Abandoned baby mockingbird found..?

Question

what do i do for food? it has some feathers but it's not totally covered, and it's really unstable so i know it can't get around well. i found it on the pavement in the middle of a road, and i know it's been abandoned. help?

Answer 1

beat a raw egg and a touch of karo syrup and use an eyedropper to feed it with. good luck and I hoped Ihelped.

Answer 2

A mockingbird chick is so much fun! I've raised several.
You need a medicine dropper to feed it if it is that young. You can get baby bird formula at the pet store, but you can also give it diluted canned cat food or strained meat baby food.
Mockingbirds eat mostly bugs and some fruit. They can't digest seeds or grains, but the baby bird formula includes the necessary digestive enzymes and works fine.
When you first feed the chick, you will have to force its beak open and insert the dropper ALL the way down its throat into the crop, and squeeze the bulb to put the food in. After a few times, the bird will know that food comes from the dropper, and will open its mouth for it. Mockingbird babies have to be fed more often than seed eaters, but they will sleep through the night. Their parents don't feed them at night.
When it gets a little older, you can put little pieces of food in its mouth and it will swallow on its own; at this point you can buy "monkey chow" at the pet store, wet it and feed pieces to the chick, as well as some pieces of fruit. You can also start feeding it mealworms and crickets by hand. Later the bird will be able to pick up its own food and you won't have to hand feed it anymore.
By this time the bird will be flying. I used to let mine fly outside; they would always come back to be fed. Eventually, once the bird can catch its own bugs, it won't have to come back anymore, but it will respond to your voice if you see it and talk to it in the yard. One would even come pretty close to get meal worms; but once they are independent, they don't let you handle them anymore.

Answer 3

Begin feeding young birds with an eyedropper. Fill the dropper so there are no air bubbles. If the bird won't open its mouth when food is presented, gently open the beak by slipping a fingernail between the upper and lower jaws and prying them apart. Put the dropper in the back of the bird's throat, behind the tongue, and slowly squeeze the dropper. Be careful not to get fluid in the breathing tube in the floor of the mouth just behind the tongue. Clean food from the beak and feathers with a moist tissue. Later the bird will take thicker food and will eventually open the beak when it sees food or it may even squawk when it wants food. Stick the food to the end of a pointed popsicle stick or a drinking straw cut on a slant and give it to the bird. Do not use metal tweezers--they may damage the bird's tender mouth. As the bird grows it will eat more, but less frequently MOCKINGBIRD, THRASHER, NUTHATCH, TITMOUSE, WRENTIT, BUSHTIT, CHICKADEE--(normal diet is insects, seeds, berries). Feed INSECT EATER DIET. Suggestion: straight P/D dogfood mixed with hardboiled egg yolk dried flies, crushed mealworms, and pupae (remove heads). Supplement with bits of non-citrus fruits, such as the pyracantha berry. Give extra pinch of VET-NUTRI. Prone to rickets. Don't forget water...Use the eyedroper... Good Luck

Answer 4

Call a wildlife rescue organization. They have specially trained people that can tell you what to do. if you try to give the bird food at the wrong temperature, you can kill it. And if you do have to take the bird in, please make a donation. Especially at this time of year, spring, they have lots of birds and babies submitted for care round the clock. Such places are usually operating on a tiny budget and many volunteers pay for things out of their own pockets.

Answer 5

Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in your area. These people have the training and the resources to feed and care for abandoned baby birds. Do not keep the bird yourself and try to raise it if you are in the US. Most native birds are protected by law, and you need the proper permits to keep a wild bird.

Answer 6

If it is still alive, go to the petstore and find out if they have baby bird feed. mix it with more water than the mix and stir it. then give it to the bird with a dropper. you might have to get its mouth open, but after the first day it will open its mouth by itself. put it in a shoe box lined with a blanket. put some moss in there so that it can sleep on. when it is older buy some meal worms. Keep it in a quiet place.

Answer 7

some raw hamburger watered down to mushy, some kind of dripper...think how mommy feeds him or her...you need to put it in the stomach for him..a eye dropper seems to work well just suck up some of the mushy hamburger and give it to him every time he starts chirping...you might have to force it the first time till he gets the ideas..you can get worms or smashed bugs too but none that sting...hope it helps.

Answer 8

Follow what Marge said, if you want what is best for the bird.