what do you feed a baby bird?
I found a bay bird on my porch yesterday it has feather and all and I think it broke it’s wings trying to fly.
I’ve been feeding it bread soaked in milk..it won’t eat much of the bread but drinks the milk..I just tried feeding it worms but it won’t eat it..dose anybody know what I should feed it and what I should do about it’s broken wing?!
Don’t give it milk. Birds do not have the right enzymes for dairy products.
Go to petco or petsmart and buy a bag of powdered bird formula. Something like this: http://www.petco.com/product/10053/Kaytee-Exact-Hand-Feeding-Formula-for-All-Baby-Birds.aspx Yes, the formula is meant for parrots but it will work for wild birds too. Follow the instructions on the bag and everything will be fine.
Everything you feed it must be in liquid form. Baby birds don’t eat whole worms, and they don’t swallow them whole either. Bread and worms, and anything not liquid will not work!
If you don’t have time to buy the formula yet, boil a few eggs, but leave the yolk slightly soft. Get rid of the whites and mash up the yolks. (The yolk must be soft). If you have dog kibble, add some water to it, put it in the microwave, and cut it up into tiny pieces. Mix it up with the yolks. The food should be mostly yolk, just a little bit of the kibble.
You must feed your formula warm, but NOT HOT. You can burn a baby bird’s throat very easily. Basically, put your finger in the mixture before you feed it. It should be warm, but not hot. That is the safest way to tell if your bird can eat it. The mixture will be a thick liquid. If you have a chopstick, or something similarily shaped (a straw) you can use it to scoop a tiny gob of food onto an end and feed it that way, or if you buy the bird formula, it should come with a needle-less syringe that can also be used.
Don’t force feed the bird if it is not hungry. As a precaution, I dont know if its already too late but baby birds require feeding a LOT, sometimes more than twice an hour. You need to get the right food and formula (what I described) as soon as you can, because milk and bread and worms will starve it to death.
Good luck.
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