How Can I Help My Sick Bird

To care for a sick pet bird at home use a heat lamp or heating pad to keep your bird s cage at around 90 degrees fahrenheit unless your bird has a fever in which case you shouldn t increase the temperature.

Keep feeders clean to minimize contagion to other birds. In sick birds the light exposure helps in remeding any immediate need for vitamin d as well as boosting the mood of a sick bird another important healing factor. The best things to do are. To help birds have the strength to recover birders can.

It can be hard for birders to witness sick birds at their feeders but illness is a natural part of a bird s life cycle. What to do when you find an injured bird keep the bird quiet still and warm.