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QUICK! cat had baby bird!! what to feed it¿ ¿?

Posted on May 11, 2011 by admin| 6 Comments

i caught my cat batting around with a little baby chick. some feathers but still downy. she is in a cardboard box with a towel and is warm

i just need to know what to feed it, ONLY give me answers if you are SURE!! we dont know what nest she came from we looked every where. right now i am about to feed her some mushed up dog food cuz i got that from a website. PLEASE answer quick, baby is hungry
GUYS!! the chick was never in the cats mouth, we saw her find it and bat it around, its never went in, AND she doesnt have claws so the chick doesnt need antibios

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Posted in Bird Nest Boxes

Tagged baby, baby bird, baby chick, batting, Bird, box, cardboard, cardboard box, cat, chick, downy, feathers, itâ, little baby, QUICK

Do sulphur crested cockatoos Molt?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by admin| 6 Comments

I’ve only had this bird for 6 weeks. She seems happy, lots of toys to play with, but of course she prefers the cordless phone and T.V remote! No, I don’t let her have them. I feed a dry parrot food, mixed nuts and dried fruit, and fresh fruit and vegetables. I haven’t found any big feathers, just the downy ones, but there seem to be a lot of them. There aren’t any bare spots, but she looks a little ragged. I see her grooming lots, but I’ve never actually seen her pull out a feather. If she flaps her wings a feather or two will fall out. Any advice you can give me will be very appreciated.

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Posted in Bird Feeding

Tagged Bird, cordless phone, course, downy, feather, feathers, Food, fresh fruit and vegetables, fruit, fruit and vegetables, mixed nuts, Molt, nuts and dried fruit, Parrot, parrot food, phone, sulphur, sulphur crested cockatoos, T.V, toys, wings

Birds at the feeder: it’s all about pecking order

Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin| 7 Comments

I found it really interesting to watch the inter-species interaction at my bird feeder. It turns out size isn’t everything. I recommend watching this full-screen with your sound up. This is another video shot with my Canon HF200 high-def camcorder, equipped with Canon’s DM-100 stereo microphone. Editing software: AVS4You’s Video Editor. I downloaded the individual bird calls at www.eNature.com.

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Posted in Bird Feeding

Tagged Bird, bowers, carolina, chickadee, dallas, downy, feeder, heartpursuer, john, Junco, nuthatch, order, pa, Pecking, red-bellied, songbirds, sparrow, Titmouse, Tufted, villanova, woodpecker, wren

Woodpecker — injured juvenile downy woodpecker?

Posted on June 27, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

We have an injured juvenile downy woodpecker and have made several calls to local avian vets, rehab facilities and wildlife sanctuaries. Thus far, no response. While I still hope to hear back from someone knowledgeable who can take him, what do we do if they don’t? He has an injured wing, but otherwise is in good spirits. If he survives his injury, but can not fly, what are the odds that we can raise him in captivity? We have managed to feed him a couple of mealworms, but after that….? Has anyone else done this or had experience with this kind of bird? Thank you in advance.

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Posted in Bird Feeding

Tagged avian, captivity, downy, downy woodpecker, fly, injury, mealworms, odds, rehab, rehab facilities, response, someone, spirits, wildlife, wildlife sanctuaries, wing, woodpecker