Monday, July 25, 2011

Hungry big mouth

BabyJay turns out to be very hungry. The recipe for fledgling Jays who might have tried taking off before they're ready and flopped is to try to re-nest them or leave them where they fall---unless there are obvious predators around. So with the heavy rain storms and stray cats, this little guy will be staying the night, if its warm and sunny tomorrow, he's going back outside. He had warm milk with ground matzah to start and after the first syringe was tucked between his beak he kept opening and closing looking for the next mouthful...poor baby. I had to just give him a bit and wait. It's too much to dump on his stomach at once. I have raw shredded beef and warmed water which I think he needs more than milk. So in a while he'll get water, I'll see if he's interested in meat, we're going to tell him its a worm we caught for him.

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