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Food for a wild worm/bug eater?


Kaedyn

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Anyone know of a food product designed to feed a worm/bug eater? I rescued a tiny Kentucky Warbler which crashed into a window here at work. According to what I've read online, their primary diet consists of mostly worms, grasshoppers, and small spiders and I'd prefer to not have to start hunting out in the yard! :)

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Thanks! We don't have any good independent pet stores nearby, but I have a PetSmart on the way home. Hopefully they'll have some critters.

 

I offered him some water and unsalted crackers for the time being, but right now all he really wants to do is sleep.

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I managed to find some cans of small meal worms and crickets at Petco. I read that they really like grasshoppers, but the only can they had said jumbo and I was afraid they'd be bigger than him!

 

I haven't seen him eat yet, but he does seem to be perking up a bit. For now, he's living out in the garage in a tupperware tub with a mesh top.

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As soon as he's capable of avoiding the local cats, I'll release him into the backyard. As friendly as he is and as much as I want every bird I see, I'm gonna have to let this one go. I don't think I'm suited to raise a bug eater. :)

 

It's amazing how trusting they are when they're small. You'd think he was a pet.

 

Based on what I've read online, this area is within his territory, but I've never seen one around until today. As soon as I get a chance, I'll post a photo. I can't tell if he's just a baby or just dazed by his crash into the window.

 

-Jim

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Yes please post a picture of him when you can as I would love to see it.

 

You're right to release him when he is ready, he is a wild animal and meant to be free and find his own meals.

 

I have happened upon a dazed hummingbird before but it didn't take long for it to gain it's composure and fly away but not before I had the chance to admire it's beauty.

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Oh he's a beautiful little bird if he's in shock he needs to be kept warm around 80 degrees and he will come out of it faster they sell live crickets at pet smart in all sizes from small to extra large he may like them the are a grass hopper sort of don't put to many in his cage or they will gang up and eat your little bird we had a frog once and they did this to our frog yuk

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