I found a baby bird that needs to be handfed by my house. The mom and dad,brothers and sisters were eaten by the cat down the street.It's a starling
2006-07-15 10:38:19 · 12 answers · asked by Katie. 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
I would try baby food. But for expert advice go to a vet or local pet shop. Also try an animal shelter.
2006-07-15 11:40:10 · answer #1 · answered by maxie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Steady diet of worms only is not healthy and Milk is not for birds. I have raised many wild birds using cat food. I would soak the dry cat food until it was just moist, not mushy, and insert small pieces down the throat with some blunt tweezers until the crop or breast looks poochy and full. Doing this about every hour or two at first.
2006-07-15 18:17:23 · answer #2 · answered by the_kings_treasures 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just saved a baby bird myself a couple of days ago, but it was a different story. It could not fly but its brothers and sister all flew away a day before, but it just kept falling out of the nest. Luckily its parents were still around and kept feeding it. Then it flew away a few days later. I am not sure what to feed your baby but maybe you could take it to the vet and see what they say.
Good luck!
2006-07-15 17:44:31 · answer #3 · answered by daphine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little milk. A lot of protein; worms ground up and forced down with a syringe. Grind up the bird seed with your concoction but I don't guarantee survival. Sorry. Bless your heart!
2006-07-15 17:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by Frank R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These sites explain all about what to do for orphan and injured birds -
http://www.crowsystems.com/rehab/babybird.html - this is an excellent article - be sure to read down the entire page for info on how to care.
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 these Yahoo Answers too -
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq1GdvtmX27UJrgshR77Jersy6IX?qid=20060711181307AAZ59uh
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.
Very very best of luck.
2006-07-16 10:16:37 · answer #5 · answered by Lea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get baby bird formula and syringes at petco or any pet store that sells birds.
2006-07-15 23:34:22 · answer #6 · answered by twinsmakesfive 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try wildbird food
Talk to the vetenerian
Wildlife game warden
zoos
Ask questions whoever YOU can think of!
2006-07-15 17:43:55 · answer #7 · answered by Susanne R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You feed it mashed up worms. im feeding a baby bird that i found!!!
2006-07-15 18:45:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOTHING without contacting an experienced rehabber or else you could kill it. Check out http://wildliferehabber.com/ for more info. Good luck! :)
2006-07-15 17:48:55 · answer #9 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earthworms, you can get them at bait and tackle shops... if you have one near you. Cut them up in tiny bits and feed them to it.
2006-07-15 17:42:11 · answer #10 · answered by Holly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋