penny'smom
Rollerblading along the road
Someone just brought me a baby dove who hatched around noon today - also a second egg. I have both on a heating pad and am doing my best to feed the baby. I check on her hourly. I have successfully rescued doves like this at about a week old, and know the basics, but she is by FAR the youngest I've ever seen. I've been researching to double-check myself. I know the first few days are critical, so I am being very vigilant. Any experience anyone can share would be helpful! She got very little down sipping out of a teaspoon, so I made an artificial crop with vetwrap over a thimble, and am about to give her a second feeding.
btw, I am a wildlife rehabber - there is nowhere else to take her, as I'm the "bird" person