Posted by Leslie --Previous Message--
on 7/11/2004, 8:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Am i feeding my baby robin the proper food??"
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We also just rescued three nestling robins after a fierce storm this past Wednesday. Thought one was already dead, but all three are now great!! :-) Best advice: wildlife rehabilitator. We didn't do that, though, but I did LOTS of internet searching re: diet, etc. I'm not an expert, but today we did something wonderful with the babies ... we found one of those screened-in tents on sale (summer closeout special) and it's worth every penny. Now they can fine-tune their flying skills while protected from cats and dogs. Also, we bought a bag of 50 crickets ... we'll let 5 or so loose at a time so they can work on their bug catching skills. Crikets and nightcrawlers (we cut them up into six pieces) are available at bait shops. (Beats digging!) Feel free to email me if you'd like to discuss. I'll give you my phone number or I'll call you. ElegantBags@aol.com.
: I found 3 baby robins that a storm blew
: out of a nest in our yard. I waited
: to see if the parents would come.
: The birds were already limp and
: barely moving when I found them. So
: I picked them up and put them on a
: towel in a big flower pot. I
: couldn't find any worms that night,
: so when we went to walmart I bought
: kitten milk in the pet aisle. Then I
: read where I can give them cat food
: soaked in water. So now I give them
: the kitten milk with a dropper in the
: morning (6am) and soaked catfood
: every 2-3 hours until night time.
: They love it! I read where the water
: in the food is enough. I use yellow
: plastic tweezers, and they poke their
: heads up when they see them and I
: whistle. At first they didn't have
: many feathers, now they're getting a
: lot of feathers and a lot cuter. I
: put them in an old bird cage I found.
: I still don't know when or how I am
: going to release them back into wild.
: Any advice would be welcome.
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