Injured baby Sparrow

[Mynx]

My cat has injured a baby sparrow.

I've left him in the garden alone and brought the cats in.

Mum is tweeting like crazy but not approaching the little thing which has had some of it's feathers plucked out and appears to have a broken leg.

The baby is not answering back either.

What should I do if mum decideds to abandon it?

Is there any way I could help it? I don't want to leave it out there tonight if she hasn't come for it before then.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[dmsjps]

If you don't know what you're doing there's nothing you can do, the baby will die if the mum abandons it. If she does, you could take it to your local vet and they will put it out of its misery quicker. I had to do that with a pigeon my cat brought home once with a broken wing, tail feathers gone and what looked like a broken leg too. They didn't charge me, but perhaps it's best to make sure. I don't think they do for wild animals though.

[orange-gnome]

You could take it for treatment but to be honest a vet is most likely going to put it to sleep if it has a broken leg. This is most fair as it is a wild animal, life is hard enough as it is without a leg that will never be the same aswell.
Agreed with DM I am afraid.
Sometimes things like that are just best left or helped out of there misery.
Its just nature!

[Cetti]

Sadly this time of year there are many casualties like this one. Some thankfully make and some dont. You might want to attach a bell on your cats collar as this would be a help in alerting adult birds, but the babies are helpless having no flight feathers - so its a case of the 'luck of the draw'.

This RSPB site will give you more information on helping injured birds.

http://tinyurl.com/8s65l

[Mynx]

Well I left baby under a bush and mum came for it but just kind of hopped around it and tweeting like mad.

This morning I cannot see the bird but mum is still tweeting like crazy.

I imagine that she's looking for it but can't find it. We have many cats in our area so maybe one of them got it.

My cat used to bring home mice and birds every week. So we attached a bell to her collar. Last week she caught her first bird since having her bell put on, so it's definitely made a difference. However she got this baby too but I'm sure because it was a baby. :(

[Cetti]

Yes, it is  possible that it's fallen to a cat, but don't give up yet as it might be laying hidden somewhere regaining strength but too weak at the moment to answer Mum.

[Andy008]

Chuck it in the bin. It's only a bird.

[KittyCartier]

Well done Andy, thats helpful, lets hope next time you get beaten up (for being a such the obvious w@nker that you are) nobody stops to help you. Hope you don't believe in karma... what an oxygen burglar you are.