Non-Parents vs Babies

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Donovan
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Non-Parents vs Babies

Post by Donovan »

How do we suppose indian ringnecks will respond to seeing little pink baby birds?.

Are they like cats and dogs and might actually try to care for them?
Would they be indifferent?
would they possibly try to kill the babies?

or is this purely a matter of the individual?
MissK
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Have you GOT a little pink baby bird??
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Donovan
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Post by Donovan »

no but i'm looking into getting certified for wildlife rescue / rehabilitation with an emphasis on birds.

Plus what I do for a living gets a lot of little birds and squirrels hurt.

(cut trees away from power lines)

I don't think i'd ever actually expose wild birds to my birds, or vice versa. I'm just being curious really. Wondering how IRNs would respond to it.
InTheAir
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Being a wildlife carer is a great hobby. Can you post cute baby photos for us if you do it?
sanjays mummi
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Post by sanjays mummi »

I have never come across a story about adult birds caring for or adopting orphaned fledglings, even with mammals a little subterfuge is often used, in that the scent of the prospective step parent is transferred on to the orphans. Then there are Cuckoos, who will quite gleefully evict other birds eggs and fledglings out of their best, in order to lay their own eggs. I saw a teeny little house sparrow desperately trying to feed an Enormous Cuckoo chick once, and I felt really sorry for her. So the only successful method would be, to swap eggs over.(imho)
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