Topic: please help
jp4023's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:30 PM
I have a serious problem, And I need some advice. I have a baby califonia quail about 2 weeks old My at recently got 4 out of the 5 and this one I feel like it might not make it. I was wondering what kind of food should I try a feed this bird?

itsmetina's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:32 PM
there is bird formula you buy at the pets store.u'll need a surege

robert1652's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:32 PM

I have a serious problem, And I need some advice. I have a baby califonia quail about 2 weeks old My at recently got 4 out of the 5 and this one I feel like it might not make it. I was wondering what kind of food should I try a feed this bird?

Any vets in the house

robert1652's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:33 PM

there is bird formula you buy at the pets store.u'll need a surege
syringe

ljcc1964's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:33 PM
Bugs

robert1652's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:34 PM

Bugs
not bunny

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Tue 05/20/08 09:34 PM
Try contacting your local ASPCA or Humane Society- they'd probably be the ones who could do the most for it.

Other than that, I don't know. You COULD try putting some mealworms in a blender to make a worm shake- then use an eye-dropper to feed the Quail a little at a time. Hopefully the chick is mature enough to take solid (not regurgitated) food.

robert1652's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:35 PM
Edited by robert1652 on Tue 05/20/08 09:36 PM
how old is the bird 2 weeks?

neo30's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:37 PM

I have a serious problem, And I need some advice. I have a baby califonia quail about 2 weeks old My at recently got 4 out of the 5 and this one I feel like it might not make it. I was wondering what kind of food should I try a feed this bird?
try ground up bird food and ground up boiled egg read it somewhere

robert1652's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:38 PM

Try contacting your local ASPCA or Humane Society- they'd probably be the ones who could do the most for it.

Other than that, I don't know. You COULD try putting some mealworms in a blender to make a worm shake- then use an eye-dropper to feed the Quail a little at a time. Hopefully the chick is mature enough to take solid (not regurgitated) food.
it still should be fed by the mother according to the book on birds here

jp4023's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:38 PM
The bird is about 2 weeks old

jp4023's photo
Tue 05/20/08 09:40 PM
I'd let the mother take care of it but I think she was killed along with the other chicks