baby birds?

Question

can you feed a baby bird with similac(food for human babies)???

Answer 1

NO NO NO You will kill it! Birds are not a mammal. If you do not know how to care for a baby bird then you shouldn't have one. If this is a wild bird contact your local Vet and see if they know someone in your area that cares for wild baby birds. But feeding it anything that is is not capable of eating may cause it to die.



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Answer 2

It really depends on the species, but in most cases I say no. If you have a wild bird, I'd strongly suggest that it be brought to a wildlife rehabilitation center. They'll know what to do. If you can't bring it to them, perhaps they'll have ideas. Some birds are strict insectivores while babies. They can eat over 100 fruit flies a day. Others, such as crows, can eat canned dog food and ground beef. Parrots and small finches such as Zebra finches and society (Bengalese) finches will do well on a mixture that can be bought from any pet store.

Similac tends to be high in iron and lactose, neither of which is good for passerines (perching birds such as sparrows, cfrows and even chickens!). Lactose is bad for birds in general, though some birds seem to be able to handle it.

If all else fails, find a vet that does birds. They may have contacts w've not heard of here on Y! Answers :-)

Good luck!

Answer 3

Some birds eat only vegetarian, some meat, and some both. If you know what kind of bird you have, look it up. If not you can try Similac, but it might give the baby bird diarrhea if it can't digest it. I raised 2 baby bird once. I used raw hamburger in very small pieces, bugs, sometimes little pieces of bread soaked in water but not too much as it will plug them up, and water from an eye dropper.

It wouldn't hurt to call a vet and ask their opinion either.

Answer 4

An boiled egg is always great, cut it in very small pieces or mash it and try to use forceps or medical tweezers to grab a piece. A bird can be stressed and not eating at first, but you can try to open its beak with your nail - put it gently in the corner of its beak and try to open its beak applying strength to the upper part of a beak - it's easy to break the bottom part. Also remember that you should give it water to drink while its eating to prevent it from choking. But it should eventually open its beak and ask for food (unless it's to weak or sick), then you feed it until it's no longer opening mouth.
You can also make this special food for baby birds: you need: powder glucose (2 spoons), cottage cheese (1 cup, 300 grams = 10 oz) (without salt - SALT CAN MAKE BIRDS BRAIN TO SWALLOW!), birds vitamins, rice flour (1 spoon), corn flour (1 spoon) - mix it till it has a consistency of a dough.
Baby birds should eat worms, the best are meal worms, you should kill them first with boiled water, remember that it will spoil eventually, so try to make new every time. If you keep food in a refrigerator, make sure it has a room temperature before you feed your bird!

Unless it's a hummingbird (read this: www.gahummer.org/what_to_do.htm) or a bird of prey.

Answer 5

NONONONONONO!!! I fed my sparrow canned dog food. It is the choice of all baby birds if they are wild, anyway. I raised a sparrow from birth to 9 months. I had 4 dogs and 4 cats and numerous other animals. None of them would ever harm him. The neighbors cat came into the house when the sparrow was flying around and my son left the door open, and killed him. :{ If he lives past the dog food stage, feed him meal worms you can buy at the pet store. Try to keep him alive, if he will willingly eat. You will never forget the experience of raising a wild bird.

Answer 6

No they have bird formula at most pet stores. They also sell he right syringes to feed them. You didn't specify if they were wild birds or pet birds so I enclosed links about feeding both..

Answer 7

No. They cannot digest it and will most likely expire. Feed them the same thing you feed big birds ... bird food.

Answer 8

dont think so...

better look into it more...

i had some chicks on my ranch, they began eating small worms and insects quite quickly, so i think that is your best bet. human food is not bird food.
dont give it to them.

oh, and some baby birds eat grains and oatmeals (it also depends on the bird)

Answer 9

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.

Answer 10

go with the worms in a blender idea from chubbiguy40