A baby crow that has fallen out of the nest has a better chance of survival with human intervention. Feeding a raven chick is not difficult. It is important to follow a certain diet, feeding regimen and avoid certain foods. This bird has a sufficient supply of vitality; you need to take a little care of it: first teach it to swallow food, and then eat on its own. Crows have high intelligence and quickly get used to people. Some birds remain good friends in the house forever.

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When the chick has not yet opened its eyes and is weak, feeding occurs with a syringe or tweezers. The lump of food should be placed further into the beak to provoke a swallowing reflex. Soon the bird realizes that it is being fed and begins to open its beak itself and ask for food. The question of what to feed a crow requires detailed study.

It is convenient to feed a baby crow at home with wet mixtures - mash. They are based on grated carrots and cereal flakes steamed in boiling water. Carrots allow you to saturate the chick with nutrients and moisture. The proportion of carrots in mixtures should be 30-40%. In addition to carrots, turnips or rutabaga also serve as the basis for mash.

You can take oat flakes, wheat, corn, buckwheat, barley, rye. They are poured with boiling water and cooled to body temperature – 36-37℃. Lumps of mash should not be sticky, otherwise it will be difficult for the chick to swallow them. The share of grain flakes in the mixture is 30%. When the bird begins to eat on its own, the flakes are replaced with boiled porridge from the same grains, cooked in water without salt and sugar.

From the first days, protein sources are mandatory ingredients in the mixtures. This is the egg yolk of a hard-boiled egg, minced meat or fish, low-fat cottage cheese. The share of these products in mash should be 30%. In the first weeks of a chick’s life, ready-made meat purees for baby food are suitable: turkey, veal, chicken.

In nature, crows feed their chicks with earthworms and various larvae. At home, you can give mealworms, ant eggs, and dry ground gammarus.

Additional components of mash: calcium supplements and vitamins. The metabolism of chicks is intense, so in the absence of necessary substances, for example, vitamin D or riboflavin, ailments quickly arise. The bird may not stand on its feet for a long time or there may be curvature of its legs. Overdose is also dangerous. It usually occurs when birds are given vitamins intended for humans. It is necessary to carefully check the dose of drugs.

Additives with important elements should make up 5-10% of the feed. It is good to use bone and fish meal, chalk, crushed eggshells, crushed sprouted wheat grains, multivitamins from the pet store.

Thus, the ratio of products in the mixtures should be as follows:

• 30-40% – fiber;
• 30% – grain;
• 30% – protein;
• 5-10% – vitamins, minerals.

Liquids

While the chick is not eating on its own, it does not need to drink water or any other liquid. The necessary moisture enters the body with solid food. Drinking it from a syringe in the first weeks is even dangerous because it can choke.

When the crow begins to eat on its own, you can place a saucer of water freely available to it. The water should be soft. You should not offer your chick tap water containing chlorine, even in small quantities. It is optimal to use purified or purchased water heated to room temperature.

What not to feed a baby crow

Some foods are contraindicated for chicks. Giving them even in small quantities is dangerous for the life of the bird. Among them:

• milk;
• sweets;
• salty food;
• fried foods;
• fatty food;
• smoked meats;
• juices;
• Exotic fruits.

Diet

In the first two weeks after hatching, the chick is weak, lacks thermoregulation and needs frequent feeding and additional heating. During this period, the little crow needs to be fed every 1.5-2 hours in small portions. The break is only taken at night. Between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. the chick is not fed; it is constantly kept in a nest made of soft natural fabric prepared for it. The grown chick is fed 3-4 times a day.

Every time it eats, the chick defecates. He shakes his tail and lifts his tail so that the droppings are outside the nest. At this point, it is advisable to prepare toilet paper so that you can remove the droppings immediately after feeding. After a night in the “nest” the litter is changed every day.

This beautiful and proud bird can truly become a true friend. Her intelligence exceeds that of a dog or cat and is comparable to the abilities of a horse or dolphin. A raven can, for example, use a stick to get food placed next to the cage. It will also strengthen dry bread by soaking it in water. This bird is capable of throwing stones into a narrow vase until water becomes available for it to drink.

How not to confuse raven and crow chicks?

However, instead of the expected raven, you may end up with a bird from the same family with a similar name - a crow. How to distinguish a raven chick from a crow? The raven is larger and has a wedge-shaped tail (the crow has a flat tail). The plumage on a raven's crop is tousled, while that of a crow is smooth. The color of a crow chick is the same as that of an adult bird. The crow “croaks”, articulating correctly, but the raven makes a different sound - it clicks.

They also differ from each other purely in character: like a devoted knight and a pathetic thief. It is no coincidence that we used the word “knight” in the context of the name of the bird “raven”, because the British have been honoring and maintaining six ravens of the Tower Fortress for many centuries, since the time of King Charles II.

How to avoid misunderstandings by unexpectedly raising a crow? The answer is simple: either take a raven chick from a nursery, or buy from a seller with a good reputation.

We are far from thinking that in May you will be able to personally get into the thicket of the forest and pick up a three-week-old chick from a raven’s nest at a great height. Moreover, even if you accomplish such a feat, you will inevitably be attacked by his parents. And an adult raven, having accelerated in flight, as is known, with a blow of its beak may well kill a fox. Obviously, it is wiser for the future owner of the chick to avoid such injuries.

Therefore, we direct you to purchase poultry based on the ad. The market price of a fledgling raven in Moscow markets is $100.

At what age is a raven chick adopted?

The raven is immensely devoted to only one person, whom he considers the owner, but he simply resigns himself to other cohabitants. He does not like small children and pets, being jealous of the owner.

For taming, it is best to take a bird that is two to three weeks old. Females are easier to train and less impulsive. We recommend them to beginners. A specialist distinguishes them at this age solely by external signs. Classes are conducted according to the classical method for birds of prey. If you buy raven chicks from a breeder, the cutoff age for purchase is 2-3 months of age.

After six months, the chick is identical in size to the adult bird. At this age, he is already difficult to train. And an adult raven, starting from the age of one year, is no longer suitable for living at home. By the way, a bird is considered to be fully formed only at the age of three.

A raven chick (you can see a photo of a three-week-old fledgling in the illustration) becomes a poultry thanks to persistent taming and training. Unfortunately, most people who decide to raise this bird act rashly, believing that the chick of a proud bird will turn out to be a stylized likeness of a parrot.

What should the owner of a raven chick be prepared for?

A raven is two in one: a predator and a talking, intelligent, loving bird. But if you want to become its owner, it is not enough for the raven chick to formally settle in your home. The owner should love him actively, tinker with him (i.e. teach, train, communicate) every day for two to three hours a day.

Raven is a friend. If you manage to train him, he will give you a lot of positivity, but also ask a lot from you. You, as the owner, will have to sacrifice... at least one room in the apartment for this friendship. Rest assured, after a year of keeping a crow in it, it will be prepared by the bird for repair.

A raven and a cage are incompatible things: an impulsive bird breaks feathers in it. If it is not possible to allocate a “private room” to the bird, you can equip an aviary (at least 2 x 2 m). It should include a container for bathing birds and toys.

When is it not advisable to have a raven?

It is contraindicated to have this bird in families with small children! It is not advisable to have other animals (dogs, cats) in the house. An adult raven is a bird with character. He will be jealous of their owner and even attack their “competitors.”

It is not enough for the owner of the bird to proceed solely from mercy when thinking about how to hatch a raven chick. It is equally important to ask yourself the second question: “Will I be able to raise a noble tame raven?”

It is not recommended to keep a bird at home without devoting time to training it. In this case, the raven does not feel the owner and begins to compete in its own way with the housemates, turning into a real punishment, practicing all sorts of dirty tricks:

• he will consider not only his room, but the entire apartment as his territory (torn documents, torn wallpaper, cornices, baseboards, household utensils, furniture);
• he will not be accustomed to relieve himself locally;
• he will attack your guests.

Releasing a bird that has not been trained by adult crows “into the wild” is a sure way to kill it. A domestic raven dies in the wild.

If, after reading our warning, you remain at your desire and continue to solve the puzzle “How to find a raven chick?”, then the following information is for you.

Foundling chicks

However, cases are different. Sometimes yellow-throated raven chicks are found fallen from the nest in April-May. Despite the height of the fall, some of them remain uninjured.

The raven chick is born in April. Being a week old, it even barely resembles a bird: its eyes are not open, its body is naked, and there is only fluff on its neck and head. Only in the second week do the tiny shafts of future flight feathers appear and the eyes open.

He is weak, his body is not covered with feathers. He is unable to maintain the balance of his body's heat. The feeding period for him during the first week is about one and a half hours during daylight hours. Defenseless and completely dependent on care, the raven chick (the photo at the beginning of the article captured this moment) periodically squeaks - this is how it begs for food.

However, the bird will begin to see only after three weeks.

Temperature conditions in the first week

If such a bird has fallen out of the nest, and after weighing all the pros and cons, you have made the desperate decision to raise it, then you will need to take a month's vacation to do this. In the first week you will have to set up an improvised home incubator. The raven chick is placed in a shoebox, which is lined with soft cloth at the bottom and covered with a thin linen on top. An incandescent lamp is turned on above the canvas. You need to ensure optimal heating:

• increase it if the bird is trembling;
• ventilate the box if she gasps for air.

Temperature regulation in the second week

After the feathers appear (in the second week), the temperature regime becomes simpler. Just make sure during the day that the temperature in the room where the raven chick is located is maintained at approximately 20 degrees Celsius. The home incubator should still be heated at night.

As the fluff covers the entire body of the bird, it will be possible to remove the top sheet. Next, we will briefly consider the organization of nutrition for the raven chick, noting the importance of the presence of clean, non-chlorinated water in the enclosure and the addition of calcium (ground shells) to its food for the formation of full plumage.

Feeding a yellowthroat chick

The question of what to feed a raven chick at home has two different answers: for the yellowthroat and the fledgling.

The yellowthroat is fed using tweezers. Food is served from top to bottom. In this case, his reflex is triggered: he lifts his head and opens his beak. The food itself is a mash. If we are talking about nursing a sick chick, then it is fed from a syringe on which a rubber nozzle is put on.

• meat by-products (either pate or minced meat) - 40%;
• steamed finely cut flakes (crushed - wheat, barley, millet, oatmeal, corn, rye) - 30%;
• low-fat cottage cheese - 10%;
• finely chopped sprouted grain - 10%;
• grated apple, beets, carrots - 10%.

Feeding the fledgling chick

Let's imagine one of the recipes showing what to feed a raven chick that has become a fledgling. This is also a mash, only with a slightly different consistency, also suitable for adult birds:

• cereal flakes, boiled buckwheat or boiled brown rice - 30%;
• finely chopped meat by-products - 30%;
• low-fat cottage cheese - 20%;
• grated squeezed apple, carrots, beets - 10%;
• finely chopped sprouted grain - 10%.

Flying

Let us cover this complex issue briefly.

1. Raven chicks are taught to fly according to the classics of training birds of falcon, observing the necessary details (perch, glove, etc.). This technique is fully effective in our case.
2. When training a raven to fly, the likelihood of non-return should be minimized. Therefore, it is better to choose suburban fields as a habitat for realizing the natural needs of birds. In a city with its traffic and noise, there is a high chance that an inexperienced raven will get lost.

We teach the raven chick to speak

If the parrot perceives the female timbre of the voice better, then the raven practically does not react to it. But hoarse, creaky masculine overtones are his element. He repeats not only the creaking, barking of a dog, and hoarse male laughter, but also shows good speech abilities. Similar abilities of another raven bird - the rook - were described by Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin in the story of the same name.

Where to begin? Firstly, we recommend calling the raven that way; he could easily call himself, for example, Karl. Secondly, when entering and leaving, say standard phrases (“Hello”, “Bye”). Start by teaching your raven to say these words, then you can move on to phrases.

He remembers whole sentences no worse than a parrot, but pronounces them (this is confirmed by experts) more consciously. To do this, the owner should talk to him.

Instead of a conclusion

Agree, there is something special and noble about the crow - one of the most difficult birds to keep at home.

A crow chick is not a spineless toy, it is a friend for an adult, making adjustments to the rhythm of his life. But if you really manage to raise him as a friend, he will adequately respond to you with love and devotion for many years.

Somewhere God sent a piece of cheese to a crow

What can you feed a crow? How to feed a crow, how to keep a crow, what to feed a crow

With all due respect to Ivan Andreevich Krylov, it is worth noting that his fable made a significant contribution to ornithology, but, unfortunately, not a positive one. After all, people now, as soon as they see a crow, strive to treat it with cheese, which the hungry bird enjoys with pleasure. So is it possible to feed crows cheese? And how to properly feed a bird that, by chance, got into trouble and ended up under the care of people. The main principle is do no harm, so we are talking about the same thing. Based on our practice, feeding birds with foods high in fat causes serious pathologies of internal organs - hepatitis, fatty liver, pancreatitis, ischemic heart disease, cholecystitis, cancer, immunodeficiencies, arthritis, arthrosis. Having received this set of chronic diseases, it is difficult to restore the health of the bird again. And what can we say about flying, where you need lightness and a healthy heart, not to mention the joints.

Let's figure out how to properly feed corvids. We remind you that the corvid or raven family includes not only the hooded crow, but also the carrion crow, jackdaw, rook, common raven, magpie, kuksha, common and blue jay.

The basis of the diet of these birds is lean meat - beef, turkey, chicken.

From by-products, corvids can be given:

· chicken hearts

· stomachs

· necks (feeding with chicken heads and necks refers to crows, crows and rooks, sometimes jackdaws and jays are also very fond of such products).

· Low-fat cottage cheese is also included in the diet of corvids

· boiled river fish (it is not advisable to feed raw fish due to the risk of infecting the bird with helminthiases; for the same reason, earthworms should not be fed to corvids, as this can cause the birds to develop a serious disease - syngamosis).

The crow's diet contains more meat than the diet of other corvids. The question of what to feed a raven can be answered this way: it is best if the raven’s diet is dominated by thawed mice and day-old chicks, and not just meat and offal.

Corvids need insects in their diet as mandatory feeding.

These are the following insects:

· mealworm

· crickets

· locust

· ant eggs.

What to pamper and treat the crow with?

This is what the bird eats in nature, and our task is to bring the conditions of keeping and feeding the bird closer to its natural ones. Therefore, treat your corvid pet not only with meat, but also with insects, berries, fruits, and vegetables. You can give any berries, vegetables and fruits, you just need to be sure that they are not treated with insecticides.

As a supplement, corvids can be fed boiled eggs, but in small quantities. You can also give boiled buckwheat, rice, millet, and corn grits. But, of course, meat still accounts for the bulk of the diet. Among the delicacies, you can offer the birds dried bread, white bread crackers, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and gammarus. As a mineral feed for birds, you can grind egg shells into powder and place them in a separate feeder.

What should you not feed a crow? What should you not give to birds?

Now let's outline what exactly should not be given to birds. The list of prohibited foods includes: salty, fatty, sweet, fried foods, sausages, milk, bread, canned food, alcohol, crackers, chips, juices, peanuts (here we mean the whole list of what is harmful for humans), citrus fruits (there is little information about this, some feed birds citrus fruits for a long time and this does not cause any pathologies, and in some birds, eating citrus fruits causes severe allergic reactions).

What vitamins and supplements do crows need?

Now about the vitamins. If the bird is provided with a complete diet, which includes insects and mineral supplements, then the need for vitamins is reduced to a minimum. But still, we recommend carrying out fortification twice a year - in early spring and late autumn, that is, in courses of 2 weeks. Among well-proven vitamins, you can use German Beaphar Mauser Tropfen, Lebensvitamine, and domestic ones - Chiktonik. A complete, well-composed diet is the basis for the health of any living creature.

Veterinary ornithologist Elena Pavlova

Many will not believe that wise and important crows belong to the passerine order and are large relatives of common tits and sparrows. Crows look elegant, smart and intelligent, which is why some bird keepers keep them as pets. But before you bring such a bird into your home, you need to figure out what crows eat and how to accustom them to home conditions?

Appearance and behavior characteristics

The body weight of a raven can reach from eight hundred grams to one and a half kilograms. Moreover, its body length is from sixty to seventy centimeters, and its wingspan is from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty centimeters. Other appearance features include:

• feathers on the throat elongated in the form of a beard;
• sharp, high and very massive beak;
• wedge-shaped beak;
• rather narrow but long wings;
• sharp flapping of the wing during flight;
• monochromatic body coloring;
• black plumage with greenish underneath and a purple or bluish tint underneath;
• in crows, the plumage has a matte black color without shine;
• the iris of the eyes is dark brown;
• the voice is trumpet and loud.

In flight, crows look like birds of prey and are even capable of performing some maneuvers. They know how to move well on the ground, have caution and patience.

In nature, they live in pairs and can only unite with their relatives for the night.

Crows are unpretentious and therefore can be found in forests, deserts, alpine tundra and even on Arctic coasts. They choose coniferous or deciduous forests, open areas near water bodies, and mountain landscapes. Settle on the outskirts of small settlements and in abandoned villages.

In large cities, these black birds can only be found in the North-West of Russia, some cities in America, and Ulaanbaatar. This is explained by the fact that crows avoid humans.

In winter they feed on garbage or carrion, so they look for food in landfills after picnics, near meat processing plants, fur farms, and roadsides. They're looking for mouse holes and chase small rodents.

Raven at home

The intelligent and elegant bird, which has the ability to imitate, is often kept by people as a pet. But how to tame a raven? To do this, you need to take into the house a crow no older than six months old. It is best if the chick is between two and three months old.

In order for the little crow to get used to people and home conditions, you need to spend a lot of time with him. He will consider him his master who will feed, raise and care for the chick.

Crows are active and large birds, so it is not recommended to keep them in cages. Enclosures are chosen for them, the minimum dimensions of which should be one by two meters. The height of the pet’s home should be two meters or more.

Aviary equipment:

Because crows are not known for their neatness, you will have to clean up after them often.

Once the house for your pet is ready, you can begin to tame it. To do this, the little crow will have to devote two to three hours every day. Reasonable and calm females are best tamed, since males are active and have a sharp character.

Walks

A raven should be tamed and trained as a bird of prey. Over time, you can even walk him on a leash. To do this, the owner must wear leather gloves on hands. The bird should be allowed to fly for one to two hours every day. Over time, the pet will get used to it, and it will be possible to let it fly without a leash.

If the raven is not in an enclosure, then it is better not to leave it alone in the room for a long time. This active bird is capable of scattering things, pecking at buttons on electrical appliances, tearing soft toys, and tearing off wallpaper.

Crows living at home will imitate the sounds they hear. This could be dogs barking, an owner coughing, or doors creaking. These birds won't sing.

Crows are omnivores, so the bird's diet should be very varied. There should always be two feeders in the enclosure. One with a volume of one hundred grams is for constant feed, and the second is for mineral supplements. For water, you can use a drinking bowl in the form of a half-liter jar.

You can give your pet and he will happily eat the following foods:

When preparing a diet, you should keep in mind that a third of it should consist of meat products.

You can't feed a raven:

The use of the listed products by birds will negatively affect the condition of their joints, bones, plumage and health in general.

To improve the appearance and health of crows give mineral supplements, which are prepared from crushed and mixed in equal proportions:

• burnt bones;
• calcined river sand;
• steamed earth;
• crushed charcoal;
• crushed bricks;
• shells from a boiled egg.

How to pamper a raven?

As a delicacy and at the same time entertainment, pets can be fed sunflower and pumpkin seeds, small quantities of low-fat nuts, fresh boiled brain bones, chicken bones boiled without salt, dry meats, and bagels.

The raven's portion should be like this so that he eats everything in one go. In hot weather in summer, birds eat less, and in winter their diet increases. Your pet should always have fresh water freely available.

Scientists say that at home, with good care and maintenance, crows can live up to twenty years. Having trained and raised a little crow in your home, you will get an intelligent and loyal feathered friend.

Corvids are omnivores. Their natural diet includes everything that the bird is able to find and obtain in nature, and varies greatly in composition and quantity of components consumed depending on the season. The diet of corvids in nature reaches its maximum diversity in the spring-summer-autumn period.

In winter, most non-migratory corvids switch to feeding on carrion, using reserves that were made in the fall, and grazing; that is, everything that can be found in a given area: this includes tree buds, remaining berries, agricultural waste, and other products of civilization.

But it is a big mistake to believe that it is very simple to create a complete diet for corvids in captivity. Corvids are very sensitive to lack of vitamins and minerals in feed. One consequence of this is the deplorable state of urban corvid bird populations. Chicks of crows, magpies, and jackdaws, fed by birds in big cities, suffer from rickets and vitamin deficiency, since in a large metropolis the food supply of birds is very limited.

Since the family of corvids includes a large number of species, often very different from each other, it is difficult to give comprehensive and safe feeding recommendations for all species of birds in this group. Therefore, in this article I will give general components that must be included in the diet, and I will remind you of the main principle common to feeding all birds - The most important thing when feeding birds kept in captivity is variety.

What to feed a crow, raven, jay, jackdaw, rook, magpie, chough at home?

The diet of corvid birds: magpies, jackdaws, crows, rooks, ravens, choughs, jays - must include a number of required components:

1. Small rodents(mice, rats (not “naked”))
   Rodents must be included in the nests of crows, rooks, jays, ravens and jackdaws kept at home. The author of the photo could not be found.
2. Raw meat(lean beef, rabbit), it is best to feed meat on the bones so that the bird has to tear pieces of meat from the bones - this is important for the proper functioning of the jaw and neck muscles.
3. By-products- liver, heart, kidneys, intestines.
4. Fish river raw, ungutted. It is better to boil sea fish for 5-10 minutes to destroy thiaminase (an enzyme that destroys thiamine).
   Small fresh river fish should be given whole to corvids. Despite the fact that in nature crows, jackdaws, rooks, crows, jays and magpies eat a lot of dead fish, at home only fresh fish should be given. Photo
5. Seafood- shrimp, mussels, crayfish, crabs, shells, sea urchins, etc. - all this should be uncleaned, since many components of marine animals are rich in calcium, in addition, they are necessary for the bird to form pellets, and the process of “getting” food is also important .
   
   In the photo, an American carrion crow forages for mussels on the ocean shore. Photo
6. Poultry meat raw with bones - chickens, pigeons, quails (it is better to avoid using chicken and turkey meat from stores - since these birds are raised using a large number of hormonal additives, antibiotics and vitamins - these products entering the body of corvids will disrupt the natural metabolism).
   
   It is important not to use wild birds to feed domestic corvids because it is so easy to infect pets with wild animal diseases. The photo shows a crow eating a dead pigeon - another example of the important sanitary role of corvids. Photo
7. Eggs- It is best to give raw quail eggs to corvid birds. Birds often eat them along with the shell.
8. Sprouted grain(wheat, oats, rye)
9. Fruits, vegetables, dried fruits, root crops(any, including carrots, beets, potatoes, bananas, radishes, etc.) onions, garlic.
10. Melons: melons, watermelons, pumpkins, zucchini - should be given to corvids without restrictions and preferably in their whole form.
11. Nuts- any. In autumn and spring, it is necessary to provide for all corvids, especially jays and nutcrackers. In spring, acorns should be given in sprouted form.
12. Cottage cheese(better) - with a varied diet of corvids, the fat content of the cottage cheese is not important.You can read more about cottage cheese in the diets of corvids in the discussion “ “
13. Dairy products- kefir, fermented baked milk, yogurt, katyk, matsoni, etc.
14. Porridge- any.
15. Dry food for kittens- no more than 3% of the total diet, or as a treat or reward.

a wonderful film about the nutrition and life of black crows in nature

How to feed corvids?

Since corvids are highly intelligent animals, cognitive activity is critically important for them, as for parrots and primates. Therefore, all components of the diet must be used to enrich the habitat and behavior of corvids.

For this purpose, it is advisable to give all food of animal origin in its native form, i.e. if you give fish, it must be whole; so that the bird has to work hard to get food. This helps develop the bird's muscles and keeps the bird occupied for a long time.

Mice, rats, quails, chickens - should be given whole, with the intestines (if you use feed animals). For small species of corvids - jackdaws, jays - it may be necessary to cut the skin of the food animal. Let me clarify that food animals must be given dead, since not all birds in captivity can quickly kill a mouse or chicken.

You also need to create forages - devices that make the process of getting food interesting. For example, eggs and food insects can be wrapped in paper or placed in small boxes or plastic bottles (yogurt bottles work well) so that the bird has to disassemble the packaging first.

Onions, beets, potatoes, zucchini, unripe peas, garlic, apples, pears, persimmons, oranges, grapes, bananas and other products must be given whole so that the bird actively works with its beak and paws.

It is important to note that the diet of corvids, like birds of prey and owls, should contain a large number of indigestible parts of food. This is important for formation.

Do magpies, crows, crows, rooks and other corvids eat bananas?

All corvids eat bananas. Bananas should be given without restrictions, both ripe and unripe, still completely green. Moreover, it is best not peeled - in the peel; such bananas are also an excellent forage; crows, magpies, jackdaws and even ravens will be happy to get to the banana pulp. A good technique is to hang an unpeeled banana on a thin branch or on the roof of a cage or aviary, so that the bird is forced to balance while eating the banana.

Is it possible to give a crow nightshades: potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants?

Tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants can and should be given to corvids without restrictions. Potatoes, like carrots and beets, are also a great way to keep corvids' beaks from overgrowing. When they peck hard foods constantly, the beak does not outgrow.

How to give meat to corvids?

Meat for all corvid birds can be given boiled or steamed, but this does not have much benefit for the bird’s body. Vitamin B12 is destroyed. Many corvids in captivity refuse to eat raw meat - I think this is due to behavioral changes and possibly the quality of the meat.

Is it possible to replace insects with something in the diets of corvids?

Insects for crows, magpies, ravens, jackdaws, rooks, choughs and jays are indispensable. It is a source of vitamins, protein, minerals and chitin. Chitin is important for the normal formation of pellets; if they are absent, then, due to neurodegenerative disorders, the absorption of calcium and phosphorus in the intestine becomes difficult. For corvids, this is critically dangerous, since a lack of calcium and phosphorus (they are in the diet but do not enter the body) leads to systemic disturbances in the functioning of the birds’ bodies. Convulsions develop. Sudden cardiac arrest may occur.