Hello there, i am new to this forum and i know very little about birds. To cut the story short my brother and his wife found what they think were two baby Robbins and brought them home. So we hand fed them and as they got stronger we let them out. Now they are flying around in our backyard and spending time on our patio.
The problem is that their eating skills are still not developed. I put bird seeds right in front of them and they just dont peck at it. They just want to be hand fed by us as they stay on our patio while other birds are eating the seeds that i am laying in our backyard.
I urged my family from the moment we found them to send them to the SPCA, a professional organization here in Montreal Canada that would take care of them, but nobody in my family listened to me. Even now they are not listening to me.
I am afraid for these two adorable birds because the winter will eventually come and they wont know how to migrate south to warmer weather.
So the question is what do i do?
Should i find a way to teach them how to eat on their own and to be independent of us, or should i keep pushing my family to send them to some professional organization that will maximize their chances of survival?
Any thoughts would be appreciated?
Thank you.
The problem is that their eating skills are still not developed. I put bird seeds right in front of them and they just dont peck at it. They just want to be hand fed by us as they stay on our patio while other birds are eating the seeds that i am laying in our backyard.
I urged my family from the moment we found them to send them to the SPCA, a professional organization here in Montreal Canada that would take care of them, but nobody in my family listened to me. Even now they are not listening to me.
I am afraid for these two adorable birds because the winter will eventually come and they wont know how to migrate south to warmer weather.
So the question is what do i do?
Should i find a way to teach them how to eat on their own and to be independent of us, or should i keep pushing my family to send them to some professional organization that will maximize their chances of survival?
Any thoughts would be appreciated?
Thank you.