By the way it’s doing fine in my house and I’ve been feeding it bread dipped in milk. I don’t know what kind of bird it is but now it barely has feathers so I don’t think it was fledging. I would have let the parents have more time to look for the baby (since the was no birds flying around in the area) but there was a storm coming up and I took it in when I felt rain drops. Also, heard giving it water was bad for a baby bird it that true and if it is good thing i didnt give it water
About a week ago I noticed a bird flying in and out of a box on a shelf in my garage, sure enough there were little eggs in it. Sense then I have not disturbed it, did my best to keep the the cat away, etc.. Today i peeked in, and there were 5 tiny baby birds, looked like they very recently hatched. How long until they are able to fly out the nest and survive… im going through the moving process and there is noise and everything during the day.. we also have a cat, and to my knowledge she has not noticed the next but I’m worried she will jump on the shelf and disturb or harm them, i keep her in at night, so hopefully the mother bird is around at night more then the day? recently i have not noticed her flying in and out as much.. I know the rules, dont touch or look too much; Any helpful answers to my questions will be great!
I am sorry this question is gross, but my cat seems to pass gas quite often. I took her to the vet, and they tested her for parasites and she was clean. She is a nursing mother and also eats Kitten Chow she shares with the kittens. I feed her twice a day but she hunts rodents and birds for recreation.
Any advice?
I have had a blue bird box in the same place for over 5 years. Now this year, we cannot leave either of our cars outside during the day without out the blue birds attacking the mirrors.
Unless some other solution works beforehand the bird box will come down after the nesting season. I like the blue birds but not that much.
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Tagged Bird, blue bird, blue birds, box, cannot, car, car windows, cars, day, leave, place, year
My lovebird just hatched her first egg today! And I understand that they hatch a few more eggs later on in the week, is that right? I also noticed that my lovebirds hatched it inside the nesting box without nesting materials, is it alright? Should I put some in or put some on the cage floor and let them do it themselves. I also want to know how long since hatch-day should I candle their eggs, is it 5 days after the 3rd egg is laid, or 6-7 days after an egg was laid. And what ideal nesting materials to put, and what ideal food to give for these “parents-to-be”. It’s currently raining here every so often, like, every 3 and a half to 4 hours a day, sometimes strong sometimes mild. And in the morning it’s a bit chilly. We put the birds at our laundry room, it’s outside. . .the cage can feel the chill but they can’t feel the rain because our laundry room is under a roof at our yard… Is it fine to put them there? They could only feel the slight chill, is that ok? Or should I keep them in the house from now on?
My bird`s eggs hatched today, and I opened the nesting box to see what I saw was real.And what I saw was that the mother was fluffing her feathers around the baby bird.Will it die? or she`s just trying to keep it warm?
I just got a baby Green-cheek conure who I interact with every day. My boyfriend met “Skeeter” this past weekend. Skeeter showed a mixture of indifference, curiosity, and some slight aggression towards him (he stepped onto my boyfriend’s hand, but would slowly bite down and harder). My boyfriend also took some millet and started feeding it to him, and Skeeter’s feathers were fluffy while he was eating it.
My boyfriend will be coming over every weekend, and will be moving into my place in early September. He wants the bird to like him and to bond with him as well. Any tips on preventing Skeeter from being a one-person bird and just choosing me as a favorite person? Will it help if my boyfriend feeds him treats, and does the fluffiness mean Skeeter is happy?
Hi everyone! Thanks for all of the great answers- they were all very helpful! The great news is it’s only the second weekend of them seeing each other, and as of today Skeeter seems to love my boyfriend- following him, snuggling him, calling to him, etc. I guess I’ll continue to see how their relationship progresses. Thanks again for all the help! 
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Tagged aggression, baby, Bird, boyfriend, cheek conure, conure, curiosity, day, feathers, Green-cheek, indifference, interact, millet, mixture, one-person, Preventing, Skeeter
