URGENT help needed! Rescued baby sparrow.

[PL84]

2 feedings done and _ALL_ of this beef is gone (pic lower), atleast he has healthy apetite ... He's going to be so fat that he cant fly.

 

[PL84]

2 days behind and everything ok, he eats, he poops, he chirps, he runs around his cardboard box and scratches his head with his small legs. Everything seems to be ok with this fella!

 

[plumsmum2005]

Great news he is eating and by the looks of it thriving, good for you. I would be a little concerned feeding beef though, unfortunately all sorts of stuff gets into our meat and not sure good for this little guy? A thought, would a fishing tackle shop have any live insects that could be fed instead? Have you raided your garden for anything live?

 

[YUMgrinder]

He's an adorable little wild bird! would you keep him as a pet if somehow he did bond with you? Does he have any fear of you?

 

[Flboy]

.....A thought, would a fishing tackle shop have any live insects that could be fed instead? Have you raided your garden for anything live?

The risk with getting insects from a fishing tackle shop, is that they can be contaminated with parasites! We lost two of our reptiles because of this!
Most pet shops carry live insects!

 

[PL84]

Great news he is eating and by the looks of it thriving, good for you. I would be a little concerned feeding beef though, unfortunately all sorts of stuff gets into our meat and not sure good for this little guy? A thought, would a fishing tackle shop have any live insects that could be fed instead? Have you raided your garden for anything live?

They said (at animal shelter where i called) that ground beef soaked in water is perfect for him . It's the biggest natural bird shelter here in Finland so i would at least imagine they know their business

He's an adorable little wild bird! would you keep him as a pet if somehow he did bond with you? Does he have any fear of you?

If he bonds with me/us and we think he doesn't survive in wild then yes.

Only problem is his species, they fly almost all their life, their legs are really small and taking of from ground is really hard (impossible for some) so i dont know... ...would he survive in captivity even? I'm trying to avoid bonding but its quite hard when we're feeding him 8x / day. If he was baby crow or baby magpie i would be bonding with him 24/7 =)

He doesn't seem to fear us

 

[YUMgrinder]

maybe he will adapt to perching most of the time but sounds like he will feel the need for speed! err... fly..

 

[PL84]

maybe he will adapt to perching most of the time but sounds like he will feel the need for speed! err... fly..

If he bonds with us too much and i think he wouldn't survive then we'll see. I'm quite sure he would adapt to perching and if the perches are high and there is many of them, it might work.

Their wings are too long and legs too short, their wings hit the ground if they try to take off from ground (video topic is completely wrong, he's not "learning to fly" because he cant do it like that)
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFU5sD8QJwg"]Common swift take off exercise - YouTube[/ame]

Another problem is the eating... There is some cases they would start to eat and drink by themselves but usually you need to feed them even when they are adults (they grab insects during flight so eating while non flying isn't natural for them)

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zce9uNqSCI&t=20s"]Rare, but possible: common swift bird eating and drinking on its own - YouTube[/ame]

 

[PL84]

17 bites of ground beef this time


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2NHXRS9boU"]Common Swift - YouTube[/ame]

 

[PL84]

He's getting really comfortable around me... He chirps on his cardboard box when he is hungry and hops on my hand when i put it in the box... This is him after todays last meal, he is totally comfortable perching on my finger... ...this might not be good

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ano3QJnanTM"]Baby swift is getting a little bit too tame. - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Flboy]

We raised a baby Mockingbird, that some jerk used as a football! My daughter helped him and raised him back to health! He lived inside our screen enclosure for almost 6 months. Then the other mockingbirds started noticing him and he noticed them. He started taking day trips outside but always returned at night, this went on for about two weeks. He then stop to returning! Over the months, because of his friendliness with us, we could always pick him out from the flock! He actually returned the next year and still was somewhat friendly with us! We could not fully approach but he would hang very close to us.

 

[PL84]

Job complete, he was doing "flying trainings" (flapping around) in the morning so i went outside, tossed him in the air and he flied away. Damn, i kind of miss him already.

 

[plumsmum2005]

Congrats on a job well done. Fly safe little one.

 

[goalerjones]

Job complete, he was doing "flying trainings" (flapping around) in the morning so i went outside, tossed him in the air and he flied away. Damn, i kind of miss him already.

That's called "working yourself out of a job". It also means that you did a good job.

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