what and how often should you feed a baby magpie fallen from nest?

Answer 1

Please listen to "dances"..she has given you the correct info. I am thinking the bird you are talking about it feathered? It has probably left the nest on it's own and the parents are caring for it. It is pretty late in the season for small unfeathered babies to still be about.

Answer 2

If you know where the nest is, put the baby back. Contrary to the old wives' tale, the mother will not "smell human" on the baby and kick it out. If the baby has feathers (rather than just down), it may have been making some of its first attempts at flight; in that case, the mother is probably still feeding it, despite it not being in the nest, but you can put it back in the nest even then if you know where the nest is. If it still has down AND you don't know where the nest is, contact a wildlife rehab center; most birds fall under one or another protected species acts (either federal or state) and it is technically not legal for you to keep it. A rehabilitator knows how to care for it, and what to feed it. Until you can get it to the rehab center, put it in a cardboard box (not a bird cage) with toweling or newspaper in the bottom; keep it in a warm area, keeping the box covered, and away from noise and light.

Answer 3

You should always put fallen baby birds back into the nest if you know that's the one they came from. It's a myth that mother birds won't care for it if human scent is on it. If you can't put it back into the next, take it to a wildlife rehabilitation center and let them care for it.

Answer 4

Not sure what to feed him but depending on how old he is for how often you should feed him.. if hes very small every 2 hours and as he gets bigger you space the hours out.

1 wk- every 2 hrs
4 wks- every 3
and so on...

Answer 5

hi doris you do not give the approx age of the magpie,if its only in it's down(the fluffy feathers)it will require a crop milk substitute every two hours but if it's feathers are the black and white ones it will require additional foods like raw minced meat.
give the bird a fighting chance doris and contact the local rescue centre.

Answer 6

Try seeds for birds, soaked baby kitten food, human baby cream with a syringe (without the needle, oats.

Answer 7

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/index?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.html 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 8

It depends on if you are going to feed it to a snake, or to a.... hehe... just kidding. Those are the most irritating birds in all the world. You are a kind and loving soul to feed it anything at all. hehe. Good luck. =)

Answer 9

you can feed the baby cornbread moistened, or moist cheerios
or even cooked spaghetti strands
you could also go to the pet shop and buy handfeeding formula
baby will need to be fed about every 2 hours, just watch his crop to see how long it takes to empty

Answer 10

Puppy food (wet). Every 2 to 4 hours.