Pyxis' Emu Chat Thread

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The babies had their first food this morning, little pieces of collard greens They're pecking at their pellets but haven't shown interest in actually eating them yet. In another day or so though I suspect they'll be hungry and eating.

Maybe you need to make airplane noises to pop the food into their mouths...that always worked for my boys when they were little

 

[aart]

The babies had their first food this morning, little pieces of collard greens They're pecking at their pellets but haven't shown interest in actually eating them yet. In another day or so though I suspect they'll be hungry and eating.

What day after hatch do they generally start eating and drinking?
Chicken chicks start at a day or two....quail less....is it determined by the size of the yolk?

 

[Pyxis]

What day after hatch do they generally start eating and drinking?
Chicken chicks start at a day or two....quail less....is it determined by the size of the yolk?

I'm not sure if it's to do with yolk size, but they take quite a while to get their legs under them and really get mobile, so in the wild they'd need to be able to live off the yolk for several days until they could actually leave the nest.

I think last year it took Desi and Ciara something like four or five days to start eating.

 

[ronott1]

Nope, she doesn't get sedated. She was on a laxative to help keep her from needing to have it done, but lately she refuses to eat it.

It can be hard to get a cat to take a pill!

 

[Pyxis]

It can be hard to get a cat to take a pill!

Pills are one thing, lol; this stuff is a liquid. She gets a pill over her food every morning and evening for her thyroid disease and that's no trouble. The liquid just must have a really bad taste or smell because it puts her right off.

 

[ronott1]

Pills are one thing, lol; this stuff is a liquid. She gets a pill over her food every morning and evening for her thyroid disease and that's no trouble. The liquid just must have a really bad taste or smell because it puts her right off.

Can the vet give you a pill version?

 

[Pyxis]

Can the vet give you a pill version?

I asked, and apparently there isn't one

 

[ronott1]

I asked, and apparently there isn't one

I am sorry about that!

 

[SilksterTN]

Maybe you need to make airplane noises to pop the food into their mouths...that always worked for my boys when they were little

 

[Pyxis]

I'm spying on them from work again If anyone would like to also spy on them with me: