Re: OT: Baby Blue Jay ... HELP!!

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OT: Baby Blue Jay ... HELP!!

Hi, all. Today the kids brought a shoe box to me containing what I think is a

baby Blue Jay. Apparently the kids saw the mama trying to pick up the poor thing

and thought she was attacking it. Because of that, one of the " dear " neighbor

children threw a rock at the mama and she disappeared.

I was going to try to leave the baby in the yard in the hopes she'd come back,

but several of the neighborhood cats were suddenly very present and I knew I

couldn't do that. (Birds have virtually no sense of smell. I remember being told

as a kid that if you touch a baby the mother won't take it back into the nest,

but that's not true.)

So ... I now have this little baby sitting on my lap. He strikes me as being

very strong and healthy, but he's not very old at all. I mixed a gruel of water

and some fruits and oat flour and he's been eating it, but I know that's not

really what he needs. I've hand-raised baby cockatiels before, but that was a

long time ago and I don't remember much. I also don't have any of my reference

books around. He seems to be hydrated fine and must be getting enough to eat,

because his intake is always followed by " output. "

Have any of you ever raised a wild baby bird successfully? Anyone have any

suggestions? There's an apian vet I'm going to call tomorrow, but I'd sure

appreciate any advice anyone could offer. I'm going to find what I can on the

Internet.

What now????? TIA to anyone who can help me with this one.

He really is a sweet little thing. He shakes like crazy if I put him in his

" nest " and chirps 'til I pick him up. (Typical baby. LOL) He's sitting on a

papertowel on my lap right now and is sleeping peacefully. I need to figure out

how old he is so that I know how often to feed him. I'm not crazy about doing

the every 3 hour feedings again, but I will if that's what it takes.

pamela

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We had a baby bird last year that was orphaned ( i found mamma on my front

porch, thanks kitty) he had feathers and was nice and fat, the local lady ho

takes in birds was full so we did ourselves with help from the vet. We fed her

Eukanuba puppy food that was mushed up with distilled water with a dropper

and when she was bigger some mealworms from petco. once she was a little bigger

i fed her every three hours during the day and every five at night, make

sure you use the dropper on the right side of her mouth..the left side is her

trachea. Good luck

jennifer

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feed him. I'm not crazy about doing the every 3 hour feedings again, but I

will if that's what it takes

Pamela--My friend who raised all manner of parrots, from birth, (including

mine) alwways fed them pediolite(sp?) from from a medicine dropper-she fed

every four hours, as the pediolite seemed to keep the happy that long. She

put them in a shoe box, lined with kleenex, with a hot pad somewhere nearby,

and put them in a semi dark room where it was quiet, and kept a small radio

going with soothing music turned very low. Sounds elaborate, I know, but

shearely ever lost a bird. Being a wild one, it might not respond, but it's

worth a try.

HTH and good luck!

Coral

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Hi, Judy! I had one friend suggest canned cat food, and the vet agreed about

that one. Would the bird open his mouth for you? This little guy is certainly

old enough to eat semi-solid food, but he won't eat from me. I gently force-fed

him this morning, but hate to have to do that all the time. He's currently in a

basket hanging in the tree the kids found him under. Hopefully his real mama

will take over.

Thanks much for sharing that!! This certainly has been a learning experience!

pamela

RE: OT: Baby Blue Jay ... HELP!!

We took care of a baby blue jay once. The vet had us

feed him canned dog food, via chopstick.

Worked great!

Judy

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