What do you feed a baby pigeon when you DO NOT have kaytee exact powder and the bird CANNOT return to its parents?
I only wanted to know this incase something like this were to happend to me, I live in Las Vegas, NV.
2006-06-14 07:34:45 · 5 answers · asked by Checkers- the -Wolf 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Thanks again popdop! the only reason I asked this because some of the pigeons my friend in L.A. owns will sometimes reject their young and I wanted to know what I should do, if my friend happens to give me one of the babies if the foster parents don't except it.
2006-06-14 07:47:45 · update #1
These sites explain all about what to do for orphan baby birds -
http://www.crowsystems.com/rehab/babybird.html - this is an excellent article - be sure to read down the entire page!
http://www.stokesbirdsathome.com/q&a/archive/qa108.html
http://besgroup.blogspot.com/2006/02/what-happened-when-nestling-fell-out.html
http://www.projectwildlife.org/find-babysongbirds.htm
And this Yahoo Best Answer too -
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1006050608886
I've got a lot of links to wildlife carers from a lot of countries on my site, at
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/links under "Wildlife Assistance" - just click on them all, click on your country and state, have a browse, 'phone them and ask their advice if you ever need to.
Good on your for caring!
2006-06-20 22:17:58 · answer #1 · answered by Lea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not use the canned human baby formulas. Most have a lot of lactose in them and pigeons can't digest it. If the squab is over about 4 days old, then you can simply go to any feed store and get some turkey or game bird mash. Mix it in a blender with enough water to make it a smooth (and I do mean smooth) slurry. Something on the order of pea soup (which can also be used in a pinch to feed baby pigeons). I've reared hundreds of squabs of all breeds on turkey mash and/or chicken grow mash that was blended.
2006-06-20 18:53:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are handraring formulas available in most pet stores to suit various birds. For emergency though (in the event you are not near a pet store), you can give all birds canned powdered baby formula to keep you going until your sort out the pigeon's diet.
2006-06-14 14:43:02 · answer #3 · answered by popdop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wad up wheat bread and put it down his throat if you have no KAYTEE. That works just as good if you dont feed it too much of it
2006-06-23 13:27:27 · answer #4 · answered by reasonable-sale-lots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't feed it and don't touch it.
2006-06-14 14:38:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋