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Walking one day I discovered what I assume to be a baby blackbird or crow. I took the little guy in my house and set up a comfortable shoebox fitted with a towel as cushion and a small bowl of water in which he can acess. I tried feeding him bread with syrup but he didn’t eat it. I don’t want him to die so what should I feed it, answers very, very much appreciated.

Ok first of all if it is feathered and just cannot fly put it back where yu found it. it is a fledgling. All baby birds live on the ground for a few days before they can fly. The parent birds will feed it no matter where it goes. They recognize its cries and it recognizes their calls. If you took it that is kidnapping. People mean well so I am not getting down on you for helping just trying to explain. If you put it back they will still feed it as they have a bad sense of smell and will not reject it because you touched it. The best chance of survival is with its parents. If you put it back watch for a few hours from somwhere hidden to see if they come back. Plus keep in mind it is against the law to keep a wild bird without proper license and or permits. It needs to be kept warm first and foremost. Do this by making a makeshift nest line it with tissues and place inside a box incase it gets out. Put a heating pad set on low underneath the box. It will need to eat every 30 minutes form light to dark. Yu can feed it mealworms which you get at petstores. cut them in half and put in back of mouth when bird gapes. Can and should also feed it handfeeding formula that you get at petstores. Can feed it with a 1cc syringe without needle on it or a popsicle stick. Again place food in mouth way back by throat. Then call a wildlife rehabber or a vet in your area that takes wildlife. this is free no cost. They will raise it and return it to the wild when it is ready,. this is honestly in the best interest of the bird. I know they are cute and you mean well and all but it is a hard job and it is heartbreaking when they die. You will always wonder what if. Trust me I know I have been there

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I mean, all the way into adulthood. I separated the ones I could save and put them in an aqua breeder pen, where they can still see their /very protective/ parents, but not be eaten by the predator in my aquarium who ate their two siblings. They are already about as long as the diameter of a dime, and they are adorable. But how long until they’ll get big?

you will see major growth in the next 3-4 months but it takes about a year or two for them to become the full size awsomeness that they were born to be. i have four tiger oscars and two albinos, they are the best fish ever!

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I just bought a bird yesterday (parakeet) and the lady at the pet store said not to touch the bird for two days. Does anyone have a parakeet and if you do what would happen if I played with the bird before two days?

The reason that she told you this was because you don’t want to scare the bird. The bird has been through a lot- he was taken out of the place he had lived all his life to a new home without any of his friends, he needs some time to adjust. Just feed him, give him water, let him see you are the one who feeds him and cares for him- once you get to the stage where you can put your hand in the cage without him flying around madly you can start thinking about hand training him. Take it slowly, and read up on Parakeet training- you have to have patience.

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The reason you have been given this advice is because ,your bird has come into new and unfamiliar surrounds and has not yet got to know you .

Give it time(4-6 DAYS) and have a little patience,it will then settle and you can then begin to train it.

It would not do any harm to attempt to handle it but it may be frightened by too much attention too soon.

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They can see as far as 2.2 miles. Ostrich brains are as big as a walnut and smaller than their eyes. They are not particularly intelligent, but have the largest eyeball of any bird.

http://www.arubaostrichfarm.com/facts.ht…

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My cat is 3yrs. and has what i think dandruff or dry skin from her mats that she use to have.I cant seem to get rid of it i brush her all the time and she hates water i tried and got scratchs all over.

What’s the humidity? If you feel like the air is dry in your home and your skin feels dry and tight as a result, you can bet your cat is experiencing the same thing. Humidifying will not only lick the dry skin problem, it will cut down on static electricity in your cat’s coat and reduce the likelihood of winter colds.

Look for freeloaders. Check your cat for parasites. Bites from fleas, lice, and mites can all cause allergic dermatitis. Chyletiella mites have been called “walking dandruff” since they’re large enough to see with the naked eye but too small to distinguish detail. All skin parasites can be treated fairly easily, but in order to stamp them out completely, you’ll probably have to treat all other animals in the home, the house itself, and sometimes even the people.

Made in the shade. A cat’s coat protects the sensitive skin underneath from the burning rays of the sun. But cats that spend a lot of time outdoors can still get sunburn, especially on the tips of their ears, eyelids, nose, or lips. Any place the hair is sparse — the area on the head above the eye and below the ear or wherever the cat has scars or bald patches — is particularly sensitive. Sunburn kills the top layer of skin, which dries up and flakes off. Repeated sunburn can cause skin cancer — another reason to keep cats indoors. At the very least, cats that have had a sunburn or are especially at risk for it (cats with thin, sparse, or white coats, for example) should be kept indoors during the most intense period of ultraviolet (burning) sun rays — generally from about 10:00 o’clock in the morning to 3:00 or 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon.

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take your cat to a vet and see if they can give you any types of creams ect for your cat. brushing your cat will help i think and will prob feel nice to your cat if its having skin problems!! when buying food see if you can get one that will help your cats skin, bones ect. on the packet of the food it should say that it will give your cat a lovely coat ect so this might also help! i think by trying to put water on her skin will make it worse. some cats just have dandruff as do humans but the best thing would be taking her to the vet to see if they can give her anything to help.