Wildwest
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- 3/31/26
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- Mali
Hey! People bring me miscellaneous birds in the spring, and it is that time!! Most of the time they are fledglings or native species so I am able to take them to a rehabber. anywho, i’ll get started.
2 days ago, I was walking along outside and I stumbled along a STINKY ripped apart nest with dead chicks in it, and then I saw a mouth open not far from it. It was an eyes closed, no fuzz nestling. I picked him(?) up and I took him inside. I started my incubator and I searched EVERYWHERE for the feeding formula. I found it.
I will attach chick pics here. he still had some yolk sac visible so i was assuming 2 days old. I went ahead and fed him, but minimally. i fed him .2ml every 1.5 hours that day but now im not sure how much to feed… and like all the stuff.
I had one that I fed from about a week old until he was a fledgling and then gave him to a local rehabber who was willing to rehabilitate him. I live in the FL panhandle so unfortunately most of our rehabber are full rn + it’s not a native species so only about 2 within 3 hours of me will take him and they are full.
What I’m feeding:
Kaytee Exact Handfeeding Formula
Type of bird:
Assumed house finch or sparrow
Age:
as of 3/31/2026 (assumed) 3-4 days
bird:
I ordered a kitchen scale so i can start weighing him.. He is very active and alert. i can hear him chirping from my living room which is what makes me think he’s not being fed enough. He doesn’t chirp past midnight. The first night i fed at 3 am but he didn’t want to wake up for it so im not sure that’s necessary.. also he has stopped pooping each time i feed him so im not sure he’s processing correctly. I just need a bit of help lol. any tips are appreciated!
2 days ago, I was walking along outside and I stumbled along a STINKY ripped apart nest with dead chicks in it, and then I saw a mouth open not far from it. It was an eyes closed, no fuzz nestling. I picked him(?) up and I took him inside. I started my incubator and I searched EVERYWHERE for the feeding formula. I found it.
I will attach chick pics here. he still had some yolk sac visible so i was assuming 2 days old. I went ahead and fed him, but minimally. i fed him .2ml every 1.5 hours that day but now im not sure how much to feed… and like all the stuff.
I had one that I fed from about a week old until he was a fledgling and then gave him to a local rehabber who was willing to rehabilitate him. I live in the FL panhandle so unfortunately most of our rehabber are full rn + it’s not a native species so only about 2 within 3 hours of me will take him and they are full.
What I’m feeding:
Kaytee Exact Handfeeding Formula
Type of bird:
Assumed house finch or sparrow
Age:
as of 3/31/2026 (assumed) 3-4 days
bird:
I ordered a kitchen scale so i can start weighing him.. He is very active and alert. i can hear him chirping from my living room which is what makes me think he’s not being fed enough. He doesn’t chirp past midnight. The first night i fed at 3 am but he didn’t want to wake up for it so im not sure that’s necessary.. also he has stopped pooping each time i feed him so im not sure he’s processing correctly. I just need a bit of help lol. any tips are appreciated!
