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Hand - Rearing Birds

Laurie J. Gage, DVM

Rebecca S. Duerr, DVM

Laurie J. Gage, DVM

Rebecca S. Duerr, DVM

Hand - Rearing Birds

Hand-Rearing Birds

Hand-Rearing Birds

Laurie J. Gage, DVM

Rebecca S. Duerr, DVM

Laurie J. Gage, DVM, served as the Director of

Veterinary Services for Six Flags Marine World in

Vallejo, California, for 23 years, and then took a

veterinary position at the Los Angeles Zoo, where she

worked with a large variety of mammals and birds.

She is presently the Big Cat Specialist for the United

States Department of Agriculture, and also serves as a

marine mammal advisor to that agency. She edited

Hand-Rearing Wild and Domestic Mammals

(Blackwell Publishers 2002).

Rebecca S. Duerr, DVM, received her BS in Marine

Biology from San Francisco State University and her

DVM from the University of California Davis, where

she will complete an MPVM degree on oiled seabird

care at the UCD Wildlife Health Center in 2007.

Since 1988, she has served as staff at several

California wildlife organizations including the Marine

Mammal Center in Sausalito and Wildlife Rescue,

Inc. in Palo Alto. She currently works as an avian and

exotic animal veterinarian in Northern California. She

serves on the Board of Directors and as wildlife

shelter veterinarian for the Wildlife Care Association

of Sacramento. She teaches baby bird care and avian

trauma and fracture management at various wildlife

rehabilitation centers.

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Cover photo captions: Upper left: Three 42-day-old

Toco toucans (photo by Martin Vince, Riverbanks

Zoo); Upper center: three 3–5-day-old Northern

Mockingbirds (photo by Rebecca Duerr), note yellow

color inside mouths and grey down on heads and

backs; Upper right: three House Finch nestlings

(photo by Rebecca Duerr), note red color inside

mouths and four rows of down on heads; Lower

right: California Condor chick, 1-1/2 days old,

feeding with a condor puppet, (photo by Mike

Wallace, Los Angeles Zoo); Lower left: Syringe-

feeding a 33-day-old Blue and Gold Macaw (photo ©

Joanne Abramson).

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gage, Laurie J.

Hand-rearing birds / Laurie J. Gage, Rebecca

Duerr.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8138-0666-2 (alk. paper)

1. Cage birds. 2. Captive wild birds.

I. Duerr, Rebecca. II. Title.

SF461.G33 2007

636.6

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Table of Contents

Contributors

vii

Preface

Acknowledgments

xiii

1. General Care

2. Chick Identiﬁ cation

3. Incubation of Eggs

4. Ratites

5. Penguins

6. Grebes

7. Pelicans

8. Flamingos

9. Shorebirds

103

10. Gulls and Terns

115

11. Alcids

125

12. Ducks, Geese, and Swans

137

13. Eagles

151

14. Hawks, Falcons, Kites, Osprey, and New World Vultures

159

15. Condors

171

16. Herons and Egrets

187

17. Domestic Poultry

197

18. Wild Turkeys, Quail, Grouse, and Pheasants

211

19. Cranes

221

20. Pigeons and Doves

233

21. Parrots

243

22. Lorikeets

255

23. Roadrunners

263

24. Owls

271

25. Goatsuckers

279

26. Turacos

289

27. Hummingbirds

297

28. Swifts

311

29. Mousebirds

323

30. Hornbills, Kingﬁ shers, Hoopoes, and Bee-eaters

329

31. Woodpeckers

347

32. Toucans

355

33. Corvids

361

34. Passerines: Hand-Feeding Diets

377

35. Passerines: House Finches, Goldﬁ nches, and House Sparrows

381

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