sos
[email protected]
We have a young bird that I have taken under my wing LOL
It has its feathers. And apprently trying to fly.
Any idea's what to feed it. Gave it water in a dropper.
Tried mashing up worms, blah! but he won't have anything to do with it.
Linda
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
It has its feathers. And apprently trying to fly.
Any idea's what to feed it. Gave it water in a dropper.
Tried mashing up worms, blah! but he won't have anything to do with it.
Linda
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
marji
See if you have a local wildlife rehabilitator in your area. The local
humane society would have the numbers of local wildlife
rehabilitators. Or, you can try the local vet's emergency phone number.
I just learned recently that unless you have seen that the bird's mamma has
been injured or killed, the likelihood is that this is not an orphaned
bird. Apparently, fledglings don't start out flying from the nest, but
from the ground. Lots of times we stumble across a fledgling and assume
that it's orphaned, when it's really okay. You could try returning your
charge to where you found him/her and see watching to see if mom comes
by. Don't worry about that stuff about your smell. Birds don't really
have a sense of smell, so you don't have to worry about the mamma rejecting
her babe because you interfered.
Good luck!
~Marji~
At 11:12 5/27/02 -0400, you wrote:
humane society would have the numbers of local wildlife
rehabilitators. Or, you can try the local vet's emergency phone number.
I just learned recently that unless you have seen that the bird's mamma has
been injured or killed, the likelihood is that this is not an orphaned
bird. Apparently, fledglings don't start out flying from the nest, but
from the ground. Lots of times we stumble across a fledgling and assume
that it's orphaned, when it's really okay. You could try returning your
charge to where you found him/her and see watching to see if mom comes
by. Don't worry about that stuff about your smell. Birds don't really
have a sense of smell, so you don't have to worry about the mamma rejecting
her babe because you interfered.
Good luck!
~Marji~
At 11:12 5/27/02 -0400, you wrote:
>We have a young bird that I have taken under my wing LOL[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>It has its feathers. And apprently trying to fly.
>Any idea's what to feed it. Gave it water in a dropper.
>Tried mashing up worms, blah! but he won't have anything to do with it.
>
>Linda
>
>
>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
>ADVERTISEMENT
><http://rd.yahoo.com/M=226014.2032696.3508022.1829184/D=egroupweb/S=1705081972:HM/A=1000239/R=0/*http://ads.x10.com/?bHlhaG9vaG0xLmRhd=1022512348%3eM=226014.2032696.3508022.1829184/D=egroupweb/S=1705081972:HM/A=1000239/R=1>b62767.jpg
>b62844.jpg
>
>~~~ Don't forget! If you change the topic, change the subject line! ~~~
>
>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>[email protected]
>
>Visit the Unschooling website:
><http://www.unschooling.com>http://www.unschooling.com
>
>
>
>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the
><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Karin
> We have a young bird that I have taken under my wing LOLI rescued many baby birds when I was a teen.
> It has its feathers. And apprently trying to fly.
> Any idea's what to feed it. Gave it water in a dropper.
> Tried mashing up worms, blah! but he won't have anything to do with it.
>
> Linda
>
Some made it to adulthood, some didn't.
Try feeding the baby cooked oatmeal - on a tip of a popsicle stick or sucked
up into a straw and then it's easy to push with a long stick, like a
chopstick (not blow) into the baby's mouth. I also added mashed, hard-boiled
egg to the oatmeal mixture.
Another thing to feed baby birds is soaked pieces of dry dog food. This may
be a lot easier than oatmeal, especially if you already have a dog around.
You can also buy baby-bird mix (add water) specially formulated to feed
babies at some stores that sell baby chicks and other farm-type feed stores.
I have a friend who is hand-feeding, with a syringe, a baby cockatiel with
this reconstituted mix.
I don't have any sources for this information - this is just going off my
own personal experience.
Have fun with the baby and good luck!
Karin
Karin
> Lots of times we stumble across a fledgling and assumeThis is also very good advice that I didn't think about.
> that it's orphaned, when it's really okay. You could try returning your
> charge to where you found him/her and see watching to see if mom comes
> by.
Especially if the bird already has feathers, which you said it did.
Many of the birds I found were still too young to fly and needed care.
Here in town we do have organizations that care for fallen birds, where I
have taken some birds even recently.
But when I was younger, I did enjoy learning to take care of birds that I
found.
Karin
[email protected]
How long has it been since it's eaten?
Do you havbe a wildlife rehab anywhere close to you?
You may be able to call a vet and find out where you can get baby bird food.
It's a paste formula fed to the bird with a syringe.
Please don't be too hopeful about its survival unless you can get it fairly
quickly to a rehabber.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
Do you havbe a wildlife rehab anywhere close to you?
You may be able to call a vet and find out where you can get baby bird food.
It's a paste formula fed to the bird with a syringe.
Please don't be too hopeful about its survival unless you can get it fairly
quickly to a rehabber.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein