Young Blue Jay???

Question

Ive had a young bird for bout 18 days. Its a bluejay that I found on the ground. The mother was killed cause I didnt see her around cause there very protective of there young and would attack you if you touched or got around them, no noise at all, Well I brung him in. I bought him some bird formula and some mealworms. I have been feeding him that every time he crys. I bought him a big cage which he goes to own his own and knows where it is. He loves to set on the perches. I red they like berries and fruit, so I tryed some bananas and berries, he absolutly loves bananas and also the berries. He can fly somewhat, mostly he hops and flaps. He is loose in my house and goes in his cage at night. He goes outside and come back on the pourch when he wants to come back in. I put up a fence so cats couldt get him. He is so attached.

1.) How old is he if he is feathered w/ lng tail, appr 5in tall, and flys kinda?

2.) How much lnger do I feed him formula?, he pecks mealwrms an bird seed a lil?

Answer 1

Rehabilitation in Butler County, OH

Bowles, Debra

Second Chance Wildlife - Oxford

[phone]

Seeley, Barbara

Second Chance Wildlife - Reily

[phone] II

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/Experien...

Ohio Wildlife Center:

http://owc.quicksquare.com/index.cfm

Wildlife Hotline:  614-793-WILD (9453)  

DNR Wildlife officers, listed by county:

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/wild_res...

Butler County Wildlife Officer:

Aaron Ireland

[phone] X5207

From the State of Ohio:

"Act on Positive Information. If you have found an obviously injured wild animal or know for a fact that a brood has lost its parent(s), intervention is an acceptable course of action. But don’t plan on raising the babies on your own. Contact your district wildlife office for assistance in finding a local wildlife rehabilitator.

Humans are always a young wild animal’s LAST hope for survival, NEVER its best hope. A young animal should only be removed from the wild after all avenues to reunite it with an adult animal have been explored.

May I Raise a Wild Animal Myself?

Native wildlife are legally protected. It is illegal for anyone to possess a native wild animal unless permitted by the ODNR Division of Wildlife. Wildlife rehabilitators have a permit to provide care to orphaned or injured wildlife. Wildlife rehabilitators are not employed by the state."

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/Experien...

You are breaking federal laws.  You have raided nests, and taken more than one native wild baby out of the wild.  You have openly admitted that it's illegal, but yet you continue.

None of the animals or eggs that you have taken, needed to be rescued.  Not this blue jay, the wild bird eggs, or the bunnies.

What you are doing is cruel.  You take them as babies, killed most of them, and the rest will never be able to have a normal life in the wild where they belong.

People who blatantly break laws eventually get caught.   People who break federal laws, get punished.  Especially when they know they are breaking the law, and do it anyway.

http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/intrnl...

Answer 2

it is illegal to keep a wild bird wait until he is flying around your house and then watch your baby fly it is the most beautiful experience to know he will be with his own kind if you want a bird get a parrot like a conure and you will always know that bird is out there some were possibly pregnant raising his/her baby's

hope i could help

Seth