What To Feed A Baby Blue Jay

Blue jays are noisy and aggressive birds with a varied and omnivorous diet. They eat fruits nuts and seeds as well as insects mice and frogs.

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They also raid the nests of songbirds to eat eggs and small birds.

What to feed a baby blue jay. If you read up on some of these forums about baby blue jays you will see alot of good info from people who keep these babys instead of doing the right thing by the law like feading them oatmeal i fead mine crickets and oatmeal and bird seads they love acorns if u can find some that are not rotten and they love sunflower seads instead of lecturing people on the law i really think they. Raising a songbird baby can be a real challenge with a particular diet a special nest to ensure his legs grow straight and regular feedings until hes old enough to feed himself. About 9 to 12 inches long with blue bodies and black and white bars on their wings and tails these crested birds are ground feeding sometimes migrate and often form lifelong mating bonds.

At the clinic we are careful to make sure the blue jay does not become tame or imprinted so he can be released into the wild once hes old enough. Baby blue jays undergo several stages of development before leaving their parents care. Items you will need blue jay food.

Mine have bird pox wich is very contagous but not always deadly depending on wich kind of virus it is.

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