Help with a baby blue tit that we found please!

Hello stevie,have you got a vent in your kitchen, I just wondered or if there was a nest nearby, sometimes you can hear other babies. Does the chick look big enough and fluffy enough to have fledged? I hope an expert will come along to give advice, in the meantime you have done the right thing,hopefully it will be ok til the morning. The parents will feed their chicks caterpillars if you fancy a hunt round in the morning! Good luck Pat

I can only tell you what my friend did last year when she found some wagtails that had had their nest destroyed. She put them in a bird cage and fed them on chopped up mealworms mixed with a meat flavoured cat food, she fed them every half an hour with  tiny morsels off a pair of tweezers till they had had enough (about 4-5 at each feed but increasing as they got bigger.) water was given via a dropper. They all survived and we let them go when they were old enough to fly. She used to work at a wildlife sanctuary. Hope this helps. Their mum would be feeding her catapillars or insects so try to find similar if possible.

Good luck

tinned cat food is a good substitute

Apples a no no

if no sign of nest contact an animal sanctuary or RSPCA

Ray

Well, when we woke up this morning it had died :( I really hope we didn't kill it with apples, I was going to visit pets at home today to get advice and food. I'm sure we have a nest somewhere because I can hear scratching in the walls.  

northdevonfocus, we have vents all over our house as it's private rented. I'll have to get the other half to have a good look.

Thanks for all your replies!

Oh stevie that's a sad outcome for you. Well done for trying your best for the little fella. Pat

Well done for taking the time to help and also for seeking advice on the forum. Sadly this one didn't make it. Raw mince is excellent for baby Blue Tits. Just cut it into small 'maggot sized' pieces and feed with tweezers and also (as suggested before) a small amount of water via a dropper. They should also be kept hand warm all the time. I nursed an abandoned Great Tit nestling a few weeks ago and kept it in my hands the whole time to keep it warm. It woke up every 10 minutes or so for more mince and then dozed off again. I was lucky enough to have it collected a few hours later, but keeping it warm was as important as feeding it. To be honest I wouldn't have known that unless someone from a rescue centre had told me to do it!