Animalia wildlife rescue and shelter raises small chicks from many stages, During spring time many people pick up fledgling baby birds which although cannot fly YET are doing what they are supposed to do.

  • If it can hop on the ground it may not need rescuing, call to discuss
  • If both wings are sitting against the body evenly then its wings are fine
  • If one wing is drooped down to one side, this is either a fracture dislocation or muscle damage, call to discuss
  • if parents are hanging around they are probably feeding the young fledgling
  • If you see a bird with fluffed up feathers not moving and looking generally unwell it may need to be rescued
  • If you see a water bird looking uncoordinated and extremely clumsy it may have type c Botulism, call to discuss
  • Do not feed your local birds, this leads to dependent behavior and poor nutrition, their best diet can be found in the wild, not the dog food or mince meat you may be offering, these are often poor in calcium and high in fat.
  • Encourage natural feeding by digging over your garden to provide worms.
  • Communal feeding stations like bird feeders carry disease transfer risk, many birds in one spot = many diseases of differing types in one spot.
  • Do not use mouse or rat bait this kills our birds of prey, if you must do so you must get up before sunrise each morning and check the boundary of your home ( brick walls) and your entire garden for dying poisoned mice and rats, dispose of them before animals/birds get to them. However this does nothing to protect nocturnal bird species from eating a poisoned mouse or rat
  • if you hit a bird whilst driving ,stop safely and retrieve the bird.
  • take it to your nearest vet or 24 hour vet centre,
  • Tawny frogmouths often are hit on roads at night. Their wings may sometimes be OK but their sight may be compromised/damaged- they will starve to death if they cannot hunt.
 
Animalia can only treat sick injured or orphaned birds and wildlife, that are native or indigenous to this country. 
Feral or introduced species are not allowed to be cared for under our DEECA shelter license.
However although Animalia wildlife shelter may not be able to raise none native species we are happy to advise you how to do it best, identify the species you are dealing with and how to care for it.  Call us on 0435822699 for advice, if we can help, we will.