Urgent dove Bird injured , how to take care ? Singapore
Hi , I am newbie not sure whether it's right place to ask for help on birds caring.Hoping someone could help out.It's a long read , Really thanks.
It's a baby dove , which I guess it's a Spotted Dove (Turtle dove).Living at asian
it's 99% reassemble the picture which i found on the website.Baby dove featherless and size of 2.8 inch long or 7cm.
2 days ago , there is a little baby dove felt from somewhere at my backyard which I can't find the nest.I don't have a higher ladder reaching to top of the coniferous tree.I just leave hoping the mother dove will pick it up back to the nest but after 5 hours till evening there's no sign of the mother dove picking it up.
I look closely the baby dove and found out it is wounded at the neck.I can see scratch of it's skin and blood.It keep on shacking its head , maybe due to pain.Not sure whether it's fine , I applied the baby dove with a human antibiotic cream which heal cuts and scratch. It still shack its head after apply and hear it chirping calling out of pain.
Gently , picking it up and putting it on a metal box with newspapers and tissue.I went and search website by website to find how to take care of it.Hoping I can keep it alive until it can fly.
The part with worries me is it's a baby dove which the feather haven't develop.The size is around 2.8inch or 7cm .Not sure whether how long it born.
I try to give it some food , 10-20 grain of rice with corn and mince it like oats.I read form some website , which I needed to feed it 4 times a day but it doesn't pointed out the exact timing.I just do it at the time between morning 9 to 10am , afternoon 2-3pm ,evening 6-7pm and night 10pm (sometimes if it never chirping or sleeping , i doesn't feed).Really worry whether it the correct time to feed it.
I really have no experience on caring baby bird , not to mention baby dove.I really hope someone could guide me out.
The part which I am not sure it's right step and method
1.Should I continue apply human antibiotic cream ? BN cream
2.Is it a correct time to feed it ? how many times a day ?
3.Is it fine to resident it on a metal box with newspaper and tissue ?
4.I dont have any heat lamp to keep it warm.What other electric or tools should I use ?
5.Whether it's a correct food to feed the baby dove ? grain rice + corn mincing it together? Does it have enough vitamin for it to grow ?
6.How long would it take for it to grow feathers and knows how to eat its own ?
There is no Wildlife and rescue team center or vet doctor which have experience on caring baby dove around my city.I'm not sure weather I was doing a right method of caring.Just hope it can grow up healthy .
Thank you very much for reading , really appreciate
Hi , I am newbie not sure whether it's right place to ask for help on birds caring.Hoping someone could help out.It's a long read , Really thanks.
It's a baby dove , which I guess it's a Spotted Dove (Turtle dove).Living at asian
it's 99% reassemble the picture which i found on the website.Baby dove featherless and size of 2.8 inch long or 7cm.
2 days ago , there is a little baby dove felt from somewhere at my backyard which I can't find the nest.I don't have a higher ladder reaching to top of the coniferous tree.I just leave hoping the mother dove will pick it up back to the nest but after 5 hours till evening there's no sign of the mother dove picking it up.
I look closely the baby dove and found out it is wounded at the neck.I can see scratch of it's skin and blood.It keep on shacking its head , maybe due to pain.Not sure whether it's fine , I applied the baby dove with a human antibiotic cream which heal cuts and scratch. It still shack its head after apply and hear it chirping calling out of pain.
Gently , picking it up and putting it on a metal box with newspapers and tissue.I went and search website by website to find how to take care of it.Hoping I can keep it alive until it can fly.
The part with worries me is it's a baby dove which the feather haven't develop.The size is around 2.8inch or 7cm .Not sure whether how long it born.
I try to give it some food , 10-20 grain of rice with corn and mince it like oats.I read form some website , which I needed to feed it 4 times a day but it doesn't pointed out the exact timing.I just do it at the time between morning 9 to 10am , afternoon 2-3pm ,evening 6-7pm and night 10pm (sometimes if it never chirping or sleeping , i doesn't feed).Really worry whether it the correct time to feed it.
I really have no experience on caring baby bird , not to mention baby dove.I really hope someone could guide me out.
The part which I am not sure it's right step and method
1.Should I continue apply human antibiotic cream ? BN cream
2.Is it a correct time to feed it ? how many times a day ?
3.Is it fine to resident it on a metal box with newspaper and tissue ?
4.I dont have any heat lamp to keep it warm.What other electric or tools should I use ?
5.Whether it's a correct food to feed the baby dove ? grain rice + corn mincing it together? Does it have enough vitamin for it to grow ?
6.How long would it take for it to grow feathers and knows how to eat its own ?
There is no Wildlife and rescue team center or vet doctor which have experience on caring baby dove around my city.I'm not sure weather I was doing a right method of caring.Just hope it can grow up healthy .
Thank you very much for reading , really appreciate
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