I've found an injured adult robin with a broken wing. Have had it about a week. Early on, it would eat 50 mealworms or more a day but now it's picky or maybe not eating them at all. Can't really tell because the worms get tossed all around the floor and I don't know how many have been eaten or not. Before, it would eat them promptly from a dish when brought them even if I was in the room. Now it doesn't get excited about the food- at least when I'm there.
I wonder if it was just very hungry before because it hadn't had big meals due to the winter and now it's stuffed and doesn't need to eat as much.
Other than that, it seems healthy. Jumps around quickly and with strength it seems. Has a strong voice. Drinks and bathes in a pan of water ( I guess. water is less and splashed everywhere when I check. Haven't actually witnessed it).
just not sure if its health is deteriorating with no obvious signs. I plan to take it to a wildlife center when I'm not blizzarded in.
2007-02-15 12:19:08 · 8 answers · asked by squirts 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
You really need to get him to a rehab asap so they can fix the wing. Bone calcification starts relatively quick and you don't want it setting the wrong way. If you have a local vet that can take a look at it at the moment and when you've dug you're way out of the snow off to the rehab center. Not to mention a broken wing is like having a broken arm, quite painful, so the faster he gets to a center the better as they can give him pain killers. Try giving him a dish with blueberries as well, robins eat a lot of small fruits, especially in winter (worms are hard to come by when they're under all that snow ).
2007-02-15 13:14:27 · answer #1 · answered by crazy.carabid 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Adult Robin
2016-10-21 04:47:44 · answer #2 · answered by armenta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robbins eat one to two times their body weight each day. The Robin you have cannot survive on just meal worms alone. They eat some seed, fruits and earth worms. They also eat bugs.
It is very important to get the robin to a wildlife rehabilitation center right away. Broken wings have to be ex ray-ed to see if they can be repaired by a vet. Some wings that are broken are not fixable and some are.
Most wild birds do not survive long in captivity and wildlife centers have many injured, sick or orphaned birds. The robin you have needs to be at a wildlife center that has other birds or even robins that are in rehabilitation. These birds need to communicate with others of their species.
Your robin is loosing the will to survive. Please take it to a wildlife center.
Wildlife rehabilitator 14 years.
Hope this helps :-)
2007-02-17 10:17:18 · answer #3 · answered by Debbie S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Contact a wildlife rehab ASAP To find one Google or Yahoo Search your States Department of Fish and Game the Federal is Department of Fish and Wildlife. The wing is what I am worried about. Their bones heal at a faster rate then ours do. They can be 1/2 to 3/4 healed at the end of the first week. Contrary to popular belief not all birds with fractured wings (or fractured anything) are automatically euthanized. My rehab group has excellent success with fractures.
As far as food goes depending on the size of the meal worms he should be eating a ton. The med. worms about 100-200 a day. Look at his Fecal. If it is bright Green or Turquoise that means his body has hit starvation and he needs to go to a rehabber ASAP. Try offering frozen defrosted barries; you can buy a bag at the grocery store. Good Luck with everything.
2007-02-15 15:34:25 · answer #4 · answered by JenE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try some moist cat food and see what the Robin thinks of it. But here is a problem you need to think about. The Robin is a Federally protected bird, and if you are caught with it in your possession you could be looking at a fine. But I do know that most wild birds that are found with broken wings are generally put down. I hated to say that but it is a fact.
I am state licensed to care for certain non protected birds. I could do Federally protected birds but I refuse to cut threw the red tape and jump hoops for the Government, and besides they don't pay private people to care for the birds.
If you need more help or information about caring for this bird please contact me.
Sapphyre
Certified Avian Specialist
http://www.borrowed-rainbow.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorrowedRainbowAviary/
2007-02-15 13:39:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the Robin is doing well. The only thing I would so differently is to ask a vet about proper diet for the bird while in your care. Meal worms may not be supplying all the nutrients needed. It takes a person with a warm heart to help an injured bird. Good job!
2007-02-15 12:25:25 · answer #6 · answered by Decoy Duck 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think you should call a rehab to discuss the diet you should feed until you can get him there. Robins eat a lot of fruit and berries (makes up 60% of their diet) so this might be what he is missing. They eat 40% invertebrates (earthworms being a main part of their diet). Sounds like he is doing well, but maybe he is wanting some other food at this point.
2007-02-15 13:09:23 · answer #7 · answered by doppler 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put two worms and calcium and vitamins in a blender, and blend it five times, or until mushy. Then put the mixture inside a eye-dropped or syringe and gently squirt it into the Robin's mouth. If your parents don't allow this, get vitamins and crush it as long as it's powdery, and smash the worms until mushy and feed it on a spoon. Or do it either way as long as it has nutrition and it is mushy with no big chunks.
2016-05-24 05:05:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋