Originally Posted by hungryowl
No, no, no. You cannot feed raptors hamburger - you will do far more harm than good! Many misguided people do this and by the time the animal is brought to a rehab center it can have metabolic bone disease and be unrealesable to the wild. Please don't try to feed or give water to any animal in need of help. You must keep it safe, warm and quiet until you can get it to a rehab center. No food, no water - you might just kill the very animal you are trying to help!
Originally Posted by jpthequilter
Originally Posted by luvTooQuilt
Usually when the baby is alone like that the mommy is dead. Its too young to fend for itself still. Please if you don't see the mommy it needs to be fed and taken care of..
Such beautiful birds..
Betcha the mommy is hiding from you. Remember that ows have such soft feathers you can't hear them fly.
If you want to feed it take a tiny bit of raw hamburger in a bobby pin or small tweezers and hold it near its beak. If it is hungry it will eat it. Remember it will poop on whatever it is standing on.
I used to work for a science museum....birds, especially will perish if they are not fed within a few hours, because they have such rapid metabolism. Anyway the whole thing has been solved because the parents are caring for the youngster.