Im keeping my guinea keet outside and im not sure what to do from here!!

[MorgieAndAuggie]

My guinea keet (2 days old) is staying outside in a toddler play house thing, and if I leave it chirps. A lot. Really loudly. I'm not sure what to do when I need to eat or sleep or go to the t bathroom, etc.

 

[MorgieAndAuggie]

Also if you're wondering the play house is similar to this thing

 

[SilverBirds]

Are you still giving him away or did you decide to keep him?

 

[MorgieAndAuggie]

Are you still giving him away or did you decide to keep him?

I have to keep him

 

[SilverBirds]

Are you able to get some more keets or some baby chickens?

 

[MorgieAndAuggie]

No.

Are you able to get some more keets or some baby chickens?

 

[NatJ]

My guinea keet (2 days old) is staying outside in a toddler play house thing, and if I leave it chirps. A lot. Really loudly. I'm not sure what to do when I need to eat or sleep or go to the t bathroom, etc.

What temperature is that area? Baby birds tend to be really loud when they are cold, and they can get cold even at temperatures that feel hot to a person.

It should have a warm place (90 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit) and plenty of cool space. That way it can warm up in the warm space (like how it would snuggle under a mother, if it had one), and it can go eat and play in the cool space. In that play house, one warm corner and the rest at normal temperature would probably be right.

It might also be lonesome. You could give it a mirror so it can see its reflection, and maybe a stuffed toy to snuggle against. Choose a stuffed toy you are willing to throw away after the guinea grows up, because it will get pooped on and nasty.

But I would check the temperature first, before worrying about whether it is lonesome.

 

[MorgieAndAuggie]

What temperature is that area? Baby birds tend to be really loud when they are cold, and they can get cold even at temperatures that feel hot to a person.

It should have a warm place (90 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit) and plenty of cool space. That way it can warm up in the warm space (like how it would snuggle under a mother, if it had one), and it can go eat and play in the cool space. In that play house, one warm corner and the rest at normal temperature would probably be right.

It might also be lonesome. You could give it a mirror so it can see its reflection, and maybe a stuffed toy to snuggle against. Choose a stuffed toy you are willing to throw away after the guinea grows up, because it will get pooped on and nasty.

But I would check the temperature first, before worrying about whether it is lonesome.

I was worried it would be too hot if anything. It's hot here in California and I'm scared of killing it. Would a sweater work as a 'heat source'? I have this microwaveable like beanbag the size of my hand but it didn't like it much and started opening its mouth and its throat moved in and out.

 

[SilverBirds]

Just make sure he is warm enough at night. The temperature should be in the high 80s-low 90s. Definitely get him a mirror and/or a stuffy to snuggle with.

Also, I'd fortify the play house. Make sure nothing can dig underneath the bottom, climb through the windows, etc.

 

[SilverBirds]

I was worried it would be too hot if anything. It's hot here in California and I'm scared of killing it. Would a sweater work as a 'heat source'? I have this microwaveable like beanbag the size of my hand but it didn't like it much and started opening its mouth and its throat moved in and out.

I'm not sure about the hand warmer. Him opening his mouth is him panting which means he is hot.