Ok, I need some advice please! Ihave reasied baby ducks and swans and grackles but never a Baby Robin and I am wildlife rehaber. The girl that does the robins int this area is full and she was quite brief on what to do. I need some help....I would feel alot better if these 2 babies would just quack..LOL
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Baby Robins (1 Viewer)
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janine13
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Baby robins will take small insects and pieces of chopped fruit. Small pieces of dogfood soaked in water or pedialyte. You can feed with your fingers but I recommend a curved hemostat because you can push the food into their mouth easier. Place the food in the back of the mouth- gently. Make sure insects are pre-killed and everything is moist. Good luck and make sure to update us on their progress.
We use a Robin mash to feed them. It's a mix of baby foods, bird protien, puppy food and pedialyte. The feeding is done with a syreng so we don't have to really handle them that much. Thanks for the tips, it does help make me feel better. So far, the 2 are doing great. Feedings are every 20-30 minutes and the temp in the room is kept at a good 75- 80 degrees. Second day and so far, all is well.
Thanks for the help. We have found the mash to work really good and from what I have been taught, it has worked for a long time. I think I will stick with this..I don't like wiggly worms or the idea of having to freeze them and defrost them. Babies are peeping..thats a sweet sound.
