My budgie recently layed eggs and they hatched, they are roughly 3 weeks old, what is the best way to hand rear them, what would be best to feed them and how should i do it?
2006-09-28 03:11:23 · 16 answers · asked by kailyn_opp 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
my pet shop doesnt do birds, they dont know what i could do
2006-09-28 03:15:00 · update #1
google it, or google a phone number for someone who would know. maybe the zoo or something like that. good luck
2006-09-28 03:19:50 · answer #1 · answered by gracin_angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baby birds are not too hard to rear. You need to buy a little plastic case that has a lid which will keep out predators such as rodents, cats and snakes, but allow air to get in. Line the bottom with pet straw and put in an empty tissue box so the little ones can go in and hide when they feel insecure. The tissue box could stand on top of a flat hamster heater or you could attach a bulb-like pet heater higher up in the cage; near enough to the babies so that they feel warm, but out of their reach so they don't get burned.
You need to buy small grain millet seed, or specially prepared baby bird seed mixture and a simple apparatus of a plastic holder and pipette. You mix the seed with hot water and make sure it is soft. When it cools down, and is luke-warm, hold one baby at a time and use the pipette to feed it. A healthy bird will co-operate and they will let you know when they need feeding as they will make strange clock-work-like burring noises. They will also open their beaks and gape, and bob up and down.
Feed each one as much as it will take. There is a spot on a bird's throat called a gullet and it needs to be pretty much full after feeding; you will be able to see it fill. Feed the next babies in turn.
Make sure you gently wipe off any dribbled seed with a moist tissue.
Keeping them warm, handling them gently and feeding them enough (but never forcing it) is all you have to do.
Good Luck!
2006-09-28 05:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why r u hand rearing them? Has something happened to mum? Why dont u look in the local pages for budgie breeders and then ring them and ask their advice, or just contact a aviery or bird sacturies or even rspb they might be able to put u in touch with the right ppl. Good luck with the little tweets...:)
2006-09-28 03:20:11 · answer #3 · answered by english_rose10 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have reared at least 6 budgies. I never actually planed the first lot and the parents had laid the eggs on bottom of cage and the male ran rings around the female whilst she sat on the eggs she had 3 babies but as I could not intervene two died but the third grew up successfully. and They did it by themselves with no help from me. Just keep an eye on them.Only start touching them when they get their early feathers and get accustom to you being around.
2006-09-29 09:13:42 · answer #4 · answered by archaeologia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you do not hand rear budgies, they do not eat worms or any live food!!make sure they have plenty of good seed[blow the husks off the top of open pots,best to use seed hoppers,open pots appear to be full until the seed husks are blown off] give some greenfood,lettuce or peas the latter being the best for nutrients,to make the young tame handle every day as you clean out the nestbox ,i used an large empty margarine tub lined with a piece of cloth,as the babies grow you will be able to put them on your shoulder while you clean them out, if you do this every day they will be tame,i forgot to say before taken the young out of the nest tap on the box the will recognise this as cleaning time and will leave the nest
2006-09-28 09:05:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should really leave them with it's mother unless something has happened to its mom then you can't really hand rear them, the chances are that they probably wouldn't survive unless you seek expert advice but otherwise you can't hand rear baby budgies that aren't very old that well! Good Luck anyway!
2006-09-28 04:22:41 · answer #6 · answered by xxBritneyxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt if it's dead - the leg I mean. It could be broken. I had a crow that fell from a tree and broke his leg and I know what you mean - it - the leg looked dead. I think it's broken. Go online and find a search engine. Ask for "birds broken leg". They'll probably recommend a splint. You can use this tape that sticks to itself to wrap the leg but if you can, take him to an avian vet because the leg will need to be set. Birds don't show sickness or pain but I'd reason to guess the poor bird is in a lot of pain.
2016-03-26 21:15:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully the Mother will do what nature intended and she will take care of that - Supply her with fresh and nutritious food as she will probably require more attention on this as she has to have extra reservers to care for the young. I believe it is with her food that she processes and transfers to the babies. And at one point she will lead the natural process of weaning them when she deems them ready. If she isn t nurtured with food and health this could effect the outcome of her proper care of them.
If Mother doesn t seem to be doing what nature intended - with you keeping an eye on them - if you notice that they don t seem to be as healthy - with being as active, growing and such - then you may have to use some of the suggestions of some of the other answers here to supplement. But thats unlikly. Even if some past away I ve been told that is very normal -survival of the fittest.
Your part is to Watch and Enjoy nature at its finest and Just recently someone in answering someone elses questions of how early you can touch and play with them - I belive a breeder answered that this is the age she enjoyed most. Make sure your hands are just washed and handling them will give you and them joy. It will add to bonding and companionship - they are very social creatures and therefore add to their health with this element of life. I assume not to disturb them when they sleep for them to get what they need for normal health. They usually sleep after being fed and start to get up and about inbetween feedings. Their social attributes and exposure to human touch and care are what contributes to their bonding to humans not just that they are handfed. That could take two seconds the other longer.
I m jealous-it should be fun. I would like to add another one on to my budgie family soon - you don t happen live close to Montreal, Canada do You?
2006-09-29 03:25:16 · answer #8 · answered by Mary S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly seprate from parents cmpletely, have incubation for the chicks. go to you store and purchase a food called egg & biscuit mix, buy a syring with no needle end,
mix warm water with the egg/biscuit, easy suck it into blank syringe open the beak and fill thier crop. you have tto do this every 3-4 hours including night so if you want tto be a mother, do a good job.
2006-09-30 21:26:47 · answer #9 · answered by Mosez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know about the rearing part but i do know that you dont have to feed them becuz there mothers will take care of that for a while until they are a little bit older.
2006-10-01 09:21:05 · answer #10 · answered by Chelsi B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the library or look it up on the net I know my local library has a lot of books on budgies, as I use to keep them, but not breed them
2006-09-28 03:20:26 · answer #11 · answered by ringo711 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋