Abby Squire
Moving in
Hello,
I live in Zimbabwe in a farming area outside the capital city Harare.
Yesterday, my family and I found a little baby Red-Faced Mouse Bird that had fallen out of his nest. As a family, we often save and successfully raise baby birds that have fallen out of their nests. Most of the time we have saved predatory birds such as owls and hawks but we are a bit unsure of this little Mouse Bird.
He does not appear injured and is fully feathered but cannot fly. His eyes are open and we have tried to follow the advice given in earlier posts on this site such as stimulating the poop shoot (which has been successful), and checking for a feeding response which is also quite strong.
However, we are quite unsure of what to feed him as we do not have access to any of the feeding formulas mentioned on this site in Zimbabwe. We have kept his fluids up using water with a bit of sugar and we have managed to feed him a bit of mashed up banana and tiny pieces of apple without the skin on the end of a spoon.
Please could we get advice on what to feed the little chap and how much and how often we should feed him?
Thank you!
I live in Zimbabwe in a farming area outside the capital city Harare.
Yesterday, my family and I found a little baby Red-Faced Mouse Bird that had fallen out of his nest. As a family, we often save and successfully raise baby birds that have fallen out of their nests. Most of the time we have saved predatory birds such as owls and hawks but we are a bit unsure of this little Mouse Bird.
He does not appear injured and is fully feathered but cannot fly. His eyes are open and we have tried to follow the advice given in earlier posts on this site such as stimulating the poop shoot (which has been successful), and checking for a feeding response which is also quite strong.
However, we are quite unsure of what to feed him as we do not have access to any of the feeding formulas mentioned on this site in Zimbabwe. We have kept his fluids up using water with a bit of sugar and we have managed to feed him a bit of mashed up banana and tiny pieces of apple without the skin on the end of a spoon.
Please could we get advice on what to feed the little chap and how much and how often we should feed him?
Thank you!