right now I have to trick her into the meds haha. half of her food, then meds, then the rest of her food. She still gives me a look of disgust when I give her them though XD
s/he was able to come home yesterday and is doing great :) she has to take meds twice a day for the next week but so far s/he is making a full recovery
the playing has started haha. s/he is getting better at perching and likes to climb the ladder (I gave her a ladder to learn how to get onto her perch) and gets upset if i ask her to step up before she gets onto her perch to be picked up XD she also gets upset when I try to put her back in her...
the baby is in the fledgling stage now haha. s/he has learned step up already (I just put my hand flat on the bottom of the cage and say 'step up' and regardless where s/he is it will come running over onto my hand.) and is trying out perching and adult calls/sounds (until it sees me of course...
right now he looks slightly off just because he is growing in feathers haha. I used to have Love birds so I am not 100% new to this but when I bred them the adults showed them the ropes when it came to new foods and trying things(Like learning how to break out of their cages XD ) so trying to...
thanks :) I cant wait until his/hers personality starts to show. Right now it is very sweet but just wants food and doesn't try to cuddle or play or anything haha.
When is the best time to start introducing mash/adult feed? Yes I know it probably will be a few weeks still, I just dont want to...
awww poor dear. just do what the vet says and Im sure she will be okay :) I dont have a cage yet I got her/him in a trade with a breeder friend of mine for some of the button quail I just hatched haha so it was an impulse buy pretty much. I do plan on getting a nice flight cage for her and...
first feeding is done :) I'm used to spoon feeding and this baby only has been syringe fed so far so I had to learn real quick haha. I like spoon feeding so much better though. s/he ate a whole 4.6CCs <3
I just picked up a 3 1/2 week old cockatiel from a breeder friend and I am super excited! s/he is a yellow faced grey pied. I am wanting any advise you guys are willing to give me!
I have hand fed parrots before and like to use the spoon method. Right now the little one is asleep in my brooder...
ahhhhhhhh one more weeeeek!!!!! I have 50 jumbo quail and 23 button quail in the incubator and every egg has veins or good movement in them :3 all shipped eggs too!