My oldest cockatiel baby is 6 weeks old now. The other 2 are 2 and 4 days younger. The mother is laying an egg every 2 days which I have to remove. It's very sad to do this, but I don't want to separate the babies from their parents. I tried it and they went crazy. The parents called them and they tried their best to return. I let the babies out to fly around the room every other day. The parents have never been out on their own. I adopted them when they were a few months old. The babies also try eating of the different things I put in the cage. The cage is 90x65x70 is it big enough for 5 cockatiels?
2007-03-25 18:58:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
When they are about 8 weeks; they should be eating on their own and begin perching.
2007-03-26 01:09:58 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey there!
The nest box can come down when the chicks are nine weeks old. At six weeks the chicks aren't finished weaning and still rely on their parents for food. It's also normal for the parents to lay while the fist clutch is still in the nest. Its best to keep the eggs with the parents as if you keep removing them, it triggers more egg laying in the hen. The birds see it as a predator has gotten to them, so in an attempt to keep their genes alive, the just lay more eggs. If you don't want more babies, either poke a hole on one end of the unwanted eggs or shake them really good. Then replace them with mom and dad.
The cage should be okay for five tiels as long as their get their out-of-cage play time.
2007-03-25 19:24:56 · answer #2 · answered by white_ravens_white_crows 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the cage is sufficiently massive the nest field could be interior the cage. there are various motives they stay out of the field, they don't love it, they do in comparison to the place it particularly is, you place nesting factors in it (maximum do in comparison to that) or they are actually not yet waiting. bypass away it empty, provide them 2 inch straw and/or hay as they're going to choose to construct the nest their way. while they are construction the nest provide them some grasses and/or 2 inch lengths of yarn as a mushy nest liner.
2016-10-19 22:43:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋