Originally Posted by IcyPatriot

it got stuck in a picket fence ... that wing broke and I guess the other broke trying to get out. It lived for something like 8 years I believe. My sister had other birds that were supossed to talk and this bird talked way more than them ... his name was 'Merlin".

At first she fed them baby food from the jar ... then when back to heath the usual bird seeds, bird food and mealworms because they are smaller than earthworms. Most wild birds will not eat in captivity ... so that's where the eyedropper comes in ... you force feed them for a few weeks till they settle in.

When they were flapping strong in the cage she would let them go. She tried to let Merlin go but he could not fly. He actually came back to his cage ... almost like he knew he was safer in the cage.