As the three of us we were walking back after our tim sum breakfast at ss2, we found a small baby bird by the sidewalk today. The poor thing must have fell from it's nest. We could not see even where the nest was. Its sibling fell to its death but this one survived and I am so glad nobody trampled on it. K carried it. The bird was so grateful it crapped in his hand. Hehe.
Rushed it to a pet store to see if it was injured. The guys there said that it is a baby bird too small to fly just yet despite having feathers and all. But I am worried about it's leg. It us sort of bent inwards and although they said that it is not broken I am not entirely convinced.
They tried feeding it worms but it won't eat. It has a 50% chance of surviving so it's still something. K took it home with him. He bought a box for the little fella and some millet. Tried feeding it water through a straw. Susah man. Hardly took anything in. Called the pet store and they advised to try to force feed it but we tried for god knows so long to get that darn bird to open it's beak. It finally took some water and cereal. It was so great when it finally chirped. Also another attention seeker. When we try to feed it, it goes mute, beak cement shut. But when we let it be, it starts chirping.
Tonight K was successful in feeding it pieces of grape and hard boiled egg, for protein. Apparently it needs the nutrients to grow. Okay, feeding it egg is a little wierd but the experts recommended it. Fooling it into thinking its mom is back by waving a piece of tissue, the bird was happy to receive the food. Poor thing must be hungry.
K is as concerned as a daddy, kinda cute seeing him fussing over the little baby. It's pretty active now (the bird, not K), pecking and chirping. Hope it get's to fly soon.
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