I found a baby robin and just wanted to know what adults eat since it will be reaching the age where I can release her.
2006-07-17 08:31:41 · 10 answers · asked by meatismurder90 3 in Pets ➔ Birds
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2006-07-17 08:36:44 · answer #1 · answered by Twisted Maggie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly worms and other bugs like caterpillars and grubs and larvae. We had a Robin we raised from a baby, and my mom taght him how to find worms, she would water the ground alot in one spot and then dig it up and show him the worms and other bugs...he got the point and we successfully relesed him into the wild, Robins are among the easiest birds to raise by hand because of thier preference for worms which are easily obtained.
2006-07-18 04:12:02 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are insectivorious/grainivorous/fruitforgarious. That means they eat bugs, seeds, and berries. Wild robins seem fond of boison and blue berries. They love sunflower seeds in a bird feeder.
2006-07-17 18:03:16 · answer #3 · answered by fatwhale90 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
worms...you can also feed canned dog food too. If you find a baby robin on the ground it means that it has left the nest but is still fed by its mom so best to leave em if you can
2006-07-17 15:55:40 · answer #4 · answered by sirch_sirch132 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
where does it live? Robins near the sea will eat mollusks and tiny fish.Adult robins eat earthworms, snails and a lot of fruit and berries.
2006-07-17 15:43:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm...that illegal...and bad for the echosystem...but they eat worms, grubs, snails, slugs, bugs, berries. It's gonna be difficult to get the baby to lead a normal life... you'll have to keep feeding her even when she's outside... be prepared to be heartbroken-lots of predators she's not used to, and diseases her body is not exposed to, but good luck anyways!
2006-07-17 16:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by Emily 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
2006-07-18 05:28:00 · answer #7 · answered by Lea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earthworms, insects, seeds, and berries. Don't worry about the chick finding food. I will do what Nature has programmed it to do.
2006-07-17 15:37:08 · answer #8 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly, they eat warms. EARTH warms. But they go for wild berries when earth warms are missing... I would rather try with earth worms though...
2006-07-17 15:35:14 · answer #9 · answered by Virus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
insects and worms
2006-07-17 15:42:22 · answer #10 · answered by faversham 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋