Tried to park it back in the nest box several times yesterday, but no go, it kept coming out. This morning I found it on the floor very cold.
So I set myself up for some heartbreak and brought it in and put it in a tissue lined bowl with a heat mat underneath. Crop was empty too so I made up some egg and biscuit food, ended up having to sieve all the bigger bits out to make it really runny. Baby took some of the food, I didnt poke in the mouth
too scared it might choke. I just let it drip and I could see that it was swallowing some. Within 45 mins it was flapping about in the bowl.Then I had a real dilemma, put back in the aviary and risk it happening again, or keep inside and risk loosing it because I wasnt doing the right thing.
Anyway, with the help of E Orix I have modified my terracotta light and now have it hanging from the roof of the aviary over a paver. Looks like it might be working too, the baby now has seed in the crop so the parents must be feeding it.
