I was in my bathroom, which over looks my back yard; Sunday a.m. and heard an incredible commotion, which I could tell was coming from cardinals. I figured there was a cat passing thru the yard and didn't think much of it. When I went out a little later to fill my bird and squirrel feeders, I found a baby cardinal laying on the ground under the tree. The poor little thing had a twig stuck in his wing feathers, and was begging for food. I couldn't just leave him there, so I got a half-empty hanging planter and put him in it, then hung the platner in the tree. I assumed his parents would come and take care of him, and even tho' lots of cardinals came and went none of them stopped to feed him. I couldn't bear his little peeping any longer, so I found a pair of tweezers and a syringe, and have been feeding him and giving him water every couple of hours. I brought the planter inside my enclosed porch last night and covered him with a towel so he wouldn't get cold. I got him back outside early today and hung him back in the tree, hoping the parents would finally feed him. Again, lots of cardinals but none took care of him. Every time he hears a cardinal peep, he peeps in reply; it just breaks my heart listening to the little guy.
He can't fly yet, and I'm pretty sure he couldn't begin to feed himself yet, so I guess I'm his surrogate Mom for a few days. He does flap his wings a little, but he hasn't made it out of the planter yet. I thought about putting him back where I found him, but I figured that would just be giving a cat a free meal.
Any ideas on what to feed him? He's had bread, Cheerios, a little bit of a peach and a grape, and some small seeds mixed in with it.
He can't fly yet, and I'm pretty sure he couldn't begin to feed himself yet, so I guess I'm his surrogate Mom for a few days. He does flap his wings a little, but he hasn't made it out of the planter yet. I thought about putting him back where I found him, but I figured that would just be giving a cat a free meal.
Any ideas on what to feed him? He's had bread, Cheerios, a little bit of a peach and a grape, and some small seeds mixed in with it.