Found a baby bird, what to feed it? Urgent help needed!

(06-21-2012, 02:12 PM)Fishbone Wrote: Those look like mealworms, Tenebrio molitor. Or something similar, I don't know what they breed for feeders over there. I would think that could work as a food source. But, I would look up the nutritional needs of sparrows, or similar species, to see if it would be helpful to give it any vitamin supplements.

Earlier I found a weird looking beetle in the box where I settled the worms. At first I thought it was a small cockroach. It was eating a worm.

After I searched for "mealworm" online, it just looks like the mealworm beetle photos I found.

It says mealworms have 50% protein. I guess it make great food for birds. The worms have very tough skin. Not sure if it will give any digestion problem. The recently molten worms are white and softer.

I couldn't find any silkworm this time, they seem like better feeders from what you have said in other threads.