Just for future referance, if you had found or a friend gave you a bird's egg and the only heat source you had for it was a desk lamp, how would you keep it hidden in your room?
I just only wanted to know this is if I ever get into this type of scenario. Also there aren't any places in my room where I could hide the desk lamp and egg without it being noticed in the daytime or late at night.
No I DON'T have an egg right now but i only wnated to know this if this ever happend to me.
2007-02-03 23:23:48 · 5 answers · asked by Checkers- the -Wolf 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
You do not know about incubating eggs. They have to be kept warm within a very narrow temperature range for up to 28 days in order for them to hatch. If your temperature is off or varies outside that range then the egg will not hatch. And if by some chance it does hatch, what would you do with the chick once it hatches? They peep a lot and how are you going to hide that? What are you going to feed it?
Most likely if you used a desk lamp all you would succeed in doing is to cook it. You need an incubator with a thermostat and a means to control the temperature within about 5 degrees. Either that or you need the mother bird.
You are not in a position to care for a baby bird if your main concern is how to hide it.
2007-02-03 23:32:32 · answer #1 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine raises budgies and ocassionally an egg will fall from the nesting box so he has to hand raise it. He uses one of those desk lams that has a flexible arm so that he can put it right down close on a little basket with the egg. If you have the same type of lamp with a dome, very little light comes through because it is completely over the basket. Just be careful not to let the light bulb or dome actually touch the basket, stuffing or egg -- might catch fire. You will also need to get a small syringe and baby bird food from the pet store. It comes in a bag, you mix a bit with water and then feed it to the chick. Ask for exact instructions on feeding, you have to do like the mother bird and feed until the area below the neck swells, its hard to explain without showing you. Be prepared to have to feed the chick around the clock, every few hours, even in the night. And still keep the chick warm after it hatches until it gets all its feathers.
2007-02-03 23:44:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have all answered you before about this egg you want to get.
If you have to keep it hidden, then you don't have the time to care for the egg the way it will need in order to hatch. You keep trying to make us all believe you are responsible enough to care for the chick, but if you have to keep it hidden and cannot afford a proper incubator, you don't need to be doing this.
Wait until you can properly care for the bird/egg. If that needs to be when you grow up and move out, then do so. Don't make an animal suffer.
I also remember that you are getting this bird from California. It is ILLEGAL to sell unweaned chicks in California, I assume that the same goes for eggs.
Also, the egg will probably die if you can't keep it at the perfect temprature while transporting it. Again, wait until you can properly do this.
2007-02-04 06:24:46 · answer #3 · answered by Christie D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If this does happen to you a desk lap wouldnt keep it warm enough. You would need to bring it to the vet so they can take care of it. Or you could bring it to a bird specialist, like somebody who raises chickens and ducks, they would know how to take care of it and feed it after it hatched. I don't think you want to chew up worms to feed it.
2007-02-03 23:37:37 · answer #4 · answered by Jessi 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Eggs need to be incubated. If it were fertile, it most likely would not hatch anyway.
2007-02-03 23:30:26 · answer #5 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋