STARLING PARENTS !!!!!

[foreverawi]

hello ! new mom here. . . i just left he vet and was not told too much info on diet, just that she seems healthy, good wight, good heart beat. Can i ask what your best advice is ? she just wants to eat crickets :/ ( wont eat boiled egg, celery leaves, kale, grapes, boiled brocoli and carrots, apples) i got some tums and Prime nutrients. she loves the nutrients but i have not given her the tums yet. . . any ideas on dosing ? she is 68 grams any advice is appreciated thank you.

 

[foreverawi]

hello ! new bird mom here. . . i just left he vet and was not told too much info on a starling diet, just that she seems healthy, good wight, good heart beat. Can i ask what your best advice is ? she just wants to eat crickets :/ ( wont eat boiled egg, celery leaves, kale, grapes, boiled brocoli and carrots, apples) i got some tums and Prime nutrients. she loves the nutrients but i have not given her the tums yet. . . any ideas on dosing ? she is 61 grams any advice is appreciated thank you.

 

[foreverawi]

picture of feather baby !

 

[Aestatis]

I did some digging since I remembered reading that starlings need a high protein diet. I came across a barely active forum that has some good info:

Recommended Adult Starling and Sparrow Diet | Starlingchat II - A home for Starling families

Source: Starling and Sparrow Rescue and Care Adult starlings require a high animal protein diet and the

starlingchat.proboards.com

Looks like some others here have also fed mealworms and waxworms along with the diet. I haven't heard of supplementing with tums, but if the vet recommended it they would know better than me.

 

[Zara]

@jh81 @Kile @redindiaink

 

[foreverawi]

I did some digging since I remembered reading that starlings need a high protein diet. I came across a barely active forum that has some good info:

Recommended Adult Starling and Sparrow Diet | Starlingchat II - A home for Starling families

Source: Starling and Sparrow Rescue and Care Adult starlings require a high animal protein diet and the

starlingchat.proboards.com

Looks like some others here have also fed mealworms and waxworms along with the diet. I haven't heard of supplementing with tums, but if the vet recommended it they would know better than me.

Thank you so much for your reply and love !

 

[Reddi]

I realize this is an older thread but the diet info may be useful. (I just came over after finding the old starlingtalk board was no More). I’ve had two starlings, one passed at age 16 and the other is still here, and will be 19 in April if he makes it that far. I’ve fed them blue buffalo healthy aging cat food (it’s protein and fat aren’t too high, but pretty good for starlings) mixed with unmedicated chicken layer feed. Four parts cat food to one part chicken feed. I grind the mix with a coffee grinder as my old man (Francis Damienis his name but we usually call him ”bird”) prefers the food ground together. Give some cooked egg (hard boiled chopped) and applesauce on the side but don’t leave that in the cage as it can spoil before they eat it. FD will take eggs from my hand but not from a dish. He prefers just the cat food/layer feed mix. This is the recipe I got on the old starlingtalk boards in 2006 when FD came to us and he has done pretty well Do NOT give mealworms and crickets except as an occasional treat. Mealworms are like Cheetos to starlings. Overdoing it can make them sick.