Juvenile Seagull (1 Viewer)

[LisaMissy]

Hello Everyone

I’m in desperate need of advice please….. we currently have a juvenile seagull in our garden it’s been here 10 days and not showing any signs of flying, mum/dad are hanging about but leave about 10pm every night, we have tried to leave it alone but on the first night a fox tried to attack it so we have been bringing it indoors over night and back out before 6am every morning…. I have tried all rescue centres, RSPCA and RSPB but to no avail, will this bird fly eventually? I’ve read 2days to 1week & should be gone but here we are 10days later. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thank you

Lisa

 

[Kits]

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Is there any sign of injury or explanation as to why it’s not flying? Would it be possible to take it to a vet?

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[LisaMissy]

Thank you for the reply, there are no signs of damage to the seagull, it will occasionally flutter its wings and then lays back down.

 

[Chris G6 UXU]

Hello and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.

 

[delia todd]

Hi Lisa and a warm welcome from me too. Young gulls remain dependent on their parents for about 5-6 weeks, before they can feed themselves. I think you may have confused the length of time they leave the nest after hatching; this is generally a couple of days, but they cannot fly for some time.

I'm surprised the RSPCA didn't give you a phone number for a rescue centre. It's difficult to advise you on that as it depends where you are. The RSPB don't have any rescue/rehab facilities as they only have reserves and maintain habitats, etc.

It's rather difficult to advise you properly without knowing which species of gull you have. Could you get a picture of him and post it into this thread?

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I hope to hear about all the birds you see when out and about.

 

[LisaMissy]

Hi Lisa and a warm welcome from me too. Young gulls remain dependent on their parents for about 5-6 weeks, before they can feed themselves. I think you may have confused the length of time they leave the nest after hatching; this is generally a couple of days, but they cannot fly for some time.

I'm surprised the RSPCA didn't give you a phone number for a rescue centre. It's difficult to advise you on that as it depends where you are. The RSPB don't have any rescue/rehab facilities as they only have reserves and maintain habitats, etc.

It's rather difficult to advise you properly without knowing which species of gull you have. Could you get a picture of him and post it into this thread?

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I hope to hear about all the birds you see when out and about.

Hi Lisa and a warm welcome from me too. Young gulls remain dependent on their parents for about 5-6 weeks, before they can feed themselves. I think you may have confused the length of time they leave the nest after hatching; this is generally a couple of days, but they cannot fly for some time.

I'm surprised the RSPCA didn't give you a phone number for a rescue centre. It's difficult to advise you on that as it depends where you are. The RSPB don't have any rescue/rehab facilities as they only have reserves and maintain habitats, etc.

It's rather difficult to advise you properly without knowing which species of gull you have. Could you get a picture of him and post it into this thread?

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I hope to hear about all the birds you see when out and about.

Hi thank you for your reply, I will attach a pic & video, this seagull can definitely feed itself from food I’ve put out for other birds. The RSPCA gave me the number for our local wildlife rescue (who id already contacted) but unfortunately they are at full capacity and local vets will only euthanise. I would love to leave the seagull out at night but we have many foxes in our area & it would not survive as we witnessed on Monday night.

 

[Fritz73]

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