Birdie Pets

Baby Hummingbird Help

Question:

You should call your local Wildlife Rescue Team. If they are not listed in your phone book, try the local animal shelter/humane society. In the meantime, maybe you should get some type of electrolyte solution. Pedialyte with some sugar added should help. I have also heard that adding some Grenadine syrup to water will keep these babies alive for awhile. I’m not a vet, or a member of the wildlife rescue team, so can only advise you from a layman’s viewpoint. Good luck. Monica – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >[ Article crossposted from rec.birds ] >[ Author was Michael Thacker ] >My SO and I  found a baby hummer on the ground. It was quite vocal so we >decided to bring it home and try to feed it. So far it has taken some >sugar water and seems to have livened up a bit. What is best to feed it >and what kind of feeding schedule does it need? What is the best way to >care for it? Are we spinnning our wheels trying to care for it? We also >have some pet birds and must keep them separate from each other. >Any advice will be appreciated. >TIA, >– >–

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Response:

Others have reported that the parents will continue to feed birds on the ground.  Don’t know if this is so for hummingbirds.  Did you wait to observe if this was the case with the bird?  If that’s so, perhaps keep any cats or dogs, if possible, away from the bird. Perhaps it was quite vocal for it was calling its parents? Adam Sundor

Response:

My first suggestion would be to either find the nest and replace the bird or find a wildlife rehab center.Baby birds,and hummers in particular,are difficult to raise. I don’t know what you’d feed a hummer,I’ve always raised birds on soaked cat food or parrot pellets,but I don’t suppose that would be appropriate for a hummingbird.The difficult thing about hummingbirds is that,because they have such a high metabolism,they must be fed EVERY 15-30 minutes from about six in the morning to ten at night. You should probably release it when it’s old enough,it’d be illegal to keep it,and I’ve always found the best way to release a bird is by letting it release itself.Let it spend as much time as it wants outside, and it will gradually start becoming more independent.                                                                                                                                                                 Anyway,I hope this helps,and good luck!                                                                                                                                                                                 Raaven and her Zoo

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[ Article crossposted from rec.birds ] [ Author was Michael Thacker ] My SO and I  found a baby hummer on the ground. It was quite vocal so we decided to bring it home and try to feed it. So far it has taken some sugar water and seems to have livened up a bit. What is best to feed it and what kind of feeding schedule does it need? What is the best way to care for it? Are we spinnning our wheels trying to care for it? We also have some pet birds and must keep them separate from each other. Any advice will be appreciated. TIA, — —

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