My Starling…

[keschete]

Cool, good for you! Starlings are neat birds! Great that you rescued it!

[Purplecat]

I know that at reptilefood.com you can get mealworms by the thousand. they dont cost near as much that way. 🙂 I definately wanna see pics of your clever bird! 😀

[Shawna]

purplecat wrote:

I know that at reptilefood.com you can get mealworms by the thousand. they dont cost near as much that way. 🙂 I definately wanna see pics of your clever bird! 😀

From what I’ve read, mealworms shouldn’t be used as a main diet staple…which was kinda a bummer since they are cheaper than crickets.

I am just going to have to get her to convert to something less costly and just give her crickets and mealworms as occassional treats.

We’ll get it figured out, need to talk to a buddy of mine and find out if he can get me the poultry mash in smaller quantities.

Kyrin

[Laurie]

I can send it to you kirin. 🙂

[BDW]

Jennifer wrote:

Blackdesertwind wrote:

Kyrin, how old is the starling?
You can feed it wild bird seeds. My outdoor starlings are constantly at my bird feaders raiding them. 😆

Seed alone does not a diet make! 😆 They need a varied diet in order to keep them in good health.

However Kyrin shouldn’t need to continue with just insects (and indeed shouldn’t as it can lead to health problems). Good news for her, they’re pricey!

This page is one I’ve found to be really informative when I was raising Chi, a house sparrow with bum feet…
http://www.starlingtalk.com/

They have a great writeups on diet here!
http://www.starlingtalk.com/diet.htm
http://www.starlingcentral.net/foods.htm
I didn’t mean for her to feed just seeds alone. But also some vegetables like kale, brocoli, grated carrots…also a small portion of fruits since those are more like treats. I just meant as a combining source with the rest. 😉

[Shawna]

2Huberts wrote:

I can send it to you Kyrin. 🙂

Would you? I don’t need a lot, maybe a couple cups, max. Right now she is fussing at me cause she ate all her crickets and wants more. But I don’t want to spoil her, anymore than she already is, so I will be moving her to crumble food this week.

Now, next task, to figure out how to rig the lottery!

Kyrin

[Laurie]

yeah, let me see what I can do. Keep her eating till Friday and I’ll send some with the unicorns on Friday. maybe sooner. Chicken feed in the mail!!!! 😆 😆 😉

[Shawna]

2Huberts wrote:

yeah, let me see what I can do. Keep her eating till Friday and I’ll send some with the unicorns on Friday. maybe sooner. Chicken feed in the mail!!!! 😆 😆 😉

There have been weirder things. LOL!

Thanks, she’s being pretty active and talkative these days. I think she is going to be a good pet, once we get her to settle.

Kyrin

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