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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TruePurple" data-source="post: 1488699" data-attributes="member: 76647">New updateI got the baby bird off that other balcony, we made a make shift nest in a small box, put it in a large open box & out on our balcony. I fed it some catfood which it greedly gobbled up. But then stopped taking food.(didn't feed it that much)There was a robin on the ground, then on the tree around it, who seemed like it might be the mother.Do you think it is alright to leave it in the boxes? The inner box is for the nest, and the outerbox is for preventing it from wandering off before it is ready. Because there is no top a mother bird can reach it. And it can leave the box when it is able.Second question, should we continue to feed it? Or count on what may be the mother to do it? How can we know if it is being fed/visited by the mother? Just leave the sliding door shut and watch for it? Does it matter if the curtains are drawn? (you know, so it doesn't see us inside)How long without food can a partially fledged robin go before it is in bad shape?If this isn't the right forum, feel free to move this topic.</blockquote>