We've found a baby pheasant. how do we take care of it.?

Question

We've found a baby pheasant. how do we take care of it.?

Answer 1

ask a rescue or a zoo if it is OK if you nurse him back to health before you release back into the wild, if so, then ask how you can take care of it.

Answer 2

Well if it isn't injured it may be best to leave it where it was. The parents could have been scared away by the presence of humans. If it is injured, contact your nearest wildlife hospital (www.yell.com) or look in the yellow pages. They will give you the best advice.

Answer 3

You leave it where you found it so that its mother can look after it.

Answer 4

ask the RSPCA! good luck :)

Answer 5

Get down to your nearest pet store and buy some Chick crumbs

or Pellets ,make sure they a small enough for it to eat,When you found the bird how did you know it was lost ,normally the parents will be nearby.

Answer 6

call your mates round for a Barbeque!!

Answer 7

pluck & gut it then slow cook it

Answer 8

ring the RSPCA

Answer 9

Take it to a animal home or put it back in the wild if they stay with humans they become "socially inadequate" and think they are humans so cant be released

Answer 10

AGREED! YUM PHEASANT!!

Answer 11

Really?  I'm hand raising some now!  I'm just getting them ready for release.

How old is it?  You'd be able to tell by how it looks, generally, if its still tiny with no feathers its under a week old, if it has wing feathers two weeks, wing and leg feather three weeks etc.  It'll have all its feather at six weeks (apart from the head)and it should be pretty much able to fend for himself.  At eight weeks its all feathered up and about the sixe of a gala melon with really long legs. (Mine are 8 weeks).

E-mail me, there is loads of info that I've managed to get over the weeks (I've hand raised chickens, but never pheasants - these guys are really hard to look after though!)

For under six weeks though they need heat - use a heat bulb that emits no light, if you can't find one you can't leave a red lamp on day and night (I learnt that the hard way!), you'll also need a heat mat for night if you have a red lamp.

You need chick crumb and water, but put those glass stones at the bottom of the water because pheasant chicks can drown at the mere sight of water (well, a few inches) I'm using an ashtray with glass pebbles at the bottom right now, I used to have to get them to drink with a pippette and teach them to peck when they were tiny.  And you can get little bags of chick crumb at agri stores for about £4.

Do you have a brooder box?  A polybox or cardboard one will do.  They can go outside on warm days, and they can start sleeping outside from six weeks.  So if you have a rabbit run or something that'd be great for it.  And you old towels and sawdust for the bottom, pine sawdust is best, but don't worry if you can't get hold of them.

Or you could of course give it to a rescue centre... but I assume you live in the countryside and that you know stuff about animals.

Answer 12

I think you should take it to your local RSPB, you will find them in the yellow pages,  It could take alot more than you realise.