BrideofChicky
Hatching
- Apr 5, 2022
- 5
- 5
- 9
Honestly I'm not sure if posting so many questions makes me look like a bad owner or a good owner, but I promise I'm trying my hardest.
Good news though! Today, my father helped me upgrade my chick pen, and now it's certainly big enough and has several articles of enrichment including a box and a perch. I additionally put my chicks on some electrolyte water since one of them is a runt and I'm hoping it helped
The move was just this morning, and before I moved them they were eating and drinking just fine, running around and being obnoxious. When I moved them, they were still eating, drinking, and doing a lot of running around, foraging, and stretching their wings (flying around)
Now, a couple hours later, they've all gone the quietest I've ever seen. No chirping, no freaking out when I walk up to them or grab them, and I have yet to see them eat or drink.
They're all just laying around, asleep, all five of them sleeping like rocks.
I'm not sure if it's the temp, because I've got a space heater running on one side keeping it nice and warm. They aren't too hot, not too cold (at least nothing behavior-wise has appeared) but goodness they're all just out cold.
Did they just wear themselves out from the big day of a move? Did I accidentally poison them with electrolyte water and do I need to change it back to fresh immediately? (Will they be okay?)
Am I overthinking things or did I mess up? They're on medicated feed and I spot clean their enclosure everyday and do a deep clean every 3-4 days depending on how much bedding is wet/missing.
I'm really worried, please help!
Edit: Their poo all looks fine, nothing out of the ordinary. If i pick them up they'll wander around for a second, do some talking but then go back to sleep. Perhaps they were just stressed in their old home, and what I thought was normal behavior was actually stressed. Now that they've got a good home they're doing actually normal behaviour... I think it's bad. if that makes sense
Good news though! Today, my father helped me upgrade my chick pen, and now it's certainly big enough and has several articles of enrichment including a box and a perch. I additionally put my chicks on some electrolyte water since one of them is a runt and I'm hoping it helped
The move was just this morning, and before I moved them they were eating and drinking just fine, running around and being obnoxious. When I moved them, they were still eating, drinking, and doing a lot of running around, foraging, and stretching their wings (flying around)
Now, a couple hours later, they've all gone the quietest I've ever seen. No chirping, no freaking out when I walk up to them or grab them, and I have yet to see them eat or drink.
They're all just laying around, asleep, all five of them sleeping like rocks.
I'm not sure if it's the temp, because I've got a space heater running on one side keeping it nice and warm. They aren't too hot, not too cold (at least nothing behavior-wise has appeared) but goodness they're all just out cold.
Did they just wear themselves out from the big day of a move? Did I accidentally poison them with electrolyte water and do I need to change it back to fresh immediately? (Will they be okay?)
Am I overthinking things or did I mess up? They're on medicated feed and I spot clean their enclosure everyday and do a deep clean every 3-4 days depending on how much bedding is wet/missing.
I'm really worried, please help!
Edit: Their poo all looks fine, nothing out of the ordinary. If i pick them up they'll wander around for a second, do some talking but then go back to sleep. Perhaps they were just stressed in their old home, and what I thought was normal behavior was actually stressed. Now that they've got a good home they're doing actually normal behaviour... I think it's bad. if that makes sense
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