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baby birds crop has air?

Posted on April 21, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

ok this is the first time i have noticed this the baby is almost 4 days old it is a baby zebra finch so its very small

I relized that during feeding the crop was filling with air and it barly had any food in it mostly air of course the lack of food was because i stoped feeding it right away when i noticed it
I do not feed with a suring because it would hurt the baby because it is so tiny im am feeding it with a flat end tooth pick im using the methiod called spooning

could the babys crop inflat because it is swolling air not food?
i barly put any food on the tooth pick so it will have less of a chance of breathing in any liquid

i am feeding th baby what the adult finches eat except i put the food into a coffie grinder to turn it into pouder so i can mix it with water to make it in a formula.

I feed the baby when the crop emtys about every 2 hours i feed it untill its crop is almost full i dont want to take a chane of streatching

is there a way i could relise the ai
hurry i need to feed it!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tagged air, baby, baby birds, baby zebra, crop, finch, time, zebra, zebra finch

Lovebird nestbox materials?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

Hi other than palm leave can i give hay or what u cal that frm rice crop? I tried with shereded papers but this birds take em al out of the nest and dirty the whole room and empty the nest box. Can i give the coconut hair? Or wot other house hold thngs could be used?

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Tagged birds, cal, Coconut, crop, frm, hay, leave, lovebird, nest, nest box, nestbox, palm, rice, rice crop

Biology Question related to Evolution?

Posted on February 1, 2012 by admin| 6 Comments

A protein similar to the mammalian hormone prolactin is found in amphibians and birds. In amphibians, such as newts, it causes the animals to seek water as they do when they lay their eggs. In birds, such as pigeons, it causes them to regurgitate material from the crop to feed their young. Mammals respond to prolactin by producing milk. How does the theory of common descent explain these similarities?
This is for my lab so it does matter, religon people leave no comment.
When I say religion people no comment im not insulting them i have my religious beliefs, i just strictly wanted a science answers

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Tagged amphibians, animals, biology, birds, crop, eggs, evolution, hormone, hormone prolactin, mammals, material, newts, pigeons, prolactin, protein, question, regurgitate, water

Feeding a baby cockatiel

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

I have 2 adult cockatiels, one male and one female. They mated and hatched 3 eggs. The mother will continue to sit on all her eggs, and the male will sit on his bunch of eggs, but every time one hatched, the mother pushed the baby out of the nest and won’t care for it no matter what I do. The first one and the third one died, so I’m caring for the second one myself. I have a nest in a box, a heat lamp and I’m feeding it every 1-2 hours with baby bird formula in a tiny dropper. It’s been doing just fine for about 4 days, it’s growing, getting stronger and eating the formula easier. My main concern about it is every time I feed it, it swallows a large amount of air and sits in it’s crop for a little while and makes a large bubble in the crop. It says on the formula container to feed the baby till it’s crop is filled with formula, but it gets half filled with air and half with formula. When it gets filled with air I’m afraid to feed it any more because I don’t know how much it’s little crop can hold. Is this air swallowing thing normal? Should I feed it more when it does that or keep doing what I’m doing? What should I do???

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Tagged adult, air, baby, baby bird, Cockatiel, crop, dropper, eggs, feeding, feeding a baby, formula, half, heat lamp, mother, nest, Swallows, time

I have a baby cockatiel that’s not doing so well, what should I do?

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

This is mine and my birds’ (Birdy and Baby) first clutch. They laid 7 eggs of which four hatched. The first hatched on Easter so it’s now almost 4 weeks old. One died. The youngest is the one I’m worried about now. He is about 18-21 days old. His eyes are squinty and he can’t keep them open long. He just looks like he doesn’t feel well! His body temp. seems okay. Now, where exactly is the crop? Is it that buldgy front part? If so, it’s not very big but it’s tummy is! I’m afraid it’s not getting enough to eat. I fed him a bit of Exact (I followed the directions VERY carefully) which he ate. He pooped green droppings. He seems about the same this A.M. I want to let his parents continue to feed him but I want to feed him atleast twice a day myself as well. CAN I DO THAT??? I want to keep him in the nest box with his siblings! ANOTHER thing I noticed about the little guy is that his bottom beak is going in front of his top. It almost looks like the tip was broken off.
IS THAT POSSIBLE AND WOULD THAT AFFECT HIS FEEDINGS? I did do a lot of research on ‘tiels and breeding and own and read four books on them. It’s just that I don’t have any hands on experience yet. That’s what I’m doing now so PLEASE don’t lecture me on not knowing what I’m doing. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT THE PARENTS WERE BOTH MALES ONLY TO DISCOVER AN EGG ON THE CAGE FLOOR!! I put a nest box in there with some bedding and they laid more and like I said, some hatched. It’s so cool and the oldest is so cute right now. Mama is plucking some of his feathers though on his head but I read this is fairly common. SO, my main questions are 1) CAN I HAND FEED AND LET THE PARENTS FEED TO ENSURE IT’S GETTING ENOUGH FOOD? 2) What else could be wrong with it judging by it’s symptoms (the beak thing, weakness, eyes not opening widely, not peeping loudly)? PLEASE HELP ME WITH ANY ADVICE. I don’t really want to pay the money for an avian vet if there isn’t much that can be done.

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Tagged A.M. I, baby, beak, birds, birdy, body, body temp, clutch, Cockatiel, crop, easter, eggs, mine, nest box, parents, siblings, squinty, temp