Northern Spirits K9 Has Gone To The Birds!

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On the 27th of June while out walking around the yard I found a tiny little Robin. I believe that high winds the day before may have caused the little guy affectionately known as Homer to be dislodged from the tree he was in. When I found him he could not fly and had a hard time moving through the grass. My concern was that Homer was not going to survive for very long. We have cats and other larger birds in and out of our yard on a daily basis. Claudie captured Homer and placed him in a plastic pot that we had from planting a tree and placed a book on top to prevent him from getting out while we wondered what we were supposed to do with a baby Robin. We left him for a little while and when Claudie went to check on him he opened his mouth and startled squawking at her. OK, so Homer was obviously hungry. What do you feed a baby Robin. Worms? Bugs? Berries? So I grab a shovel and have an idea where to find a worm. I had just recently dug up a spot to put roses in. I dig and find a couple of worms and after fumbling around manage to get them into Homer's mouth and down his throat. Now we're good for a couple of minutes but I cannot find any more worms and there is no place that we can find in the city of Edmonton that has worms for sale. Claudie logs onto the Internet and finds a site that says baby Robins can eat dog food, the kind in a can. Just happens that NSK9 has lots of dog food so we go about finding out if Homer will eat dog food. Homer loves dog food. We fed him dog food for a couple of days. Claudie had to go to the vet clinic to order special food for our dogs and while speaking with our Vet mentioned Homer. The Vet told us to feed Homer cat food, saying there was more protein in it then the dog food we were using. Claudie buys a few cans of cat food and the Vet is right. Homer loves cat food more than he loves dog food.
Homer eats every hour or so during the day and sleeps during the night. He appears to be good for about 8 hours without attention. He has his own little box (it's got a stick in it for him to climb on and a few pieces of paper towel in the bottom to catch all the waste. Homer appears to poop as much out as we put in. We keep him in our spare bathroom with a baseboard heater on to keep the room at about 70-80 degrees. Claudie feeds Homer with a straw. She uses the bent over piece and scoops up the food on the end of it. I simply use my finger.
The Vet tells us that Homer should be big enough in about 8 days to go out on his own so we'll keep feeding him and see what happens in about a week from now.
I'll keep you posted with the outcome.

UPDATE HOMER - July 16

Claudie and I have made three attempts to let Homer go now. He will only fly for a few feet and then simply hops around the yard. He is not much into flying yet. I'm thinking that we may have to contact a bird rescue centre and hope they have some time to teach a little Robin the ways of life. I'll keep you informed.

UPDATE HOMER - July 20

Claudie and I took Homer out into the country and released him. Found him a nice bushed area with lots of bugs and about 78 acres of farm land for him to fly around in. I'm gonna miss that little guy!

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