baldyjackdaw
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Hello, excuse my username, and also excuse if i am not using the forum correctly. I am after some information regarding jackdaw fledglings, that I cant seem to find online. Yesterday afternoon, my cat was up the tree in our small back garden, surrounded by jackdaws, managed to get her down, then my other cat was down by the compost bin. I realised there must be a fledgling or something down there, and there was, managed to coax it out, and check it over, it is completely bald, and a bit greasy looking, though otherwise quite fit and lively. At first I thought it was being attacked by the other jackdaws, as they were kicking up a terrible racket, I left it alone for a good few hours, and it didn't seem that it was being fed by those jackdaws (at one point there were about ten of them), so I brought it into my conservatory, which reallly upset the jackdaws, so I set the bird outside again, left it at that, and it still wasnt being fed. It got through the night, outside, and this morning, is sitting on the garden chair, being fed about every hour by its parents. It can hop about, but any flying is at the moment non existent, apart from the occasional flapping of wings. The tail is rather short too.
The problem is, this is a cat area. I have my own two inside now. And its hell
. I told my neighbour, who also has a cat, and she is keeping her cat in. There are two tomcats that frequent my garden also.
I cant go out into my back garden (and so I cant empty the bins), I can just about do the dishes, without disturbing them,. At the moment it isnt doing much, except sitting waiting to be fed. I was wondering if anyone knows precisely how long it can take before a fledgling can fly? And is this baldness going to make problems, ie. is it diseased or something, that may prevent it from flying properly. Sorry for the excess information, but thought it was important.
Thanks,
Sarah.
Edit: I don't know whether anybody is going to see this, so I phoned the RSPB, and was advised that as long as the parents are feeding the fledgling, no problem. Even if it is baldy. Apparently, this is common. The only problem is the cats and other predators. RSPB advised me to put the fledgling up high somewhere, out of the way of predators, which unfortunately I can't do, due the fence being beside a long drop onto a main road, and I have already tried putting it in our tree, only for it to fall out. Advised that the fledglings can take up to 30 days to fly. I think all I can do, is leave it to its fate, and try to live with my own cats indoors.
Also, I would just like to add, I think that it is normal for a fledgling to be on the ground (in bushes etc.)at night on its own, if the parents have been feeding it during the day. I haven't seen that mentioned in the articles regarding finding nestlings and fledglings and think it should be mentioned. Just putting this info in, for anybody in similar predicament.
The problem is, this is a cat area. I have my own two inside now. And its hell
. I told my neighbour, who also has a cat, and she is keeping her cat in. There are two tomcats that frequent my garden also.I cant go out into my back garden (and so I cant empty the bins), I can just about do the dishes, without disturbing them,. At the moment it isnt doing much, except sitting waiting to be fed. I was wondering if anyone knows precisely how long it can take before a fledgling can fly? And is this baldness going to make problems, ie. is it diseased or something, that may prevent it from flying properly. Sorry for the excess information, but thought it was important.
Thanks,
Sarah.
Edit: I don't know whether anybody is going to see this, so I phoned the RSPB, and was advised that as long as the parents are feeding the fledgling, no problem. Even if it is baldy. Apparently, this is common. The only problem is the cats and other predators. RSPB advised me to put the fledgling up high somewhere, out of the way of predators, which unfortunately I can't do, due the fence being beside a long drop onto a main road, and I have already tried putting it in our tree, only for it to fall out. Advised that the fledglings can take up to 30 days to fly. I think all I can do, is leave it to its fate, and try to live with my own cats indoors.
Also, I would just like to add, I think that it is normal for a fledgling to be on the ground (in bushes etc.)at night on its own, if the parents have been feeding it during the day. I haven't seen that mentioned in the articles regarding finding nestlings and fledglings and think it should be mentioned. Just putting this info in, for anybody in similar predicament.
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