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Is it okay to feed an insectivorous bird lizard pellets?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

I’ve been taking care of some baby birds (Sparrows to be exact) and I know they are naturally insectivorous. I’ve been feeding them moistened cat food and some crickets, and now that they’re getting older, I’d like to switch them to a food that woint spoil if I leave it out for them. I looked at all the adult bird foods, but the protein percent isn’t high enough. However, a package of Bearded Dragon pellet food I found has a very high protein percentage and seems safe for the birds to eat. Would this be a suitable diet, so long as I supplemented it with other seeds and fruits?

P.S. Please do not get all “legal” on me for keeping sparrows. If you do your research, they are not native species and I don’t need a permit to foster them. So if you don’t have something helpful to say, pick on someone else. I’ve had too many people bash me for not having a permit.
I found a food very suitable for insectivorous birds. I ordered it, it will come from Italy, and I no longer need any responses. It IS a house sparrow, and I DON’T need a permit. Thanks for not beleiving me once again. Trust me, I won’t be asking any more questions about my birds from now on sice everyone thinks I have no idea what I’m doing.

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Tagged adult, adult bird, baby, baby birds, bearded dragon, Bird, bird foods, birds sparrows, care, cat, cat food, crickets, dragon, Food, fruits, high protein, insectivorous bird, lizard, pellets, protein, seeds, sparrows, suitable diet, woint

Raising Baby Parakeets?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

we decided a month ago to let a pair or our parakeets hatch their own eggs out, after a lot of research and stuff. It was her first time, so the eggs never hatched. Then, we took a different pair, who had already bonded, and put them in a separate cage. Toddra, the female parakeet, sat on the eggs and barely got off. Her nest box is a wooden box with 1 hole and a cover that lifts up. A few days ago, I found out some exciting news; one baby chick had hatched! It had hatched a day or two ago, without anyone knowing. Toddra has been sitting on the small, bald chick. It was peeping a lot, so it’s strong and seems healthy. Toddra is fed seeds, a formulated egg diet for extra protein and calcium, and some veggies and fruits, such as apples and celery. So since the mother is feeding the chick, it’s getting a pretty healthy diet. My question is, do we just let Toddra take care of the chick until it’s old enough to leave the nest? If so, at what age is it old enough to live on its own(such as eating solid foods, drinking water, etc.)? Some people take them at 10 weeks and they feed them a special baby bird formula, but we don’t have the time to feed the chick 4x a day. Toddra and the father seem to be taking good care of the chick, so we aren’t really worried about her not feeding it or something like that. Any info on baby parakeets would be great!(not for raising them ourselves, but for knowing when they can live on their own and stuff like that) Thanks!

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Tagged apples, baby bird, baby chick, calcium, celery, drinking water, egg, eggs, exciting news, few days, fruits, healthy diet, nest box, Parakeet, Parakeets, protein, seeds, veggies

Biology Question related to Evolution?

Posted on February 1, 2012 by admin| 6 Comments

A protein similar to the mammalian hormone prolactin is found in amphibians and birds. In amphibians, such as newts, it causes the animals to seek water as they do when they lay their eggs. In birds, such as pigeons, it causes them to regurgitate material from the crop to feed their young. Mammals respond to prolactin by producing milk. How does the theory of common descent explain these similarities?
This is for my lab so it does matter, religon people leave no comment.
When I say religion people no comment im not insulting them i have my religious beliefs, i just strictly wanted a science answers

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Tagged amphibians, animals, biology, birds, crop, eggs, evolution, hormone, hormone prolactin, mammals, material, newts, pigeons, prolactin, protein, question, regurgitate, water

How old is the featherless, baby bird we found abandoned?

Posted on June 26, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

The baby bird was found by my two little ones. We gently scooped it up and put it in a shoe box with some towels since it has no feathers to keep it warm. I did some research and have been feeding “it” chopped up egg yolk (hard) and a few bugs for protein and placing it (via toothpick) in the back of it’s throat. Evidently, according to what I have read, the baby birds need to eat every 20-30 minutes.
The baby has nearly NO feathers and it’s wings look skeletal. Besides what we are doing, we are clueless as to the age. No sign of a nest or other birds. The kids found it next to the bottom of our large trash can on the side of the house. It was shivering….it has eaten a bit; however, it takes it in, lies there with it’s eyes closed the whole time. It’s tried to open it’s eyes a couple times.
Please help us if you have any knowledge whatsoever. The origin is unknown, buy basing it on the birds around I would predict it is a robin or similiar.

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Tagged 30 minutes, baby, baby bird, baby birds, back, Bird, box, bugs, egg, egg yolk, feathers, little ones, protein, research, shoe, shoe box, toothpick, towels, yolk

How do you give protein to a baby hummingbird?

Posted on April 12, 2011 by admin| 8 Comments

My daughter and I found a hummingbird on the groud. Apparently after some research we have determined it is about 15 weeks old. We are feeding it bird-nectar, but we also saw that it needs protein. Any ideas?

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Tagged baby, daughter, groud, hummingbird, nectar, protein, research