Orphaned PIGEON, feeding quantities please help

[zippyhorn]

Have an orphaned pigeon.
Its eyes are open but it is still young maybe 10 days??
It has thin yellow feathers still and is nearly the size of a tennis ball??
Im currently feeding it SMA baby milk formula through a syringe, I have looked all over the net and cant find how much I am supposed to give it and at what intervals.
Any advice on age, feeding past experience would be more than appreciated.
Thanks
Zippy

[kita1]

Wet bread (brown) is better, I usually give as much as they will take, when they do not want any more they throw it back. I take small pieces and open their beak and push it down with my finger. I aim for at least a slice of bread maybe four times a day. It very much depends on the bird and how much it will take.

Also you can get corn (corn on the cob) dried from petshops, I soak it overnight and they can have anything from 10-30 bits twice a day. I also put a bowl of water in the cage with them.

Eventually they will start to pick up corn on their own.

[zippyhorn]

thanks kita,
i will try the bread and corn aswell

[WendyS]

Another tip I learned from an expert rearing very young orphaned birds was to get a pair of tweazers and sellotape a piece of coloured paper around the end of them the same colour as the parents beak.

The baby birds respond on impulse to this and immediately open their beaks. I tried this with red & yellow paper on the tweezers when rearing a small moorhen chick. The tweezers may come in useful when you need to move from the syringe to feeding more solid food. When it gets a little better dry oats might be another alternative.

Good luck with your little chick. Do hope you raise it successfully.

[mccfluff]

try and find a local pidgeon club they will be able to give you advice as well

[zippyhorn]

the baby pigeon has gone to the vets who are now looking after him,thankyou for all posts