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What Does A Baby Song Thrush Eat?

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I found one a few days ago and I have been feeding him a variety of things: Earthworms, grubs, potato,banana, bread, seeds and dog and cat food. But he loves the earthworms best!
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Mushed up worms, can not be whole its mother eats it and regurgitate it so it can eat it
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Seeds mixed with water and live meal worms, when older they eat snails and slugs.
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I've got one at the moment, I found it sitting by itself when I was biking to the beach, at first I left it but on my way back about an hour later it was still there so I picked it up. The vet is shocked at how loving it is. Apparently I;ve got about a month left of raising to do. So far its been 7 days. I'm feeding it mashed up chook pallets with cat food and a touch of olive oil with warm water. I feed it this through an eye dropper. Its poop is looking quite healthy.
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I hope you left it where it was as it's mum will probably find it - she is used to her young scattering themselves around the neighbourhood. If you did try to feed it yourself it will want earthworms and caterpillars, maggots etc fed to it frequently. If you cannot find enough in your garden try a fishing tackle shop, they usually have live bait for sale.
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What ever you do, don't feed it worms, most contain a parasite called Gape worm. The fledglings digestive system isn't strong enough deal with it.
The worm crawls up the birds throat and breeds in it's windpipe making it impossible for the bird to breath. Sadly when this occurs it's already to late. Avoid worms, Snails, Slugs etc at all costs, Also water, which just ruins digestive system.
They get all the water they need in their food.

Feed them soaked cat biscuits, it doesn't sound very good I know and when I tell people this they give me "The Look."
But it works and I have fed fledglings this time after time and they all grow up to be healthy happy adult birds.

Young birds always seem to be starving, don't be fooled, a lot of people are and feed the poor birds to death.
If you give it about the size of 2 peas every 45 min or so, everything should be just fine.

These birds grow very tame and even after they have " Left home" often they still come back to visit.
One bird in particular ( A Song thrush ) came back to eat cat biscuits and cuddle with me for almost a year after it left home.
It's mate would wait just outside the window.
I also got the pleasure of briefly meeting some of Baxter's children.
She slowly grow more wild though and sadly I had to move house before we completely lost contact.

I have had a Blackbird since,and you have to have a lot more patience for these wild, punchy, bossy little characters, Blackbirds aren't so tame, and are similar to a parrot, born to destroy.
Quite a shock after a Songthrush who's general characters are a lot more serene.

I agree it is best to try and keep them with their parents as they know a lot better than we ever will about what to do but sometimes you don't have much of a choice.
If you look after your fledgling properly it will still have a great life.

A lot of people are concerned about how they will survive in the wild when it come to cats cars and dogs.... They're fine and are no more likely to be a victim than your average bird.

A good way to check your fledglings health is to keep an eye on their poo, if about 3/4 of it is white & it keeps it's shape like jelly that's fantastic, and your doing a good job.
If it's very black or runny yellowy white, send it to bed earlier, and try to reduce the stress levels. You can feed it less to. But if your feeding it soaked cat biscuits it's generally good "poop". :o)
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A baby thrush flew into our house in france and got trapped in my handbag .my husband lifted it out and placed it in a cardboard box.Seemed too exhausted to fly, last night rain so kept in house. Fed him alittle milk and powdered museli,tweeting today, put him outside today I think a few birds came to visit,could be mum? Very cold so brought him in again,frightened cat will get him.What to do for best? Leave him out in day,take him in, feed him or not? Help would be appreciated,only here on hols.
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I have found 2 Song Thrush chicks in the last day due to the terrible weather here and they seem to have been blown out of their nests. I would say they are from different nests as one is slightly bigger and more advanced than the other. They are both terrified of me and refuse to take food. Can anyone help or suggest something to try?

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As long as your near it, it's parents won't come don't touch the flegling simply observe it from a distance if it's parents don't show up, take the bird into a wildlife rescue center they'll know what to do. Baby birds have an extremely high mortality rate if hand reared. They simply require an amount of care and devotion of which a person can't deal with. If you really wasn't to hand rear the bird, you must spend the entire day with it even after it reaches maturity. So you must take it to a wildlife rehabilitation center so it can have the best chances in survival.
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I have one now too a baby one just found it under our deck don,t no where mum is and have heaps of cats so have put it in a box in hot water cupboard with blanket and gave it a bit of egg in dropper help  please?
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My cat brought one in and it can't fly. We have to look after it but it won't eat the cat biscuits suggested!!! We are very worried about it
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You have to feed it yourself, maybe try feeding it seeds mixed with water and they like live meal worms too. I have a song thrush at the moment named pippy! Good luck with yours!

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