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Please help my Mousebird

Fruity Mouse

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Hi I have a baby mousebird wich I dont know the age or the specie. I feed it squased bananna and papaya with a syringe. Please I need advice as soon as possible.
 

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What town/country are you in? What do you have access too?
 

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I live in South Africa, Pretoria. I dont know what you mean by what do I have access to.
 

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Is the baby injured?
If so please take it to a vet.
 

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I looked but as far as I can see there is no cuts or anything broken, she flapped her wings a while ago so thats good. She also held onto my finger so everything look fine. I am just a little concerned about her weight, she weighs 14 grams, but I dont know how old she is. She has feathers and is beginning to grow a kuif.
 

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Does anyone have an idea of how old it is and how much it must weigh. I figured it must be a Speckled Mousebird.
 

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But how did you find it? And when? If it's not injured better to try to return it to the nest if you can find it.
 

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Good day, i saved a mousebird, it has a broken tail feather. I want to find out whether it grows back or will it remain short?
 

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How is the baby doing? I hope the little one is OK.
 

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@chantelle i also have a mousbird. Her tail feather broke off about two months ago. Still no feather growing back. I am worried because she is off balance and doesnt vlimb her cage that much anymore. I took her to the vet and they said she looks healthy. They say she has grown a callus at the end of her tail from the constant friction against it while its been gone. The vet gave her a diluted formula of anti-inflamatory drops that we must administer for five days. They said we must see how it goes for there and if it doesnt grow back in a few months we must go to an exotic animal clinic who sepcializes in wild birds. The gave us the name Marina from Onderstepoort Dierekliniek in Pretoria.
 
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