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| 705.1 | Hearsay advice | GERBIL::MAGEE | | Fri Jul 10 1992 10:02 | 5 |
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I was once told that canned dog food
can be used instead of bugs in Le' Machine ;-('
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| 705.2 | Try this | RAYBOK::DAMIANO | It's a question of weight ratios.... | Fri Jul 10 1992 12:24 | 16 |
| I just finished raising three baby sparrows, from little naked babies
to adulthood. I have the "official" recipe at home that was given to me
by an avian expert at a local natural history museum, but off the top
of my head, here's what you do:
Soak some dry dog kibble in cold water to get it mushy. Hard boil some
eggs. Throw both in a cusinart and grind to paste. Keep refrigerated,
but serve at room temperature. It should be the consistency of cookie
dough. I also gave them meal worms when they were older and hopping
around the cage.
They loved the dog food/egg mix, and it was easy to make and full of
protien. Sparrows are meat eaters and need alot of it.
John D.
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| 705.3 | Oh, Gross! | ALFA1::COOK | Save the Skeets | Fri Jul 10 1992 13:47 | 7 |
| re: .2
YUK! Does that ever sound disgusting!!!!!!!!
I bet she'll just love it though. Thanks a bunch.
gwen
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| 705.4 | | RAYBOK::DAMIANO | It's a question of weight ratios.... | Fri Jul 10 1992 14:41 | 9 |
| She'll love it alright. My birds were small when I found them; All they
could do was lift their heads and open their mouths if your shadow
happened to pass by. I kept the food mixture in a recycled margarine
tub, and used a Q-tip swab to feed them. Just pull the cotton off of
one end, load it up with food, and pretend you're loading a cannon.
I have three fat, tame sparrows for friends now.
John D.
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| 705.5 | hand feeding mix-ready mix | 57112::PULSIFER | UNHAMPERED BY FACTS AND INFORMATION | Tue Jul 14 1992 10:15 | 10 |
| When I raised a mourning dove , I was told to feed a mixture similiar to
the previous mentioned one. The problem I had was, you should mix too
much cause it can go bad quickly, and once you heat it up you should
return that portion to the cold batch.
I received later guidance that said I should go to a pet store that
deals in hand fed baby parrots and get handfeeding formula. It was much
easier, just mix up one feeding at a time ! less waste mess and it
turned out cheaper for me.
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| 705.6 | | BULEAN::MAHLER | DECnet for OpenVMS Alpha | Tue Jul 14 1992 12:41 | 7 |
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I once fed a seagull, I rescued, dogfood. It's high in protein
just like worms.
Yum.
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| 705.7 | recipe | LJOHUB::LBELLIVEAU | | Wed Jul 15 1992 08:28 | 22 |
| here's what our vet suggested when we rescued a wild baby bird:
baby rice cereal
any strained baby vegetable
canned dog food
mix the above with warm water and feed with an eyedropper
We mixed it in very small amounts since the baby didn't eat much
at a time. The consistency was that of a shake; thick but liquidy.
Fortunately, we were able to find the nest (a hole in the ground
near our neighbor's shrubs) and the baby made a beeline once it
figured out where it was.
The vet also told us the idea that parent birds will ignore the
young if you touch them (and get "human smell" all over them)
is a myth.
Good luck!
Linda
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| 705.8 | Update ?????? | ROYALT::PULSIFER | UNHAMPERED BY FACTS AND INFORMATION | Fri Jul 17 1992 09:46 | 3 |
| Hi Gwen,
How about an update ?
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| 705.9 | not a happy update | ALFA1::COOK | Chips R Us | Mon Jul 20 1992 11:59 | 9 |
| Well, it's not a happy update. The poor little thing must have gotten
interal injuries when she fell out of the nest...it's quite a drop from
the peak of the barn. She was dead on the bottom of the cage on Sunday
morning last week. We buried her out under the pine trees.
I feel sad, but at least I tried.
gwen
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