Next time I wont sleep through the night, I'll wakeup & feed it every hour (so I can atleast some sleep). i feel soooooooo guilty.
I'm sorry the baby bird died. I had a baby sparrow die last week. It happens ... it happens a lot with baby birds, it seems. I promise you, the bird's death had nothing to do with you sleeping through the night. I've raised dozens and dozens of baby birds, and I've never once feed them during the night. And millions of birds in the wild sleep through every single night. More likely, the bird had some pre-existing injury that killed it. Even a tiny scratch from a cat or dog will kill a bird, due the the high sensitivity of birds to dog or cat saliva. Falling from nests is a hard landing as well, and sometimes internal injuries are present. Do not blame yourself!!


Twisterdog, you repeated almost everything I said lol. Do you do wildlife rehab as well? I have one robin now, the first of the year. We don't commonly get robins in, but we do get sparrows, crows and others almost everyday now that spring is here. It seems that robins know how to escpae cats just a little more than the others do. Curious to know what type of dog food you use? We currently use Nutro....
Oh, unofficially, I suppose ... I'm not a licensed rehabber, but I end up raising a lot of baby animals every spring, and getting sick and injured ones left in boxes on my doorstep all year long. I usually use Science Diet dog food.