Baby jackdore - please help!

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Found a baby jackdore that had fallen down a chimney at local pub, daughter and friends really didnt want to leave it outside A) because its raining and cold and B) theres cats about! so we left it outside near a hedge close to where it fell for a few hours, said baby was still there huddles from the rain calling for its mother (i presume) no sign of parents atall so daughter persuaded me to take it home. So now have a baby jackdore?! it seems in good health and has tried flapping/flying but not very well. So what do we feed it?? local animal cantre is 20 miles away! plus its sunday..........said baby is now on a towel under a large laundry basket. Please give advice!
Thanks
 
I'd give the animal centre a call for advice. Last time I phoned the RSPCA it was a Sunday, and they were open until 7pm.
 
My hubby says to give it wet cat food (ie tinned) and then find a rescue centre to take it. Good luck, and we think you did the right thing, it would've died otherwise.
 
Aww good on you, i would have done the same!
Just to warn you, when i took in an unwell hedgehog, i called the RSPCA and they rang me back saying they wouldnt come and collect it. I asked what to do with it and they said to leave it in a box outside even though it was raining! I kept it in the house and
I had to walk all through town with this hedgehog the next day (missing a couple of hours of work) to get it to the vets who had agreed to take it in.

But i agree you should feed some tinned cat food.

Let us know what happens :)
 
Yes to wet cat food, with a pair of tweezers, you may have to make a mummy jackdaw noise to get it to open its mouth. :D

One fell down our chimney a few years back and i reared it!
 
So pleased with the RSPCA! they have just been and took him :) def a jackdaw, fledgling, said he was quite big so they will continue to feed him until hes ready then release it back :)
 
pastie2 said:
Well at least you have learnt how to spell Jackdaw. There are more animals out there suffering that the RSPCA take no notice of, far too complicated for then to handle. But hey, a flying rat they send a car out to pick up. Priceless.
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Bit harsh?

and there was me thinking i was doing the right thing.............:rolleyes:
 
Happy ending for Jackdaw, but Pastie is right, most farmer would have knocked it on the head, as they do alot of damage to the smaller bird population. Had two Jackdaws rip apart a young blackbird in my front garden thursday morning, just one leg and 2 wings left, by the time I got out there, as had to get my dressing gown on, not a pretty sight
 
Everything has a place, and a job, take one species out of the equation (sp) and you loose the balence.
Yes they peck at lambs eyes, and are considered vermin, but they also eat carrion, so do a job of cleaning up, the filth fighters of the natural world. They are also very clever birds and learn very quickly.
There are a lot of birds and other animals that prey on each other, if we killed them all we could'nt servive, best to just learn to live with them and adapt.
 
pastie2 said:
Well at least you have learnt how to spell Jackdaw. There are more animals out there suffering that the RSPCA take no notice of, far too complicated for then to handle. But hey, a flying rat they send a car out to pick up. Priceless.
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gods damned if they do damned if they don't, if they hadn't come and got this bird you'd be saying typical rspca don't care, they do pick it up and you say typical rspca!!!! Yes there are alot more complicated jobs out there but they are only a charity after all and can only do what they can do. Is one animals life worth more or less than anothers?
 
Good on you for rescuing him - they tame very well to. I had a baby Hedgehog one winter he was cute and rather smelly! lol........... I released him in the spring and he shuffled off.

This is him in his new home
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