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I have 4 babies right now and 3 eggs left that may not hatch (1 was laid on the cage floor and the other 2 had cracks which I covered with clear nail polish). The parents are eating regular cockatiel food, millet, a powdery supplement for nesting birds, egg biscuits, cuttlebone (for calcium), broccoli, and Cheerios. They seem to like the Cheerios best and so far, the babies seem to be doing well (the oldest is 9 days old). Should I just continue on with what I’m doing then? I have been doing a lot of research on cockatiel breeding but I wasn’t prepared and that’s why the first egg was laid on the floor. I didn’t have a nest box in there since I didn’t think they had bred. Thanks for any info.!

They are in a large nesting box and both parents are in there right now. I can hear the baby chirping and got a quick glance at it. It’s so tiny! There are still 6 eggs that need to hatch. I think the best thing I can do is to not disturb them much. I don’t want them to get nervous and hurt the baby or damage the other eggs. I mean, natural instinct will tell them what to do, right? When do you start hand feeding if you choose to? And how often do you feed them and do you need to keep a heat lamp on them? By the way, my birds cage is in our family room which is 65 degrees farenheit. That’s not too cold, is it? I figure the parents are keeping the eggs and the baby warm. Usually they take turns but since the baby hatched, they both have been in there most of the time. Are there certain foods that I should be giving them? I’ve been giving them cockatiel food, a special additive for nesting birds, egg biscuits, millet (which is their favorite!, a treat stick, and Cheerios.

My older parakeet hates her food, my mom said she will get the one that she likes Tuesday. My question is this. I have nothing else to feed her but the food she refuses to eat. Can my baby make it through the night and afternoon with out food? She has been eating millet treats, but that is it. My Parakeet won’t starve her self right? Birds don’t starve them selves do they?

Thanks for the help.
God Bless you all†

If you believe in prayer to our Lord Jesus Christ, please please pray for her.
She does have food in her cage right now, just not the one she likes.
It was a new food, that we by mistake got. We just went out today to get the right food. How fast should I be removing the millet treats? I want her to get use to eating the real food again. If I put a apple in with her, one who has never had it, would that be a bad or good thing? She is about 6-7 years of age.
She is back to normal and active. Thanks for the prayers and help. God Bless you†

We got the the old food back, and she is eating. Praise God†

We’ve had one parakeet now for a few years and we feed it a bird seed and millet spray (millet only on occasion). I know some people feed fruits and other things though so I’m just wondering if this diet is actually harmful or just not as healthy perhaps?

We had two parakeets before this and they only lived maybe 2-3 years, and I’m wondering why. My dad decided to get another one yesterday and so we have two more and I don’t want to see it happen again. Unless that is normal they only live that long?

Also about their cage condition they have food and water changed once a day, toys, mirror, food treat, and some stone thing they sharpen beak on. Is that all they need?

I’m not looking to be obsessive about their health I just want to see if there is anything we are doing that is actually harmful or will make them live shorter lives.

Also should it be ok to put the two birds together in same cage? One we had few years is male and I think the new one is female.

I have a parakeet, I have had him for about 5 months now. He was always the sweetest bird not once did he ever bite me, he hadn’t even tried to bite. But now in this past week he started biting. He will go on my finger eaisly, but then he will start biting my hand. I don’t know if it might be that he just want food, because most of the time I give him millet when he gets on my finger. But I can’t feed him food everytime he goes on my finger. I really would love to know how to get him to stop biting, because he used to be such a good bird and I don’t want him to bite anymore. Please Help!

I feed birds millet 7 sunflower seeds. Have a Vitex tree with thousands of seeds. Birds won’t eat them. Why?

I’ve been feeding him/her millet. The bird rolls over occasionally and doesn’t seem to flap his wings. Any Ideas on how to help this little one?
The bird looks big enough to fly. The bird was on the ground at the school where my wife teaches for a couple of days before the students brought the bird to my wife. He jumps around quite a bit (I have the little guy in a box with water and shredded paper). In addition to the millet (which I just removed from the box, based on your kind responses) I fed him ‘extra’ bird formula that I mix with some water and feed with a syringe). It’s daylight now so I have the box opened out on the porch). I did the same thing yesterday, bringing the box & bird in after the sun had set). I’m having trouble finding a bird sanctuary where I live near Pasadena California, so if anyone know of a place I’d greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Stoke