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I suppose this isn't really a "what do I do" thread, but more a "ooh, look!" thread:
This is Herbert, named by the person who picked him up in the north tenderloin area in San Francisco. Since I have my AIM contact info on my profile, the guy who picked him up (and put him in a box, warmed over a radiator, and gave water) was able to contact me directly. Pretty handy.
I picked up the baby, and he had some flies skittering around the towel he was wrapped in. Apparently that standard "pet store bird mite spray" works just fine for these, too - there's not a sign of a single fly anymore, and there's dead feather mites on the nest towel. That took less than a couple hours to knock out the mites, by the way. I'm very pleased.
He was bright-eyed and curious, and while I knew he needed a feeding, he wasn't dehydrated, thanks to the guy I picked him up from. (good job, you.)
I'd estimate the age at about 23-25 days. Nothing seems damaged from the fall from the nest, but this baby's too young to get any lift from wingflapping, and shouldn't have left so soon. The Tenderloin is a BAD place for a babybird to be, even if the parents would have followed it and fed it for the next week. Loads of inner-city car traffic all day long, and lots of people and some dogs.
Feeding the Kaytee is a pain in the ass! This bird doesn't seem to care for the mush, and it's a messy wrestling match to get some CCs into him. trying to get him to feed from the covered-tube-with-slit was a failure, so I reverted to a regular plastic syringe. Seed-pops (with seeds and peas) are going well, though, so it's about half formula and half peas, some seeds. He's pecking quite curiously at spots and seeds on the towel, so this should be easy to wean him, even if he hasn't quite gotten the hang of getting the seed in the beak -> back to the throat yet.
Here's Team Naptime! Herbert in front, NoCarrier chilling in the background.
He has nekked side-butt, and nekked underwings.
So, is Herbert what they call a dark check pattern?
SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK.... <- youtube video of him preening and squeaking away.
This is Herbert, named by the person who picked him up in the north tenderloin area in San Francisco. Since I have my AIM contact info on my profile, the guy who picked him up (and put him in a box, warmed over a radiator, and gave water) was able to contact me directly. Pretty handy.
I picked up the baby, and he had some flies skittering around the towel he was wrapped in. Apparently that standard "pet store bird mite spray" works just fine for these, too - there's not a sign of a single fly anymore, and there's dead feather mites on the nest towel. That took less than a couple hours to knock out the mites, by the way. I'm very pleased.
He was bright-eyed and curious, and while I knew he needed a feeding, he wasn't dehydrated, thanks to the guy I picked him up from. (good job, you.)
I'd estimate the age at about 23-25 days. Nothing seems damaged from the fall from the nest, but this baby's too young to get any lift from wingflapping, and shouldn't have left so soon. The Tenderloin is a BAD place for a babybird to be, even if the parents would have followed it and fed it for the next week. Loads of inner-city car traffic all day long, and lots of people and some dogs.
Feeding the Kaytee is a pain in the ass! This bird doesn't seem to care for the mush, and it's a messy wrestling match to get some CCs into him. trying to get him to feed from the covered-tube-with-slit was a failure, so I reverted to a regular plastic syringe. Seed-pops (with seeds and peas) are going well, though, so it's about half formula and half peas, some seeds. He's pecking quite curiously at spots and seeds on the towel, so this should be easy to wean him, even if he hasn't quite gotten the hang of getting the seed in the beak -> back to the throat yet.
Here's Team Naptime! Herbert in front, NoCarrier chilling in the background.


He has nekked side-butt, and nekked underwings.

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So, is Herbert what they call a dark check pattern?
SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK.... <- youtube video of him preening and squeaking away.