hooray, glad s/he make it through the night! that's some good advice there, about moving it to a bigger box so it can regulate its own temperature by getting closer or farther from the heat light, and a stuffed animal.
as for feeding it...you might ought to ask your mom to help you find a local wildlife rescue or somebody who could help point you in the right direction for getting it the right food. chicken food mixed with warm water to make it softer and fed with a dropper *MIGHT* be good for it. but it might be cat food or baby food. there's different kinds of nutrition, and different amounts of protein in different foods. you want to find something that duplicates what the mamma bird would be feeding the baby in the wild as best as you can. and then, duplicate how the mamma would feed the baby, best as you can.
also, if you do end up feeding it by a dropper, be sure to check out the anatomy of the mouth and throat. there's a "windpipe" that, to me,looks like a sort of hole in the back of the tongue, not exactly where you'd expect it to be...and the passage to the stomach is farther back and bigger. like the main pipe at the very back of the throat. you want to be sure the dropper is aiming down the food hole and not the air hole. they are easy to confuse. but it may be a matter of simply offering food on your fingertip for the baby and it eating off your finger. or heck i don't know it might be able to feed itself! i guess we'll find out soon... ; )
a wildlife rescue person would be very helpful to you at this point!
good luck!!
as for feeding it...you might ought to ask your mom to help you find a local wildlife rescue or somebody who could help point you in the right direction for getting it the right food. chicken food mixed with warm water to make it softer and fed with a dropper *MIGHT* be good for it. but it might be cat food or baby food. there's different kinds of nutrition, and different amounts of protein in different foods. you want to find something that duplicates what the mamma bird would be feeding the baby in the wild as best as you can. and then, duplicate how the mamma would feed the baby, best as you can.
also, if you do end up feeding it by a dropper, be sure to check out the anatomy of the mouth and throat. there's a "windpipe" that, to me,looks like a sort of hole in the back of the tongue, not exactly where you'd expect it to be...and the passage to the stomach is farther back and bigger. like the main pipe at the very back of the throat. you want to be sure the dropper is aiming down the food hole and not the air hole. they are easy to confuse. but it may be a matter of simply offering food on your fingertip for the baby and it eating off your finger. or heck i don't know it might be able to feed itself! i guess we'll find out soon... ; )
a wildlife rescue person would be very helpful to you at this point!
good luck!!
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