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A defenseless creature left for dead...was I wrong to rescue it? HAPPY FINAL UPDATE PAGE 6! | |
| Donivan Offer Upgrade  User ID: 30409644  United States07/10/2013 10:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Donivan (OP) User ID: 30409644 United States07/10/2013 10:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | and does anyone know how to upload pics? I will as soon as I figure it out! My friends, we are all living in extraordinary interesting times. The events to come will undoubtedly be some of the most important in our history. Embrace the change to come. I love you all! |
| Kai D Kravit (VALIS) User ID: 25570375 United States07/10/2013 10:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41501732  Canada07/10/2013 10:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "When foraging for materials with which to construct their cup-shaped nest, waxwings will often steal material from similar nests constructed earlier in the season by other species. Both sexes share in incubation and feeding the young. In addition to insects, the nestlings are fed berries from an early age . . ." |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 42821361 United States07/10/2013 10:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Baby birds need to eat often. Here's a site with some homemade food you can give it with an eyedropper: [link to www.wikihow.com] Good luck! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41501732 Canada07/10/2013 10:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "More than 80 percent of the annual food intake of waxwings consists of fruit, the prodigious ability of these birds to gorge upon berries being the stuff of legend. Berries are swallowed whole, the esophagus expanding to allow additional fruit to be stored prior to digestion. Individual berries may pass through the digestive system in twenty minutes or less, the fecal material consisting largely of the undigested seeds. In contrast to such birds as American Robins (Turdus migratorius) which also form wandering winter flocks, waxwings do not commonly take fatty fruits, their digestive system being specialized for the rapid assimilation of simple sugars. Interestingly, although robins and waxwings feed upon many of the same fruits, robins lack the ability to digest sucrose. In captivity, Cedar Waxwings are much better able to maintain weight when fed solely upon berries than are robins, which require a more diverse diet. The different metabolic abilities of these two competing species would seem to indicate a somewhat complimentary division of the food resource. In the springtime, waxwings frequently feed upon the blossoms of flowering trees, which blossoms may become an important food resource during times when fruit is scarce. At any time of year one may observe these birds fly-catching, especially over water. Waxwings can also take insect prey by gleaning from leaves and branches. Flocks are attracted to insect hatches and outbreaks, both berry crops and insect outbreaks representing locally abundant, ephemeral food resources" [link to www.saaudubon.org] Parent birds usuallly regurgitate food for their young so if you mash any insects or berries before you feed the bird it might help. Quite likely though the bird equivalent of saliva or stomach acids is an intergral part of the baby bird's diet. Good luck and good on you! |
| TheAspartameAddict User ID: 14644643 United States07/10/2013 10:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 43171153  Sweden07/10/2013 10:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | WOW! I love Cedar Waxlings - they usually migrate through my area in late winter / very early spring and feast on frozen crab apples. I missed seeing them the past couple years. No, I really don't think you were wrong in saving a creature from suffering. If you call your local / state museum, the biologists who work there might have a few tips on baby bird care. |
| FlowersChick User ID: 41301706 United States07/10/2013 10:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21082647 United States07/10/2013 10:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it's not yet feathered or only partially feathered, you'll need to keep it warm, and yes, it'll need to eat often. You can get bird handfeeding formula at most pet stores, and can use the blunt end of a toothpick to feed it. Be very careful with giving it water. It can aspirate on it. The handfeeding formula will give it all the water it needs, along with the necessary vitamins. |
| Rev StarGazer User ID: 37891955 United States07/10/2013 10:44 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  Here is one of the babies  “If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace "But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you." - Job 12:7,8 "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - Hunter S. Thompson revstargazer (at) hotmail.com |
| AmericanInfidel User ID: 30323783 United States07/10/2013 10:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is a sign. The bird is now yours to raise. It was meant to be. In time the bird will lead you on a great journey when you are both physically and spiritually ready. It will not be easy. It will not be safe. You may very well lose your life but you cannot change fate. In the end, if you and the feathered one prevail, you will realize it was he who saved you. Destroy all that is evil, so what is good may flourish. Guns cause crime like flies cause garbage. KCCO |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 7087765 United States07/10/2013 10:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will get all the girls doing this kinda stuff. Best of luck to you though. We want pictures and a daily report. Video is even better. I think you should take it to work with you. I mean....he is too young to leave a home alone. Unless you want to hire a bird nanny. |
| m&m's User ID: 28219729 United States07/10/2013 10:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| AmericanInfidel User ID: 30323783 United States07/10/2013 10:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will get all the girls doing this kinda stuff. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7087765 Best of luck to you though. We want pictures and a daily report. Video is even better. I think you should take it to work with you. I mean....he is too young to leave a home alone. Unless you want to hire a bird nanny. Bird nannies aren't cheap. And work is not important anymore. He must raise this youngling to be strong and courageous if they are to complete their journey. The world depends on them. Destroy all that is evil, so what is good may flourish. Guns cause crime like flies cause garbage. KCCO |
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| FooledMeOnce User ID: 41620513 Canada07/10/2013 10:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will get all the girls doing this kinda stuff. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7087765 Best of luck to you though. We want pictures and a daily report. Video is even better. I think you should take it to work with you. I mean....he is too young to leave a home alone. Unless you want to hire a bird nanny. So true! :lolsauce: :smokin1: |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 43147765 United States07/10/2013 10:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I commend you for your selflessness. The wife and I rescued many newborn birds, some with success, some not. We found out through trial and error that baby food worked best for feed at that young an age. Make sure it is meat base as these little fellows will need a lot of calories to survive. Need to be fed about every hour in the day time and very little at night. I hope and pray you have the stamina to keep this baby bird going. Good luck.  |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1112387 United States07/10/2013 10:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is there a bird rescue center nearby? Can you google one and then call them and ask for help? Advice on what to feed it? Many bigger pet stores will have baby bird powder that you can mix with water and feed with a dropper. Lots of breeders do this. I do believe it needs some pedialyte? Do NOT give it dairy products, avocadoes, or chocolate. Call a vet and ask! Some have emergency after hours call center. |
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| .:*Buttercup*:. User ID: 39965836 United States07/10/2013 11:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i used to bring home baby birds all the time when i was a kid. my mom used to buy mealy worms from the pet store and mush them up and feed the babies with an eyedropper. when they got bigger we would hide the worms under our fingers for the young birds to "hunt and forage" for. teaching them to fly was tough though, i always rooted for them to take off, but when they did i would cry my eyes out. good luck on your adventure. birdies are fun. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 42941849 United States07/10/2013 11:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hm. I am on the fence here. Yeah it's great you rescued it... But chances are it's going to die. Probably a slow and painful death. I don't know. If it were me, I probably would have let nature run its course. I would not of even touched the birds. Good luck. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 43178791 United States07/10/2013 11:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 42314754 Canada07/10/2013 11:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | good for you it was probably a test to see if you would follow your heart and help the creature....do unto others it was a great thing you did, come judgment the birdy will vouch for you and we need all the good works we can get |
| Donivan (OP) User ID: 30409644 United States07/10/2013 11:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank you everyone for your input! As of right now he is being VERY stubborn about eating, and most of the time wont eat at all. I'm looking into ways to get him to eat, as I would be extremely sad if he died :( I would like to upload pics, but I'm not sure how to do that... My friends, we are all living in extraordinary interesting times. The events to come will undoubtedly be some of the most important in our history. Embrace the change to come. I love you all! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 14703874 United States07/10/2013 11:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Give it some beer. All animals like beer. I once had a 36 lb. Toad, yep, that's what I said, a toad and yes I did put thirty-six pounds. It was a big fat ass toad, never seen one like it . It had hair on it like a rat. It looked like it caught its front leg in something. I doctored it up and kept it till it could get around. It was a cool pet, but it sure shit a lot. It shit more than my Black Lab full grown. It loved to eat French Fries and drink beer, so it got a lot of both. Before I would put it up for the night, I would give it Oreo cookies and more beer. It was a cool toad, I sure miss that fellow ! Ribbit |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 42821361 United States07/10/2013 11:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Give it some beer. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14703874 All animals like beer. I once had a 36 lb. Toad, yep, that's what I said, a toad and yes I did put thirty-six pounds. It was a big fat ass toad, never seen one like it . It had hair on it like a rat. It looked like it caught its front leg in something. I doctored it up and kept it till it could get around. It was a cool pet, but it sure shit a lot. It shit more than my Black Lab full grown. It loved to eat French Fries and drink beer, so it got a lot of both. Before I would put it up for the night, I would give it Oreo cookies and more beer. It was a cool toad, I sure miss that fellow ! Ribbit lol! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 43178566 United States07/10/2013 11:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you may have to "push" the food gentley down its throat because tht is what the mother does. She actually has to put it down the tiny throat. She does it in quick, short jabs with her sharp beak. or a plastic, eye dropper with a gruel-like mixture. Be careful to not scratch the throat and put too much in at a time. Bless you and the your new, little baby. He/she will now imprint on you. - plus a few other things for good measure. You might want to see if paper chops in the food processor. Kitty litter probably has too many chemicals in it for a baby bird |
