Help Please

[Guest tomo68]

Hi ive just picked up a young White Fantail this morning walking around by mine its really thin looks as if its been out for some time its that weak it cant fly i need to know what to feed it as i cant get no pigeon corn with it being sunday, i have kept pigeons before but just need to know whats the best alternative feed to give it till i can get some corn tomorrow.

[sammy]

teaspoon full canary//budgie seed

[Guest]

broth mix would be best

[pjc]

if you have no seed available rice would do but if you can also put some glucose in its water.

[Guest]

All aobe ideas are absolutely fine and preference of fanciers.   You can give it any type of certail including frosties which have sugar on them, this gives complex carbs and sugars, they won't take a lot of it and break it down into fine powder.   If you give the bird water you can give it water with sugar in, same thing, make the water tepid because the bird is likely to refuse cold.

[Guest tomo68]

PJC were would i get the glucose from

[pjc]

PJC were would i get the glucose from

 

If you don't have gloucose, disolve some sugar in hot water and then dilute to tepid before giving the bird. Often fluids are more important than food as they suffer more from dehydration than starvation.

 

 

[Guest Thunder Birds]

Try split peas, lentils or porridge oats? If the bird won't drink try pouring a bit down it's throat from a teaspoon

[Guest IB]

All of the above.   or barley or popcorn maize, available from supermarkets, barley cheap at 37p per 500 kg bag, maize a lot dearer at £2.50 per kilo. Glucose is also available in household honey. First add a teaspoonful of vinegar (cider vinegar, if you have it, otherwise white household) to 1/2 litre boiled water, then dissolve a tablespoon of honey, stirring well till honey is fully dissolved, top up with cold water till tepid, then pour some into a jar for bird to drink.

 

 

[badgeman]

Thomo ,dont feed it rice ? ,when it gets wet after drinking it will swell up in the crop causing problems , soak it first in water to soften if thats all you have , bread in small pieces will help.