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How To Raise A Baby Bird – Professional Advice With Photos

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Sometimes people – including veterinarians who haven’t studied wild birds – suggest feeding Exact (or a similar brand) Pet Bird Formula. If the bird is truly orphaned and needs help, the best advice is the shortest: take her to a wildlife rehabilitator. American Goldfinch. Broad-winged Hawk.

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How To Raise A Baby Bird

10,000 Birds

Sometimes people – including veterinarians who haven’t studied wild birds – suggest feeding Exact (or a similar brand) Pet Bird Formula. If the bird is truly orphaned and needs help, the best advice is the shortest: take her to a wildlife rehabilitator. American Goldfinch. Broad-winged Hawk.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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Injured wildlife are not the most cooperative of patients. Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. All the way through – and a brand-new volunteer had to pull it out! Most of them think we’re trying to eat them, not help them.