by Pajarita » Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:57 am
In all honesty, I seriously doubt that rain would help a dehydrated bird... Pet birds might not even think of drinking from a shallow street puddle and, if they are used to a bottle, even less. Plus, the fact that the bird is wet doesn't really do anything for dehydration because 99% of the time, the rain doesn't even reach their body (it slides right off the feathers) but, even if it did, the skin cannot absorb enough to make any difference. Like I said, I am not criticizing, I am simply pointing out something that is extremely important when it comes to lost birds and survival. And, one more thing, starving birds should never be given a lot of food and it should never be 'regular' food. Just a tiny bit of a wet piece of bread or a few cooked grains every hour or two (meaning very small portions and poor in nutrients) during the first 5 or 7 days is the way to go because, if you put out a lot of regular food, the bird will end up dead from 'refeeding syndrome'.