[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How long will these live. (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 5/3/2009 5:31:52 PM EDT
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My kid brought these little birds into the house. Something had kicked the eggs out of the nest and they broke. or they had just hatched, he wasn't completely clear. I figured they would soon die, but my wife said I couldn't drop them in the disposal, nor feed them to the sea anemone. Any rate, I put them in a bowl under the aquarium hood. It's about 105 in there. I made a slurry of mysis shrimp and water and have been feeding them with a syringe. I have had to pry their mouths open, and then insert a drop. They swallow.  Place your bets!!! Will they live overnight? A day or two? Long enough to squeek and piss me off, then mysteriously drown? |
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Quoted: Horrible picture. I'd really like to see a clear one. Can you tell what kind of bird(s?) they are? Yeah I know. My daughter is going to be severly beaten for that shit. I may kill one of the birds in front of her as well, as punishment for poor performance. There is no way to tell what brand of bird this is. They are pink, with a tuft of blue feathers, and frigging huge eyes, that are un-opened. |
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Horrible picture. I'd really like to see a clear one. Can you tell what kind of bird(s?) they are? Yeah I know. My daughter is going to be severly beaten for that shit. I may kill one of the birds in front of her as well, as punishment for poor performance. There is no way to tell what brand of bird this is. They are pink, with a tuft of blue feathers, and frigging huge eyes, that are un-opened. HA! should've added a disclaimer there; not criticizing your photography skills, just impossible to discern anything. |
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Horrible picture. I'd really like to see a clear one. Can you tell what kind of bird(s?) they are? Yeah I know. My daughter is going to be severly beaten for that shit. I may kill one of the birds in front of her as well, as punishment for poor performance. There is no way to tell what brand of bird this is. They are pink, with a tuft of blue feathers, and frigging huge eyes, that are un-opened. 7.5 / 10 You forgot to mention beating the dog for good measure. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Horrible picture. I'd really like to see a clear one. Can you tell what kind of bird(s?) they are? Yeah I know. My daughter is going to be severly beaten for that shit. I may kill one of the birds in front of her as well, as punishment for poor performance. There is no way to tell what brand of bird this is. They are pink, with a tuft of blue feathers, and frigging huge eyes, that are un-opened. HA! should've added a disclaimer there; not criticizing your photography skills, just impossible to discern anything. There... a fresh pic for the art critic. |
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I have them on a heating pad in a bowl. If they are alive in the AM they will go to the firehouse with me, so I can feed them. And keep them from the cat. And little guys. Unfortunately, we don't have an insinkerator at work, so my impromptu skit of Leonidas kicking the Persian into the big hole (300) will have to wait until I get home to film. |
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Ya never know, they may live.
When I was a kid there was a baby squirrel in the yard that was pretty much fucked. My Mom took it in & fed it with one of those little bottles that you can get to nurse kittens with. A few weeks later we had to kick the little bastard out because he was climbing all over everyting. |
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Quoted: Feed them chopped up mealworms. Pet store.. They might live although blind, they might not be able to digest them. Ahhhh no. If they make it a couple days, which I doubt, I will put a piece of hamburger outside and feed them maggots. Free. You should have seen the look on the wimmen folk in the house when I ran that gem by them. |
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I had same thing happened 30+ years back.
My grandmom feeded single bird like that (I found it under the tree) with syringe and it turned in to a nice crow later on. That bird was a gem. It lived in a large gift basket and was free to fly. At the end of a day I would collect all kind of goodies from the nest: coins, gold rings, watches, etc. Bird lived for many years, and I never had to ask my folks for poket money ever since....  On top of that, it was the most loyal pet I ever had.
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You never know. One or both of the little fuckers might live.
I remember when I was a kid, my father brought home a mockingbird (state bird of TX) that fell out of its nest above a roadway. It was about to get runover as it wasn't much bigger than yours. Completely unable to fly or even move. We kept it, gave it bread and milk together, turned out to be quite the awesome pet bird. When he got old enough, we set him free in the backyard. For about the first 3 months after we let him out, every other day he would fly up and tap on the kitchen window because he was hungry and couldn't find food. The tapping got less and less frequent until he became completely self sufficient. His name was Oswald and he is one of my favorite animals I've had. |
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I had same thing happened 30+ years back. My grandmom feeded single bird like that (I found it under the tree) with syringe and it turned in to a nice crow later on. That bird was a gem. It lived in a large gift basket and was free to fly. At the end of a day I would collect all kind of goodies from the nest: coins, gold rings, watches, etc. Bird lived for many years, and I never had to ask my folks for poket money ever since.... On top of that, it was the most loyal pet I ever had.Someone in the Pets forum has an exotic crow...it's a pretty cool bird actually |
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Feed them chopped up mealworms. Pet store.. They might live although blind, they might not be able to digest them. Ahhhh no. If they make it a couple days, which I doubt, I will put a piece of hamburger outside and feed them maggots. Free. You should have seen the look on the wimmen folk in the house when I ran that gem by them. What a waste of hamburger, your man card needs a corner snipped. How about you put the bird in the yard and start raising pet maggots, way cooler than a bird, that way you can kill two birds with one stone. |
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Going to need one hell of alot more of those things for a good basket of wings... My brother and sisters had all sorts of critters growing up on a farm,,,, The one that was most memerable we called him "Uncle Cave Man" because he lived in a cave and because sometimes he'd eat one of us. Later on we found out he was a bear. |