Look what my Mum found!

Jun 14, 2007 22:43



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calzephyr77 June 14 2007, 22:09:20 UTC
Oh my goodness! The poor wee thing! I don't know why people don't wait until fall to cut down trees ( ... )

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firecrest June 14 2007, 23:00:21 UTC
Thanks for that. we currently have it on a box on top of the gas fire. unfortunaty its the only heat supply so we`ve got some polestyrene between its box and the fire top. I keep checking it doesnt seem to be to hot. I bought some ground mealworms and we mixed it with water and brown bread. unfortunatly it wont go up the syringe very easy. I got some small amounts into it. not very much but it pooped twice in the last few hours so it cant be that bad. The first poo looked a bit dry but the second had water in it and solid ( ... )

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poets_hand June 14 2007, 22:49:26 UTC
Gentle healing thoughts and compassion to you, your mum, and the baby bird. I hope it does well, and that the above advice helps.

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firecrest June 15 2007, 11:15:32 UTC
thanks :)

Its still alive this morning. seems in good health. I just fed it a mixture of canary egg rearing formula mixed with pig suet and mealworms. I blended it all the blender. I dont think that will impress my mother when she gets back, what with it being her blender, but it seemed to impress the chick.
I got enough of it down it to make its crop bulge which is a good sign, but the reality is it only ate like 2miligrams, or as much as would fill half a thimble. Pigeons apparently make "crop milk" unlike other birds, the pigeon is capable of producing a milk in its gullet which is the highest fat sustance a baby bird can be fed on, so I hope the addition of suet in my mix was a good idea.

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