Today, I found a bird that had fallen from its nest, so I made a new nest for it in a shoebox and put it as close to the old one as possible. When I checked back on it later, all I found was a chewed-up corpse. FML
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Today I bought a new cage, along with some toys, for my bird. I came home to find my bird had escaped its old cage. FML
Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML
Today, I discovered the source of the vile stench in my room. My daughter had "saved" a bird from our cat and put it in a box under my bed, hoping to nurse it back to health. She forgot about it, leaving the corpse rotting in there for who knows how long. FML
Today, I found the eggshells from the nest belonging to the little bird that lives outside my house. They were covered in blood and it was quite obvious that they had been eaten. While I was looking at them, the mother bird came over and attacked me. FML
Today, I was caring for a bird that had flown into my window. I thought the poor thing wouldn't make it, when it shit in my hand, flew into my neck, then around my living room for ages before I could manage to get it out of the window. FML
Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML
Today, I found my missing shoe. It hit me as it fell out the tree in our front yard. FML
Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML
Today, I put my good shoes out the window and on the roof to dry out because they were sopping wet. When I went to check them later on, they were still wet. And soaked in bird poop. FML
Today, I came home to find that my sweet kitten had gotten out and dragged a bird inside, where he ripped it to shreds. I found the bird's head in my underwear drawer. FML
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Pleonasm 36
You basically served it up on a platter.
JasonUMN 15
Nature has a weird way of governing the world.
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filmbug24 4
That's rough, OP. One time I tried to take care of a baby bird that had fallen from its nest, too. When I found it dead I flipped it over to see it covered in maggots. I cried.
flipthebirdfuxku 10
You did the best you could. It could have gone two ways, death by el gato, or starvation from mamma bird disowning it (they won't care for their young if a human has handled it). If you had done nothing, the cat would have still found it. It was a lose-lose situation, don't beat yourself up for it. You made one cat very happy, try to focus on that. Plus, kitty didn't bring it home as a present for their human. Two positives, one sad and inevitable negative.
geeksaresexy 18
It's not true that a bird will abandon their chicks if they have been handled by a human.
Wakachulak 22
No, but it's stronger siblings will throw it out of the nest. Like they did the first time.
iluvpeanutbutter 22
That's a bit of a stretch. Some nestlings will get pushed out of the nest by their siblings or tossed by their parents, but sometimes they just fall out (mostly if it is a hot day and they are trying to cool down by stretching out, or if they get caught on their parents feet when the parents leave the nest). I've put lots of chicks back in their nests with no problems.
FatherofTime87 18
And that is why you should never pass up a free meal.
worldclassrager 41
You did the right thing OP...sorry it died
OhNoAGhost 18
Circle of life.
damnit1989 16
Are the same person that tried to save a moldy potato a while back? I think it's time for you to just leave all birds and anything you think is a bird, alone.
Lizzee420 3
you should know you can't touch a bird that's a baby. the mom will either neglect it or attack it because of the human scent.
jaxy15 9
That's a myth. They don't do that.
vanaathiel 13
You should know that that is a myth and absolutely not true, especially since birds have a poor sense of smell in the first place.
furbyface711 9
It's great that you tried, but if it ever happens again, you are supposed to put the bird back into it's original best otherwise it mother most likely won't find it.
Weasely 11
Note: A mother bird will NOT kill it's baby if a human touches it! They have poor sense of smell, and usually would prefer their kids alive. Sometimes if there's a weak baby in a bunch they might feed it to the others though.
MaryPoppins88 14
Yea you shouldn't have touched the bird all though it was a nice gesture, the momma bird will kill the babies if they smell human on them.