Thank you for rescuing the bird! At QAWS we often have baby birds brought into us for hand-rearing and I have to be straight - the bird has about a 10% chance of surviving.
The best thing to feed them is a good quality dog biscuit which you should soak in warm water until it's all mushy and easy for the bird to swallow.
The easiest way to feed them is to get a drinking straw and cut a big notch out of one end so it kind of resembles a spoon.
You'll know it's had enough food when the neck looks swollen. Please be advised though that they need feeding every half hour or so!
If it doesn't survive then please don't be disheartened - it's not anything you did wrong - just that it was too young.
Thank you for rescuing the bird! At QAWS we often have baby birds brought into us for hand-rearing and I have to be straight - the bird has about a 10% chance of surviving.
The best thing to feed them is a good quality dog biscuit which you should soak in warm water until it's all mushy and easy for the bird to swallow.
The easiest way to feed them is to get a drinking straw and cut a big notch out of one end so it kind of resembles a spoon.
You'll know it's had enough food when the neck looks swollen. Please be advised though that they need feeding every half hour or so!
If it doesn't survive then please don't be disheartened - it's not anything you did wrong - just that it was too young.