It's small, able to fly short distances but not able to get elevation. It might not be long before it's big enough to fly properly.
Will it eat? Drink? Currently it's in a box with a wire mesh top I've put over it.
The thing will be cat food if I let it outside and there's no way it can get back to its nest.
It's cheaping trying to call for mom but there's no answer.
My thinking is like.. Water, seed (we have a parrot so I have seed)... Hoping it can feed itself or it's probably done for? If it can survive a few days to a week with me then it might get big enough to leave?
i picked up a little bird on the sidewalk that was flopping around about a month ago.. carried it all the way home and put it in a shoebox with torn up newspaper and a little dish of water and some birdseed, but it was too badly injured to do much, so I took it to the animal shelter and they gave it one look and said it was gonna be humanely euthanized.. i didn't really have a better option so I let them take it :(