what do you feed a baby mocking bird found on the ground.?

Answer 1

ok, i used to have an orphaned baby mourning dove and i used to make this mixture of corn meal, hardboiled egg, baby cereal (flakes) and milk and mix in the blender. she absolutely LOVED it.

Answer 2

Hi there. Sounds like you are in a pickle. Pick up some hand feeding bird formula at a pet store that deals with birds. Follow the directions and mix it with warm water. Avoid the microwave because it can create harmful hot spots. Purchase a 3-5cc syringe and slowly feed until the crop is full. You can feel it above the chest. It will feel full and have some give to it. Avoid getting the crop too tight. Feed every two hours around the clock and space the feedings to one hour longer per week. This is just a guide. Avoid drafts. Keep the bird warm. You can rig a heating blanket on low to a makeshift nest. Birds will bob their heads when hungry. Better to slightly underfeed than overfeed. With more activity the bird will leave the nest and need to be weaned. You can try meal worms, berries and sunflower seeds. Mashed together and encourage eating by pretending to eat the gourmet diet. If at all possible, return the bird to its nest which may be high but possible to do. Birds have a very poor sense of smell if any at all and the parents will feed this bird if it is viable and active. Sometimes birds will attack or abandon defective young. Returning the bird gives it a better chance for survival. Good luck and may things work out favorably.

Answer 3

Sinsonte Bird

Answer 4

It is common for baby mockingbirds, once they have feathers, to leave the nest and live in the shrubbery for a while before they can really fly. The parents feed them for quite a while after they learn to fly, since they are insect eaters and insects are challenging for a youngster to catch. So, you might be able to put the bird back out, and let the parents take care of it. This will be the easiest thing to do.
You will have to feed the baby at least every 2 hours, probably more, during daylight hours. They can sleep through the night because parent birds can't hunt at night.
You can buy baby bird formula at the pet store; it works for any species. You can also feed the mockingbird cat food (diluted if necessary), mashed up cheese or meat or egg, a little milk, and a little fruit. You will have to pry open the beak and put the dropper full of food way down the throat. Soon, though, the chick will realize there is food in the dropper, and will open its beak for it. As it gets older, it will need solid food. You can give it meal worms and crickets from the pet store, and also some moistened monkey chow and a little fruit. At firs you have to put the bug or piece of food into the beak (but not all the way down as with the dropper). In time the bird will learn to pick up its own food. When this happens, it will also be flying.
Once it can fly, and even before, you should put its cage outside every day so it can become familiar with the territory. Once it is flying, you should leave the cage door open in the day time, with food and water in the cage, so the bird can go in and out freely. You can bring it in at night if you wish, or at least close the cage door. Since you will still be hand feeding the bird insects at this time, you will be able to handle it.
When it no longer needs you, it will move out. You will still see it around, and you can talk to it and it will listen. And you can put out some mealworms for it, and it will come down to eat them; but once it is independent it won't come to your hand anymore. Just like with its real parents.

Answer 5

You should have left the baby alone - so it's parents could continue to raise & care for it's baby.

Here are the reasons why and what to do - taken from the website below:

Most babies are still under the watchful eye of their parents and are taken from them by people only trying to help.

Unlike human babies, wild babies are not constantly watched by their parents and spend large amounts of time alone. (This is especially true of mammals.)

In most cases, wild animal babies should be left alone.

The following is what we recommend to do in specific situations.



BABY BIRDS

FLEDGLINGS People often see baby birds that are partially feathered sitting on the ground below a tree and automatically assume that they fell out of the nest and need to be helped. At this stage in a birds development, they areconsidered "fledglings". Fledglings NORMALLY will jump or fall out of the nest. This is their "flight training" stage. The mother bird will then continue feeding the bird on the ground until the bird is able to fly (usually only takes a few days). Unless injured, these birds should be left where they are. Efforts should be made to keep cats, dogs, and curious children away from the bird so the mother can continue to feed it.

Cat or Dog Danger?

If a dog or cat is threatening the baby animal, do not instantly bring the baby in. Rather, keep the pet restrained the short time the baby is there. However, if the animal has already been attacked or picked up by the family pet and is injured, please bring the baby in as soon as possible.



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NESTLINGS Baby birds that are naked for the most part (featherless or feathers just starting to come in) are considered to be "nestlings". These birds stay in the nest and the parents come to feed them there. These babies, when found, are usually on the ground directly below the nest. This occurs either because the baby fell out, blew out (common after wind storms), or was "pushed" out by a sibling. One must realize that this last behavior is actually adaptive for some species. This way, only the strongest of the brood survive and go on to raise young themselves.

What to do if you find a nestling that is out of the nest:

The best thing to do is to try to place the bird back in its nest if at all possible. If the nest cannot be reached for some reason, the following works very well. (This is also the procedure to use if you find the whole nest on the ground.)


Make a "makeshift" nest out of a clean Cool-Whip container or margarine dish. Make holes in the bottom of it to allow for water drainage. Line the bowl with paper towels. Then tack the makeshift nest back up in the tree as close to the original nest as possible. Finally, place the baby bird(s) into this and leave. The parents will usually come back in a short time and will feed the babies in it just like it was the original nest. (Often, you will see the mother going back and forth between each "nest", feeding both sets of babies.)

The only time we recommend bringing the baby birds in is if you KNOW that the mother is dead or if the babies are injured in any way. The natural parents do a much better job at raising their young than we could ever do. A baby bird that is featherless must be fed every 15-20 minutes from about sunrise to 10 pm! This obviously requires a large time committment on the part of the foster parent.

What if I already touched the birds, the mother won't come back, will she?

People often believe this to be true and therefore think they need to keep the babies. This is simply NOT TRUE and is just an old wives tale. Birds in general have a very poor sense of smell (vultures are one exception) and will not mind the fact that you have handled them (but will be bothered by your presence by the babies).



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If you do find a REAL orphan or injured baby bird, please do the following:

Get it to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; the longer the delay, the less chance it has of surviving

Keep the baby bird WARM and in a quiet, dark place until you can bring it in (a small cardboard box works well)

DO NOT give the baby bird any liquids (they get all they need from their food and very often will inhale any liquid)

Answer 6

I feed it mashed up cat food. Either make the dry food soggy wet or get wet food without any chunks in it. He/she is thriving and so excited to see me coming.

Those are links to people who have had to take care of a baby mocking bird as well.

Answer 7

I think you should go to the vet to get baby bird formula and I read in a book to use a bottle thingy. Talk to a local vet about it.

Answer 8

I often end up writing the same question on other sites

Answer 9

Interesting question!

Answer 10

You can get some stuff from a vet to mix up or you can mix up some bread in water until it is almost mush and feed it to them with a dropper.