Urgent advice needed PLEASE - uk (1 Viewer)

Hi, I've had a robin nesting outside my back door in a flower pot and her eggs hatched Monday.

I've come in tonight to find the four babies on their own, no mother to be seen. It's 4 degrees here tonight!!

Is this normal? Is there anything I can/should do? Or is this a sad case of let nature take over and wait to see if they are dead in the morning :-C

Sadly, I don't think there is anything you can do.

If something has happened to the parents (most likely), you won't be able to raise the chicks. If they are still around, they would desert if you did anything.

inags said:

Sadly, I don't think there is anything you can do.

If something has happened to the parents (most likely), you won't be able to raise the chicks. If they are still around, they would desert if you did anything.

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thanks for replying, I feel useless for not being able to help.
So is hand rearing wild birds unsucessful, even by wildlife rescue centers?

You could try getting in contact with Tiggywinkles they might help

http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/

Wild birds are raisable from my own personal experience. Of course you should attempt to find parent first. Mother may have left because you arrived and may have gone back to nest once you went back inside. I have raised baby blue jays on moistened catfood. To date I have been successful 3 out of 3 times. I am currently hand feeding my 4th. I live in the woods and have 5 cats. They surrounded the baby, but mother bird kept attacking my cats til I rescued baby. I feed often, every hour as much as it will open its mouth for. my hands are washed, and i feed with my finger . He is doing quite well, and if I miss a feeding he lets me know by squawking. He is under a lamp to keep warm. Good luck