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Hello All! My family and I have recently rescue a fletchling that our dogs noticed in the back yard. He has a leg injury. There is no visible break, but it doesn't move easily. The only part he seems to have control of is the back toe. It has been improving and he's learning to walk with it and fly. But why we're truly here is to find out what type of bird he is so we can feed him properly. We're in the United States, Southern California.

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Thanks :)
 
House Sparrows are pretty adept at subsisting off the food waste that we throw out (they love to beg for and steal food from outdoor restaurant areas), but fledglings probably need lots of protein as they are growing. Wet dog or cat food will probably suffice, or you could get some bird food at a pet store. And since they are introduced birds, there's no problem keeping them as pets (unlike native birds, for which you'd need the proper permits, even to rescue fledglings).
 
That makes him/her at least 25days of age.
I use something like this here with great success (not rearing wild birds but different species of serins, finches and siskins sometimes):
http://www.kaytee.com/products/exact-hand-feeding-baby-bird.php
First with a syringe and later on toothpicks. Baby birds learn very quick to feed small amounts of mush from it.
There cames a time where they reject to feed from the toothpick that`s when I start with germinated seeds aditionally which you should also offer now. It´s more easy to change then to the dry seed food for the birds. You should also offer dandelon or lettuce.
 
He's starting this weird vibrating wing thing. Like he's taking a bath, but he's no where near water. He started this yesterday. Today, his dead leg's foot was bloody and there's blood in the cage. Not tons, but he's obviously unhappy. What's going on with his wings?
 
I suppose we'd still want an answer, but he was making it obvious he wasn't going to take the dog food anymore. We left it at the bottom of his cage for him to decide.
 
WeMayBeLost said:
I suppose we'd still want an answer, but he was making it obvious he wasn't going to take the dog food anymore. We left it at the bottom of his cage for him to decide.
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I think what stonechat is saying is that he's already answered your question with a detailed explanation of what you should be feeding it but you seem to have ignored it.
 
_pauls said:
I think what stonechat is saying is that he's already answered your question with a detailed explanation of what you should be feeding it but you seem to have ignored it.
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Crosspost with wemaybelost.
Could be my foul as not native English speaker, guess it´s not easy to understand foreigners sometimes........
 
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