Re: HELP!! Two abandonned baby pidgeons (15 days) suddenly lethargic...help!

Thanks Hilary...I do appreciate your help. I will try your suggestions next.
I went to the pet shop up the street and she suggested baby formula...so
that what I'm trying now. They seem to have perked up and warmed and could
pull thru.

I'll keep you posted if you like.

Cheers,
Ann

"Hilary" <hedge_hogg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:dcr0f6$gun$1$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "AM" <anyone@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Gq6dnQMTrbuwdW3fRVn-3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> yesterday.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to save them???
> You'll have to force feed them about 4 times a day.We ground up mixed corn
> ( the adult food) into a sloppy paste with some ground weetabix and pushed
> it down with a syringe. The only one I found suitable for the mixture was
> the syringe included in a Canesten cream pack (ask the chemist or a
> friendly female it may be a touch embarassing ) which is a straight tube
> with a plunger. Make sure their nostrils ( on top of beak) are clear after
> feeding.
>
> Keep trying at the start of the feed with some food in a small container
> with your hand almost covering the entrance. If your lucky the chicks will
> think its mums mouth and help to feed themselves. Finish by topping up
> with the syringe.
>
> You will be able to feel the food in their crops but dont over fill. If
> its feed time and the crops still full leave it a bit longer. Mum and Dad
> will have fed them twice a day on a huge partially digested meal which is
> easier for them to digest which is why you need to feed more often.
>
> We hand reared a rejected dove to almost adulthood but he (Squeak) was
> never 100% ( according to the vet - mum knew best when she rejected him)
> and suffered a stroke. In your case the parents hadnt rejected them so
> hopefully they'll be OK.
>
> I'm not sure about the salt and sugar as they wouldnt have that in the
> wild. If you can collect rain water and boil it that would probably be
> better to mix the food up with. You can purchase vitamin/mineral powders
> for birds.
>
> Dont leave them outside un protected or unattended. A cage partially
> covered for shade for a few hours would be ok with water. If they havent
> the parents to protect them they are just food for someone else. They will
> also need to be kept in at night as they wont be able to generate enought
> heat on there own. Normal cool room temp should be ok. A cardboard box
> with an old saucer or ashtray (for a nest bowl - stops their legs splaying
> out) with newspaper on the floor and torn kitchen roll about the nest bowl
> seems acceptable.
>
> We also included a white teddy. Ours was a single dove chick and was
> lonely. He used to snuggle up to the teddy and fall asleep. Yours have
> each other but if you lose one you might need a stuffed toy for the
> remaining one. I know it sounds daft but they are used to having other
> birds with them most of the time.
>
> Let me know how you get on. Best of luck.
>


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Eclectus chicks refusing to eat.
    ... that I needed to put the syringe tip into the beak to start feeding. ... The chick did not mind and he consumed the food ok, ... now eating on there own and all seems to have ended well. ...
    (rec.pets.birds)
  • Re: HELP!! Two abandonned baby pidgeons (15 days) suddenly lethargic...help!
    ... it down with a syringe. ... Keep trying at the start of the feed with some food in a small container ... Mum and Dad will ... on the floor and torn kitchen roll about the nest bowl seems acceptable. ...
    (rec.pets.birds.pigeons)
  • Re: Feeding the cat
    ... With a syringe. ... So, I switched to baby food meat, which he would not eat out of the ... However, when I squirted in in is mouth, he did keep it down. ...
    (rec.pets.cats.community)
  • Re: Eclectus chicks refusing to eat.
    ... It was just like feeding Amazons ... that I needed to put the syringe tip into the beak to start feeding. ... The chick did not mind and he consumed the food ok, ...
    (rec.pets.birds)
  • Re: Space-time for bird brains Re: la-la-la!
    ... Some types of birds (including the parids, ... are prolific food storers, hiding small food caches in perhaps ... storing birds have been found to have an amazing memory for where they ... The worms soon decay and become unpalatable. ...
    (soc.culture.romanian)