Well, things are not looking well for baby bird. 😞
The baby bird does not seem to want to eat as often as a baby bird should. They should be fed between 15–20 minutes apart, baby bird did not want food for over an hour and thirty minutes.
After work, I laid down just for a bit, not meaning to sleep, but I ended up taking a nap for 2 hours. I figured the bird would be starving, but I had to keep waving the food in front of the bird.
I am using a tweezer to feed the baby bird, and I dropped the food, just as the baby bird finally tried going for it. I kept trying to get the bird to eat, only for the bird to seem to turn their head away from the tweezer.
I resorted to carefully opening their beak, just to put a small dab of food in them.
My other concern is, they don't move around much. Having cared for several baby birds previously, hatchlings tend to crawl all over the housing you place them in. This baby bird, does move around some, but mostly stays right where they are and rests.
Lastly, when they do move, a lot of the time I end up having to flip them back over, as they tend to get stuck on their back.
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