SandraK
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For some reason wild baby birds always do look grumpy but Grumpy seems to have taken a liking to his new mum.Update on grumpy grackle:
Thanks for the help!
He slept in late this morning. When I brought him outside he wouldn't even stand, but after a breakfast of some egg, he looks like he has a lot more energy! Finally standing and stretching his wings and all, but he will not fly.
I've let him spend the day outside of the carrier, just chilling in the yard but he refuses to walk around or move from wherever I leave him. He prefers to stay clinging to my glove when I pick him up to check him or at least move him to a clean, shady patch of grass, and no bird has come to feed him as far as I can see. I'm thinking he may have been abandoned, as the only birds who came near him today were some rowdy robins who paid him no mind. He'll be back inside in the carrier tonight as well, since it's supposed to rain.
Any thoughts to the best way I can help him at this point since mama bird is nowhere to be found?
(First picture is before breakfast; second picture is from a few hours later)
Hi I need to know about getting a permit to keep a common Grackle as a pet. Hoping you can help.Hes probably showing his sassy side..you could teach him "no bite" when he does it ..
You'll need to contact the fish and wildlife department in your home state.Hi I need to know about getting a permit to keep a common Grackle as a pet. Hoping you can help.
Hello,
Last summer I rescued a young common grackle who has become ensconced in our home. I don't know if anyone here has a pet grackle, but he is really delightful, at times a bit screechy but very sweet. He is approaching one year old and is very tame. He flies free in a large 8 X 15 room with 12' ceilings and occasionally in the rest of our house. I have him on a softbill diet of various brands (Zupreem, Orlux, Unibird), feed him meal worms, fresh fruit and a few veggies, and the odd treat of a peanut and bread. He has an avian vet and is in very good health, although his beak tends to scissor a bit, so he get regular trims.
Since February 11 he has gained some weight, from 142 g to 155g. Do you think he is getting a bit too big or just coming to maturation?
Two things I'd like to accomplish with him are to get him to let me pet him. He will pet and kiss me and braid my hair and sit on my head and shoulders, but he does not like to be stroked or handled. And I would also like to train him to go to the bathroom exclusively in his cage, rather than anywhere he pleases! Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thank you,
Lula
The member you tagged has not visited here since 2014 unfortunately, you might be best to start your own thread. I'll tag @Birdbabe in the hopes she might get the notification and be able to offer some help but she also has not visited here for some time now.Right now I am feeding my grackle a mixture of canned kitten food and 20% protein poultry feed that I already have on hand for my chickens and peacocks. I soak the poultry feed pellets in water and mix the kitten food in so its a mash. My grackle is fully-feathered now so I think I should begin incorporating a more "adult" type of food, but the information available online regarding grackles as pets is quite limited. Would you mind sharing exactly which foods you purchased for yours?
Also, how do you teach him not to nip at you?