Can you raise a wild baby robin?

Answer 1

Yes you can!

4 years ago I found a fledgling Robin in my yard. It could barely hop and I was afraid it would get eaten by the many stray cats in my neighborhood. I didn't have a cage so I built a makeshift cage out of wire mesh and used a leg off an old pair of sweats wrapped around to look like a nest. I went on line and found that Robins can be fed with watered down dog food and served on an end of a chopstick. By this time I named the bird Junior. Never knew its sex but it was my baby boy regerdless! The first couple days were the hardest because JR did not trust me and would make these peeping sound like he wanted his mother. I kept the cage out side in case the mother would come for him but it never happened. After about 4 days JR started to rely on me and look for his food when I came to him. Just like in the photos we have all seen he would sit in his nest and open his mouth to get his food. I would get an eye droper and give him a little water making sure it did not get in his nostrals. JR by rough estimate was 11 days old when I found him and at about day14 he was getting pretty limber. He would perch on my finger and try to fly. He could go from my back yard table to the tree there and flutter from branch to branch. I would get nervous when he would go to high and found myself calling him back. Funny how it is that I wanted him to suvive on his own and now I'm like mother robin scoping out his every move. I use to trick him to come back by tapping on the side of the bowl I would feed him from. Yes he had his own bowl. One day about when he was 18-19 days old he just flew high into the tree and never came down. I tried to trick him back but he left for good. So sad but at the same time happy. 2 years went buy and one day a robin was on my fence looking at me in the back yard. I remembered JR had this distinct beak with a bump on it and I thought it was him. I went inside and got his bowl. Yes I kept it! I tapped on it calling Junior and the Robin flew to me and landed on the back yard table. It stood a minuite and flew off. I think it was him telling me he was Ok. Important stuff! Feed your baby 3 mouthfulls from 8:00am to 9:00pm. That's in a perfect world. I would get up in the morning and feer JR until he refused food. I'd come home from work and follow the 1 hour schedule. After all not every mother Robin got food for that schedule. I eventually graduated to worms and JR was a glutton. Good luk to you and your Baby Robin

Answer 2

Wild birds do not remain healthy if cooped up in cages. It is better for them if you leave them in the wild. You can tame a robin by feeding it daily and staying very still until it gets used to you and will come very close and maybe even sit on your hand.

Answer 3

only if you have a licence