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Birds
I recently found a very young bird at an age of approximatly 3 days. I have taken care of it and it is well now, however, I have no idea how to determine the sex of the bird or what kind it is! Can someone help me?
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With most birds, unless it has defining colours to show what sex it is, it will not be obvious until it is ready to mate, and then you should have no doubts by its behaviour. I would not recommend any investigations on this unless done by a vet, as usually it needs a surgical procedure to tell.
Depending on whether it is a wild or 'domestic' bird, there are books you can look in or try google with "bird identification". You can add wild or pet to narrow the search.
If it is wild bird and you are eventually going to let it go, it will need a large area in which to strengthen its wings prior to release. Unless this is done it will not be able to fly away from predators. The alternative is to find a bird sanctuary that would be willing to take it.
If it is 'domestic' bird, someone could be looking for it, so you could an advertisment in a shop window.
Hope that helps, good luck.
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hey, im not sure. try to look at the bird if you still have it. if not just thik about what it looked like. then google it. that should help you find info. cait♥
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Most wild birds have different colors as they get older, but this won't help you with a young bird. I'm almost certain that the only way to tell the sex of a bird is in the same way that they find out the sex of reptiles. By sticking a small thingy into it's hole and seeing if it goes in a little bit, or a lot.
As you can tell by my vocabulary, I've never done this, nor should you attempt this, since it will only hurt the bird. Take it to a veterinarian who handles birds to find out.
The veterinarian can also tell you the kind of bird it is.
The veterinarian can also tell you how to take care of the bird. Since you found the bird, and you believe that it's only 3 days old, it's not likely to live without it's mother unless you know what your doing. A baby wild bird isn't exactly as easy to keep alive as a bird you get in the pet store.
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