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Post subject: Re: nest for wild birds  Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:55 pm |
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at times I have tons of small birds eating in my yard (sparrows, doves, cardinals), but at times it's totally empty. Today is such a day. Damn wind. I gave him millet spray but he doesn't eat.
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Post subject: Re: nest for wild birds  Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 4:18 pm |
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I don't think he is supposed to fly yet! he either just fledged or fell out even earlier than he should. They spend several days on the ground before they fly. Do you think he would be able to balance on the low branch in this wind?
I am much more concerned about him not being fed.
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Post subject: Re: nest for wild birds  Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 4:20 pm |
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If I put him in the basket and hang the basket on the tree, do you think parents would find and feed him?
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Post subject: Re: nest for wild birds  Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 4:53 pm |
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he is not sitting anymore, he is lying on the ground and doesn't escape from me which means he is in a bad shape. What can I feed him???
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Post subject: Re: nest for wild birds  Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:36 pm |
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You can buy food for baby birds at pet stores. there's usually instructions on how to prepare it. Might want to use that emergency feed that Carolyn's suggested.
There are many different ways of feeding a baby dove, but they don't just open their mouths and wait for their parents to put it in there, like other birds. The parents open their mouths, and the dove sticks his head in there to eat the food that the parents regurgitated. What I've found most effective when I was raising a dove, was use a feeding syringe, but gently it's beak between the finger and thumb. It'll open it's mouth, and you can stick the food right in there. If it's too weak though, there may be a chance that you would have to force it's mouth open a little. I just stick my fingernail in between to get it open.
You might want to focus on getting it in a warm, safe place, as well though. Could also be freezing to death, on top of starving.
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Post subject: Re: nest for wild birds  Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:37 pm |
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got him in a box. It's not cold at all, just very windy. Got chicken and turkey baby food stage 1. Feeding is a tricky park. I offered it in a spoon and I think he ate a little bit. Will try plastic bag with cut corner as well. Does baby food has to be warm or room T is OK?
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