hour. If the bird has no feathers, it is a baby bird, look around and if you find a nest, gently lift the bird and put it back there.
   • House sparrows were originally only found in Eurasia, North America, and the Mediterranean region, however today they live all over the world. Because house sparrows are large, they are not on the list of need to be protected. That means the law doesn't prohibit you from keeping your sparrow as a pet.

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   Protect your health when dealing with wild animals. Pregnant women and people with weak immune systems should not be in contact with young birds. They can carry pathogens, such as salmonella, that can infect people.
   • Always use strict hygiene when handling birds. Wash your hands thoroughly before and after touching the bird. Waste should be placed in sealed bags before disposal.

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   Avoid leaving a deep impression on the bird. If you interact with humans too much, the bird will think you are the parent and will not be afraid of you. This makes it difficult to release it into the wild. If you intend to keep the bird until it is well enough to return to nature, avoid lifting and touching it, especially while feeding, to avoid losing its instinct to fear people.
   • Try to keep the bird unfamiliar with you. If used, the bird will think it is a human like you, not a bird, so it will be difficult to return it to the wild.
   • Try not to communicate with the bird. You need to take care of it and feed it like an "invisible person".

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   Avoid giving the bird water. Young birds and birds eat only the insects brought in by their parents, and they do not drink water. If you try to give them a drink, water can get into your lungs and cause them to choke. advertisement

Method 2 of 4: Keep house sparrows healthy

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   Keep the bird warm. Place a low-temperature heating pad in a paper towel holder, cover with a few paper towels, or use a small bowl lined with a tissue underneath, place the bowl on a hot water bottle, then place the bird inside. . You can also use a chandelier to keep the bird warm.
   • The ideal temperature is between 30 and 32 degrees Celsius.
   • Do not use ruffled clothing to line the bird's nest as the bird's hooves and beak can get caught there.
   • Place the nest in a quiet, dark place, away from children and pets.

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   Keep the beak clean. After feeding the bird, clean the bird's beak and face with a disposable wet towel or wet cotton ball. The dirt on the beak can expose the bird to the bacteria.

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   Measure bird growth. You can use a micro-scale to measure the bird's overall growth by weighing the bird every day before feeding. Young birds Healthy people will gain weight every day.
   • If you intend to return the bird to the wild, you may not need to weigh the bird, as the more exposure you will leave behind it. If you want to keep the bird as a pet, weigh it regularly to monitor its growth.
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Method 3 of 4: Breeding young house sparrows

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   Start by feeding the baby bird dog or kitten food soaked in water. Add to this baby bird feed or pronutro to the water. Canned dog or kitten food is high in protein and more similar to natural bird food than adult dog food. After soaking, crush the food into a shallow bowl.
   • If the bird is not old enough to feed on its own, divide the food into half the size of your little fingernail and feed it with tweezers.

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   Add as many insects as possible to the food of your dog or kitten to keep the birds. Sparrows' natural diet includes dry foods, such as sprouts, nuts, and fresh foods, such as spiders, snails, aphids, caterpillars, and invertebrates. live another. Young birds generally prefer to eat fresh food over dry food.
   • Note, do not feed baby sparrows with earthworms. Earthworms contain a poison that can kill birds. Instead, you can feed the bird very small crickets (which can be purchased from a reptile store).
   • Alternatively, you can feed the birds clean white maggots, which are sold at bait stores. Note that maggots with clean intestines only feed the birds. The black line in the maggot is its gut, wait until the black line disappears before feeding the bird.
   • You can also feed your birds dry insects that are intended for reptiles such as dragons. You can find these foods at pet stores.
   • If the sparrow is a baby bird, just feed it with cat food, not add insects.Insects like flies can severely constipation young birds and lead to death.

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   Mix a vitamin or mineral supplement into raw foods. You can choose from supplements like Nutrobal (reptile food) or Cricket Diet Calcium Paste (IZUG) (cricket food), sold at pet stores. These supplements combined with raw foods will ensure a balanced diet for the bird.

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   Feed the bird often. Depending on the bird's age, you can feed the bird directly to the bird, or if the bird is old enough to feed on its own, you can place the food in a shallow bowl. Be aware that it takes about 2 weeks for a baby bird to feed on its own.
   • If the bird is very young and hairless, feed it every 30 minutes. In older birds, you can feed them every 1 to 2 hours. The bird will squeal and open its mouth when it is hungry and stop eating when it is full.

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   Only give the bird water to the bottle with a valve. Young birds do not yet know how to drink from shallow troughs and can drown.

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   Change the food you eat as the bird gets older. As the bird gets older, keep feeding the dog or cat food soaked in water, and offer and offer the bird a variety of other food choices. Good quality wild bird nuts are ideal as the bird is mature enough to eat the nuts it wants. You pour the seeds into a shallow bowl and let the bird feed on their own.
   • Avoid getting bird droppings in your food by making bird food bowls at least once a day.
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Method 4 of 4: Prepare to release the bird to the wild

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   Put the bird in the cage when it starts to dance. During the day, keep the cages outside so that other sparrows can get close. Avoiding close contact with the bird and letting it interact with the wild house sparrow will help it integrate into the wild better.
   • If the bird refuses to interact with wild birds, it needs to learn the song of the house sparrow in other ways so that it can communicate with its fellow human when released into the wild. You can let the bird listen to bird recordings online.

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   Spend plenty of time with the bird outside. You can let the bird jump around in the grass when it is 7-10 days old. If you want to release the bird in the wild, try to keep the bird in an open space so it can learn to fly. Natural instincts will teach the bird how to fly and urge it to explore its wings.
   • Wait until the bird has all the feathers in it. If the bird is fully feathered, and it still doesn't know how to fly, it may not be ready. To see if the bird is ready, take it outside and place it on the ground, where it is not threatened by predators.
   • Leave the bird alone for about 20 minutes. If it doesn't seem to want to learn to fly, bring it in and try again another day.

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   Make sure the bird is ready to go back to nature. If you are about to release the bird into the wild, make sure it can feed on its own and will not be impressed by you much.
   • If the bird is too familiar with you, it cannot return to the wild. You need to continue to feed it like a pet.
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Advice

• When feeding the bird, try to bring the food deep into the bird's mouth to avoid choking it.
• If possible, take the bird to a wildlife rescue center.
• Always wear gloves and wash your hands after feeding birds and after touching birds. There are many bird lice on their bodies that can be harmful to humans. If you have never seen bird lice, try touching the bird without wearing gloves, you will probably see small spots running around your hand, which is the bird's louse. Wash your hands after doing so.
• Remember to feed the bird often.
• Young birds will open their mouths when they want to eat or are hungry. Do not try to force them to eat because doing so could injure or even die.

Warning

• Do not feed the birds with earthworms, they will make the bird sick.
• Do not give milk to birds. Birds will die from fermentation in the kite.
• Do not allow the bird to drink from above water as this can easily choke the bird.

What you need

• Bird cage
• Heat retention pads
• Paper towels and tissue box, or tissue paper and a bowl.
• Dog or kitten food.
• Baby bird food
• Insect
• Seeds for birds