We Rescued a Baby Swallow

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[@Princessoftheunicorns]

Although I can understand the comments about the bird not being touched and maybe it would have been better left alone to see if its parents came back, I do think all Blue has done is tried to show compassion and help another being. Thankyou for sharing and I think that the message in this video is inspiring and I'm hoping thats what others will see that.

[@blueollis]

Thank you. It was difficult to know exactly what the best thing to do would have been. The cats would have eaten her had I left her, she would have fallen to the ground had I put her up high, I couldn’t take care of her as I was away that week. I truly thought I was doing the best thing by taking her to the vet. Obviously not. I’ll know for next time.

[@Princessoftheunicorns]

Don't be hard on yourself, you did the best you could. Like I said, you showed compassion and love in the way you knew how.

[@bendeleted9155]

Even if the parents were around to feed it, my understanding is they can't get it back up to the nest, and you have no idea which neat, so you have little choice. I'm in that very situation now and ended up doing the same thing. Falcons ravaged the colony and three babies jumped to find food, presumably. This was the only survivor, and he/she shows great instincts to hunt and fly. I think it can turn out okay.

[@someguyto4675]

@@blueollis I have caught a couple full gown swallows in the last couple of weeks. After I catch them I always let them go. I work at a farm and in the barn there are probably 10 may be 15 nests and in large groups of them they seem to fight over nesting spots.

[@raccoon_pawz]

So incredibly sweet. Thank you for your kind heart.

[@Nigarothe1rankedschoolshooter]

Errr wrong prob killed the thing my swallow lived and recovered

[@roseenglish7923]

A endearing and moving video. I agree with Jennifer - you have a very kind & gentle nature.

[@AmandaMoves]

Love Love Love, especially your update with the vet releasing her after she is well!

[@georgiap5159]

I mean it's cute but it did die after this video... The parents would have been around because she is so young, and withdrawing her from that environment did her so much more harm than good. You said she had a full stomach... That definitely means the mother was around because she most likely wouldn't have found food alone :( If you see a baby bird that looks like it has been abandoned move it to a high up safe space, keep an eye on it for a few hours to see if the parents come back. Only then if they don't should you take it in to 'care' for it.

[@blueollis6123]

Georgia P this is what I would have ideally done. The cats would have killed her immediately had a put her back outside without being able to fly away. I wasn’t prepared to do that to her.

[@cupidlover6451]

Awww the baby swallow is so cute 😇😇😇

[@cupidlover6451]

Where did you find the baby swallow

[@rosiew8-fenn]

That’s so heartwarming xx

[@jennieaird8422]

This video really did put a smile on my face. Thankyou for sharing such a beautiful video!

[@blueollis]

I’m so glad! Happy to share snippets of my life here.

[@evaswan7727]

I tried to save some little octopus when my sister in law went fishing but she laughed at me. I feel so bad and lonely about that, no one cares about animals

[@Angela-1974]

Eva Swan you’re not alone, there are people who care. I have a colleague at work who laughs at me for rescuing insects but I don’t let it get to me, I just do my thing 🙂

[@evaswan7727]

Angela Coleman thank you

[@blueollis6123]

Eva Swan You’re certainly not alone and there are millions of people who care for animals and are fighting for their rights every day 💙

[@evaswan7727]

Blue Ollis thank you blue

[@pagemccarthy6408]

She stated if the bird was left it would be exposed to feral cats which is a death sentence. I would have and have done the exact same thing

[@alissahepburn3615]

its a myth that you cant touch babies, birds have very little sense of smell so just touching them has no effect on the parents care. You should however never remove a fledgling from their location because fledglings are meant to live on the ground, the parents leave for just a few hours but stay close by. The only time you should remove a baby bird from their location is if its a hatchling on the ground, baby is visibly injured, or parent is dead nearby. If you arent sure about removing the orphan please call a local wildlife center and ask what to do, dont just do what you, with no veterinary training, feel is right. Once an orphan is removed you need to take it to a wildlife center, nobody without proper training should ever ever try to rehab wildlife.

[@edengarden6811]

Wow i did not know that! We had a swallow baby just now who we removed from the ground, he could not fly at all. So we think he fell out of the high nest. We brought him to a bird care place.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

I rescued a baby swallow that had fallen out of a nest along with another fledgling that was dead beside it. The little thing was in shock, lethargic and shivering. I brought it inside for a few hours wrapped up in a tea towel with the heater on and fed it some egg yolk. To begin with it would only take one or two mouthfuls and wasn't pooping. A few hours later the bird seemed much more alert and active, but not panicked and was eagerly taking food. My shift at work was over so I had the freedom to get a ladder out to try to locate the nest and return the baby once I was satisfied it wasn't injured and seemed in better shape. Popped baby back in the nest (it then pooped over the edge) and all seems well so far a few days later. Prior to this I raised a fledgeling in a country where there were snakes, scorpions, lizards etc in the trees and 2 cats + several large dogs running around on the ground so didn't feel right about leaving it unattended. Baby again was extremely lethargic and weak, had an injured foot that was curled up. Could barely open it's eyes and had to force it's mouth open for food and water to begin with.Over time I tried to encourage baby to flex the foot and improve grip strength on my finger until it was functioning normally. Baby grew quite bold, jumping on to me demanding food every 20 minutes or so. I switched from feeding egg yolk and cat food to bringing live bugs to teach it that these things were food. Started preening Was growing more alert and active, practising flight. Adult feathers started growing in nicely. I felt proud. I had to leave the country so care was passed on to family before release. I miss birb, but we both had to go back to where we came from.

[@birbfan7683]

there's actually some people that take care of swallows, if a BABY swallow looks like it fell and can't get back, ask any known person if there is a lot of cats, if there is not, safely find its nest and and put it back, if there is, you should take it home or get someone to take care of it, if you decide to take it home, make sure that you have a cage or a box, if you have a box but not a cage, make holes on the box, (make sure that it's an openable box) put the baby in it, and leave it in a mildly dark place of your house, at this point, you should get baby soup and water for it, put some paper on the box, and see if tries to make a nest, that'll make them a little bit calm, then, after 3 weeks or less, (don't worry if it's been more than 3 weeks) you should consider getting a big or medium wooden cage, i recommend starting with a small one, since it probably does not know how to fly, once it is 5 months old, you should consider grabbing them, and quickly lifting your hand (no, not a lot, maybe just lift like 0.5cm) away from the floor and see if it can fly, it will probably flap its wings, that is the time to train it to fly, keep doing that same height lift for some time and it will learn how to fly, and when it becomes 6 months old, start getting them normal food, and worms. extra tips: -make sure you always have toilet paper to clean poop -don't try to touch it all the time -don't try to make them friends with other species (such as cockatiel) -don't make it too angry -you should HAVE a big cage when its 4 months old, tought the food and water needs to be on the lowest layer of the cage. -feed baby soup manually, that also applies to worms. -find who he/she likes the most in your house, then tell that person to spend more time with the bird.

[@MorgueMaid]

Swallows don't fledge to/from the ground. They FLY from the nest to the nest until they master flight.

[@bethvye6065]

omg, i am in pieces after reading your comment about this baby being put down, why are some organisations so bloody heartless, they just cannot be bothered.another sad question, where's winnie, i haven't heard you mention her ssince you moved, is she ok

[@blueollis]

It’s terrible that the people in charge of animal care organisations don’t care about animals. Check out my life update video I posted a few weeks ago... I explain all about Winnie there.

[@Nigarothe1rankedschoolshooter]

Same happened to us also we took it in as it was unable to fly and luckily we had meal worms and fed it to him we grew greatly attached and he would learn to fly and land on my shoulder. Then he learned how to hunt mealworms flying across the house and grabbing them. Eventually it was release time so now he Romes in the forest

[@bjarnyg]

i'm having a barn swallow fledling right now. giving it mealworms. seems to work fine.

[@Helena-ce9vu]

So sad she was put down. We had a similar situation a couple of weeks ago. Two baby swifts still in the nest which had had to be moved due to roof renovation. We were advised NOT to call the RSPCA or a standard vet as it most cases they will just put them down/kill them. So we found a local wildlife centre instead called Hessilhead (in scotland) and drove them there to be looked after and then released back into the wild. Try and find local wildlife rescue centres ...💖💖💖

[@stevenfoleyuk9404]

You do know that swifts are protected by law and you should have stopped building work until they had left 😡

[@bendeleted9155]

You can get by with wet kitten food and cut-up crickets, followed by live mealworms, eventually letting the baby "hunt" its worms own in the box. That's where we're at at the moment with ours, who can now fly. Going to release at the place where he/she fell from the nests. Falcons got the parents, bit have moved on now. I'll post an update.

[@theresapowell-thomas5698]

I’m sad today, as my Charlie cat after 4 years, killed a bird, 😞 outside my bedroom door. I know it’s their nature, but he never was interested before. Only Bonnie, likes to do that. I get so upset. Often trying to save birds. Now My Charlie started it ☹️ Thank you for looking after this one. One bird I saved, sadly flew out the window and a magpie detected she was still quite weak and grabbed her 😩 I was horrified.

[@foodandplants9322]

Maybe leave your cat inside then......cats are responsible for hundreds of millions of deaths per year also you’re exposing your cat to predators, human dangers like poisoning and cars, and disease Make sure to provide plenty of enrichment and hiding/resting places for your cat and maybe try taking your cat on a walk using a harness

[@melanierichardson2304]

You did what you thought was best and that's all anyone can do really ❤

[@ueeees1861]

I found one this morning, what and how did you feed it?

[@veovmart]

The name of the specie is Hirundo rustica 💚

[@bommergaming2709]

My baby barn swallow died today I nursed it for a couple of weeks this video reminds me of it

[@blueollis]

So sorry to hear that they died. May they rest in peace.

[@lindatait5326]

You sweet girl ❤️

[@jiashanuhai3222]

He's looking a lil suspicious with them squinted eyes and grin

[@vickipruitt6288]

Thanks for helping. Water??❤

[@krilix420]

awww such a sweetie I've actually got a little one right now the poor thing had a sibling that didn't make it but it's going strong and about to start flying I know it two years later but did the little one get back out there? oh! and they don't drink lol they get their water from the food they get.

[@cathylynnpietranton]

Oh how cute that's really sweet of you Blue to try to help that little bird. My husband once tried to help a pileated woodpecker but unfortunately it did end up dying so we buried in our backyard.

[@TheSequelToHell]

what to feed them is my question?

[@PichanDaisuki]

Rescued??

[@lalalisa4990]

Well i found myself one yesterday and it's hard to deal with it dont wanna to eat it's food i tried with insect and bread crumbs but it doesn't work

[@TheResistance8969]

I found a baby swallow in the middle of a busy road a half hour ago. He/she cant fly and walking is also not going that well. He/she eats and drinks very good and she loves sitting on my shoulder/neck. Am I wrong for taking the baby swallow home? I really couldnt leave him/her and there was not really much nature around. She is sleeping in my sweater right now and Im gonna wait til the morning. Maybe Im putting her back somewhere close to that road or Ill try to find a bird shelter.. maybe any suggestions?

[@birbfan7683]

if you have a box but not a cage, make holes on the box, (make sure that it's an openable box) put the baby in it, and leave it in a mildly dark place of your house, at this point, you should get baby soup and water for it, put some paper on the box, and see if tries to make a nest, that'll make them a little bit calm, then, after 3 weeks or less, (don't worry if it's been more than 3 weeks) you should consider getting a big or medium wooden cage, i recommend starting with a small one, since it probably does not know how to fly, once it is 5 months old, you should consider grabbing them, and quickly lifting your hand (no, not a lot, maybe just lift like 0.5cm) away from the floor and see if it can fly, it will probably flap its wings, that is the time to train it to fly, keep doing that same height lift for some time and it will learn how to fly, and when it becomes 6 months old, start getting them normal food, and worms. extra tips: -make sure you always have toilet paper to clean poop -don't try to touch it all the time -don't try to make them friends with other species (such as cockatiel) -don't make it too angry -you should HAVE a big cage when its 4 months old, tought the food and water needs to be on the lowest layer of the cage. -feed baby soup manually, that also applies to worms. -find who he/she likes the most in your house, then tell that person to spend more time with the bird. -should probably make a party for it without candles when its 2 years old

[@stevenfoleyuk9404]

Those chirps are calls to the birds Parents . I would have put it high in a tree of window ledge so the Birds Parents can find the bird by the chirps . Hope it survived

[@Aya-ub7pq]

I don’t know if you will be able to see this comment or not. But, can you please tell me how did you feed her ? Because I found a baby swallow yesterday too :/

[@blueollis]

I didn’t have them for very long but I’d recommend called a professional to help with food advice until you can safely release them back into nature or to a sanctuary to care for them.

[@bocouvreur7080]

I ones rescued a bird and I gave it the seeds in ginea pig food, the vet advised me that. I think any seed will work but because she is a baby she might not eat solid foods yet

[@birbfan7683]

@Anneke Schulting start feeding normal food once it's 5 months old

[@VivaMarie]

So what happened to the bird? Did she live? 🥺

[@blueollis]

Unfortunately the vet killed her despite telling us they would take her to a bird rehab and release her. Lesson learned: do not take free-living animals to vets.

[@VivaMarie]

@@blueollis nooooooo 😭😭😭😭

[@50shadesofminimalism29]

Sorry but this video is sad and I think you should have not bother posting it since the bird died ... so you didn’t really rescue it ..

[@blueollis6123]

Laura Berselli I like to share everything, not just the happy things. My channel is about authenticity and openness. I will always share the truth.

[@georgiap5159]

Laura Berselli yeah everything that they did goes against rspb advice :( I know their hearts were in the right place, but their actions were thoughtless and impulsive and ultimately led to an animal being in discomfort before it passed away.

[@enagreco3280]

Sorry, but that's not a baby swallow, actually it's an adult. They don't get very big.

[@blueollis6123]

UPDATE: we ended up taking the bird to the vet after they told us she would be looked after and taken to a sanctuary where she would be cared for until she could fly and they would release her back into the wild (we were in London for a work trip so we’re unable to care for her ourselves in the end). We visited the vet the next morning and they told us they put her down instead. RIP, little one. You will always have a place in my heart.

[@sophiajiang7651]

oh no... it's so sad...last week i saw a cat bleeding and dying on the street in the morning. I brought it to the vet but it couldn't make it until afternoon. The vet called me while I was at work, telling me he wouldn't make it because he had inner bleeding in his brain... I had to ask the vet to put it down. It was so sad. RIP to the lonely cat and the bird you tried to save.

[@morgannoons3960]

Did they say why they decided to put her down? I absolutely loved the video, I wish some people were as caring and nice as you are to animals!

[@veganlyncat]

I’m so sorry. You did everything you could to save her. And her last hours were definitely in a loving safe environment. You’re right, she knew you were safe and caring. So sad they had to euthanize her, I do wish to know why? So sorry again sweet one. {warm hugs}💞

[@lyndsaychristie1674]

I get you were trying to help but shed have been ok left on her own, its what thay do. Please dont anyone else touch baby birds. www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/how-you-can-help-birds/injured-and-baby-birds/baby-birds/

[@Vera-Arandas]

I’m sad for the little bird. He/she looks adorable and deserved to live.