Four and a half weeks ago, I found Poopsie on the ground next to his dead sibling, they had been blown from their nest during a storm. On the advice of our local vet I fed him ‘Hills Canine / Feline Critical Care’ tinned food mixed with water successfully from a syringe, he grew and developed wonderfully. However I now …
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Poopsie the Olive (Karoo) Thrush – Week 2
The images above show Poopsie at roughly 1 week old on the top left date 13/11/13, a week later 20/11/13 (top right) and bottom at roughly 3 weeks old on 27/11/13 Poopsie has now been part of our lives for 2 weeks. To read about his development from when we found him and his 1st week you can click on …
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The images above show Poopsie at roughly 1 week old on the left date 13/11/13 and today, a week later 20/11/13 on the right It is a week since our chick Poopsie fell out of his nest and into our lives. At the end of my last post we had tried placing Poopsie in a nest tied to a tree, …
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