Posted by cc --Previous Message--
on 4/20/2005, 12:41 pm, in reply to "Re: found baby bluejay"
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That is a common misconsception. Most birds have a very poor sense of smell and could careless if a human has touch thier baby. All foundling birds should be at least be tried to returned thier nests, often a parent bird knows the baby isn't in the nest and hiding the baby in a near by bush is all that's needed to return them to parental care. This is called a feldging and parent bird will continue to care for the bird even if it's "jumped the nest"
: Why do you just leave it be? A baby
: blue jay that it touched by a human
: will never be accepted by its
: parents again
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: --Previous Message--
: Please read message from 7/27 from
: Neese. We raised our little one, I
: put the info on what we fed her in
: that response to another person
: looking for info on feeding.
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: Our chip loved dry cat food like
: Deli Cat that had been placed in a
: plastic storage bad with water and
: allowed to puff up. I've talked to
: other people who have found that dry
: cat food that is softened with water
: has worked for them too. Chipper
: loved crackers broken up and things
: like canned peas, lima beans, purple
: hull peas and such. We would give
: her a spoonful each morning of the
: veggies
: break up 2-3 crackers and a heaping
: tablespoon of the moistened cat
: food.
:
: She drank water and took her bath
: from the water pans we had down for
: her. She was handicapped and could
: not fly so we had very low pans.
:
: Good Luck
:
: Neese
:
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: I found a baby blue jay yesterday.
: It
: is flappng its wings but is`nt
: flying. I don`t want to put it
: outside until it does. It`s feathers
: are blue and he is very noisy so I
: think he must be old enough to fly.
: Any suggestions? Also what should I
: feed it? thanks
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