Kiddo Talking

[theriverlady]

My Starling will not eat anything wet or mushy since he was a baby and fed with a dropper. His basic food is dry Hills kitten food mixed with apple sauce and chicken starter feed, after mixing, the starter keeps it dry and I store it in the frige. He also eats shelled seeds, apples, grapes, bananas, strawberries, kale, and organic meatless dog treats mashed. Starlings make wonderful pets when rescued, never take one from a nest.

[ratlover523]

come here. Come here. come here. Come here. lol

[victoriavictrix]

Unlike 99% of the wild birds out there, it is perfectly legal to catch and own wild starlings as they are an imported bird regarded as a pest. They eat dog food soaked in hot water until it becomes soft, bugs, cooked rice, cooked veggies. They are poop machines though, so be prepared to clean the cage twice a day. If you want a starling, go talk to a vet that treats wild birds or an exterminator. Exterminators are often called to remove baby starlings and will just kill them.

[canigeta7]

veryyy prettyyyyyy starling

[Juijk]

Aww adorable! Can't wait till Aiden is old enough to start talking like that. I'm guessing he will be singing some kind of Madonna or Nightcore song though, I play them alot. lol .

[Elainey2005]

Aw heehee! Honestly if you want a bird I would suggest something standard like a parakeet/cockatiel. Starlings are softbills, so they don't eat seed; they eat soft food. They have to be fed sloppy mash stuff (unless you have the money to spend on crickets/mealies) which they happily fling everywhere. Then it sticks in carpet, on walls, unlike seed which you can vacuum.

[GeorgePaulDavisIII]

@Elainey2005,

Some of them will eat dry, ground food, apparently. Mine does. In fact, he won't even touch wet food. He seems to hate getting it on his beak -- almost OCD-like.

However, messy shrimp, tofu, berries and fruit don't seem to be bothersome.

If one happens to have one of these birds in their home, and they don't like the wet mush mess, they should experiment with just dry, ground food.

[freakofSIMSXD]

i want one sooooooo BAD!!!

[Elainey2005]

I worked at a wild bird rescue for years before taking on these guys, and I wouldn't have done it otherwise. There's no books on caring for starlings, there's no starling food at the store! They need protein (mine eat dog food like at the rescue), unlike the parroty birds which can have the packaged pellets.

[ORSUMfezbubble]

I do volentary work for SPCA, i have two young starlings, but they were less than a day old when i got them, and one of them cannot be released to the wild, and the other, everyone loves, and ive got three offers on good people who want him as a pet, which is fine by me, as he has bonded to people strongly. i feed them catmeat and hardboiled egg blended, but im unsure about having them as pets, what/how to feed them... but d yu think, cat food, with add ons such as occasional fruit or peas? ttyl

[Elainey2005]

Yep soft cat or dog food is great, mine like corn and peas, and they LOVE blueberries. Egg is also good, mine like it scrambled. They're very curious so give them plenty of playtime, they love baths and can be trained to take a bath in an inch of water in the bathtub. Keep their beaks and claws trimmed with a cat claw trimmer.

[ORSUMfezbubble]

Ohkay. ill tell that too the owners. and Nirvana (one of my starlings from last year) LOVED straberries. she do anything for them.

hehe. shed play a game with them too. she'd throw it of the table, fly down, pik it up, take it bck, have a little bit, thn fling it off again, and she'd do that over and over again til it was all gone. i have some pictures/vid of her when my internet is faster. but for now its to slow.

Thanks for the triming tip ^~^ does it hurt? are there nerves i need to look 4?

[carboxylheron]

@Elainey2005 I get a special mynah diet for mine, which has insect protein and bits of fruit, along with dried insects and live insects.

[Kasia5872]

Adorable! Mine mimick MY voice. They are just so entertaining! I have 4 starlings.

[complexsplit]

Cool. It's amazing how much he mimicks the sound of your voice. He sounds just like you! -Emmy and Tony