Posted by BONNIE --Previous Message--
on 7/27/2004, 10:10 am, in reply to "Re: baby blue fell from nest"
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: I raised a baby that was kicked out by
: its mother becuase it was deformed.
: It had only one wing and no feet,
: just stubs. I was only a few days old
: from what the vet told us. Our vet
: gave her antibiotics to safegaurd
: against infection and wished me the
: best at trying to help it. She said
: it was so small and defective it's
: chances of surviving the were small.
: I wanted to try to save her so I took
: her home after two days there.
: When she was a baby I fed her dry cat
: food that had been soaked overnight
: in water and made it really soupy so
: it easy to feed her. I added a little
: suet and to it too. I used a dropper
: and fed the formula to her every
: hour. She was so small that I took
: her with me to work in a little
: warmer, it was a small souvenir box
: and I went to WalMart and bought
: those warmer packets that heat on
: their own when you shake them. I put
: them in the bottom of the box and
: filled it with quilt stuffings. After
: about a month she would eat every
: couple of hours and the food did not
: have to be soupy just softened. I put
: about a half cup of dry Deli Cat in a
: sandwich bag, put in half that amount
: of water in it so the dry food would
: absorb it and each one would puff up.
: She loved it and I was able to feed
: her about 5-6 each feeding. She grew
: up and continued to eat that
: moistened puffed up Deli Cat food for
: the rest of her life. Once grown I
: fed her each morning a small hand
: full of the puffed cat food along
: with a vegetable or hulled peanuts,
: canned peas and things like that. She
: loved grapes and lima beans but we
: would have to remove the outer hull
: of the lima's and crack the grapes
: just a bit. Her beak was crooked too
: so she was challenged in that way as
: well.
: One of her favorite foods was diced
: potatoes and of course un-salted
: crackers. She loved to break them up
: and hid them under her little rug or
: in one of her many hiding spots in
: her enviroment we created for her. We
: made a bird bath and drinking pond
: for her out of a low kitty pan that
: had two sections, she loved taking
: her bath in the one and the other
: side was her drinking water.
: We named her Chipper, I taught her
: how to jump on her little stubby legs
: by manually lifting her and after
: several months she learned this was
: the best way to move around. She
: learned her name, you could call her
: and she would come hoping over. She
: knew how to turn on a little TV we
: had in her room where the special
: house was we had built for her to
: accomodate her shortcomings. She
: played with jax balls and the caps
: from pop bottles. Hiding them in
: special corners and under things
: along with her snack stashes. She was
: a bright light for us for over six
: years. She even could meow just like
: a cat because we had four and she
: heard them on the other side of her
: door. We installed a glass door on
: the room where her house was so she
: could see out and be part of the
: family and my office was in her room
: so I would take her out and let her
: sit on my shoulder when I was in
: there working.
: Along with making regular blue jay
: calls and songs she could make the
: sound of the fax machine and phone
: because she heard them in the office.
: Chipper lived for nearly 7-years and
: we loved her very, very much. She was
: a wonderful member of our family.
: Good Luck
:
: --Previous Message--
: The parents have left -- what should
: we
: feed this baby? Very tiny
:
: :
:
NEESE: THAT WAS SUCH A WONDERFULL STORY TO READ FIRST THING THIS MORNING! I FIND IT SO AMAZING AND SO DELIGHTFUL THAT SUCH A SMALL WONDER SUCH AS YOUR LITTLE " CHIPPER " CAN MAKE SUCH AN IMPACT IN OUR DAILY LIVES AND OUR SURROUNDINGS. I AM SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT SHE PASSED AWAY, BUT I AM ALSO GLAD THAT YOU HAD THE MANY YEARS TO ENJOY HER WONDERFUL PRESSANCE AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU LEARNED FROM HER SO YOU COULD IN FACT HELP SOMEONE ELSE OUT. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE AND THEIR WILD ANIMAL FINDINGS !!!
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