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Black Bird Feeding Requirement Essay

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Feeding Requirements
What you will feed the blackbird may be dependent on the blackbird’s state but also the weather, as what blackbirds eat are season dependent, for example: Spring and early summer they eat much more insects and larvae than they do for the majority of summer and winter and autumn.
In the late summer through to autumn they eat an increase in earthworms, even though they eat these throughout the year.
Blackbirds are able to eat: insects, worms, caterpillars, snails, spiders, berries, fruit and seeds.
The blackbird’s appetite shouldn’t really be affected because of a broken wing, however, their appetite will have probably decreased due to the antibiotics given to them if they have been given any antibiotic if there was blood present or if they are just generally feeling lousy, so make sure that portion sizes are not over-facing them. The blackbird may be in a state of shock so small amounts of food is advisable as big portion sizes may make them feel sick. Feed the animal around 60 grams of food per meal so 180 grams …show more content…

The bird won’t be its usual self so leave at least five hours in between every meal because appetite decreases when birds are out of sorts.
Imprinting will be prevented by making sure that the bird has to search for its scattered food at all time and monitoring it to make sure its behaviour doesn’t become the same or extremely similar to another bird in there, otherwise that bird will become attached to the bird and won’t wont to leave it when it goes back into the wild, so it is essential to monitor the birds to prevent imprinting and make sure its behaviour is unique.
Fresh water should be there at all times in a special bird drinking container that looks like this:

Figure Five: is to show an example of the container birds should drink out of
Image Reference: 800 x

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