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PLEASE HELPASAP – just found baby bird can you help identify!?

Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

I went outside at 10 min ago and on the front lawn was a little baby bird! just sitting there like it was chilling haha. i find babys all the time but never this breed…i need to know what it is so i can help it accordingly!
heres a link i found with the pictures of the same bird someone else found.

http://www.wanderingthought.com/2009/06/yellow-beak-baby-bird.html

i live in AUSTRALIA and i do know it is a NATIVE aussie bird –
i called it Grimace cause its huge yellow grin :P

ive raised baby budgies all my life and looked after many wild birds but not this one!!!!
i WILL be taking it to a carer today but they arent open for another 2 hours…ive got him in my old nesting box with sheddings andi chucked some woolen bedding pads around him so hes nice and warm and in dark. but hes next to me chirping away so please advice asap!!!
oh also…i will NOT be returning him where he came from…i have always in the past and the mothers come back =) but Grimace (lol) was in the middle of the lawn and there are no trees around it till about 10m out (and they are pines) so not nesting trees…plus my 3 cats are outside…no idea how he got there!
sigh.i hate when people DONT READ THE QUESTION!
dude its a practically unfeathered bird in the middle of a lawn with a street full of cats. i waited 20min and no bird came by. there were NO trees around. and the ones that were, i checked over and over and NOTHING
i hate people like you! anyway im driving it to a rehabilitation centre now so you can shove that up ya lskjdfl!
sorry but people like you make me mad.

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my parakeet is pushing her baby away?

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin| 7 Comments

my parakeet laid 5 eggs one of the eggs hatched and she is pushing the baby away. we have her and the eggs in a nesting box. i looked in the box to check on the baby and it wasn’t there i found her on the bottom of the cage the baby is like a day old. so i got the baby and put her back in the box she was still alive. i checked again 30 min later and she had the baby bird on the other side of the box where i found her >dead< :( what do i do if the other eggs hatch and she does this again? please help!

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Help!! My parakeet egg just hatch!! What do i do?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

So my I have been waiting for the parakeet egg to hatch and it finally did today when I discovered it hatch just like 30 min ago.So I saw the mother was liking kissing or doing something to the chick mouth with her own mouth is like kissing.And the newborn parakeet mouth seems to be very gooey and slimy.Yes the bird is kept warm in a nest box.And its my 1st time too.I dont want to hand fed it.Help PLEASE!

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hand rearing a 4 day old love bird ?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

rite i have an aviary and ive hand reared love birds before but from the age of about 8-10 weeks as they had feathers reggie and ronnie are doing well and good , now my problem is we had a baby hatch jan 31st and we have been checking everyday as we have had snow and very bad weather , when i checked this-morning the mum was dead ! i know it was mum as she was on the floor under the nest box , and no bird came out and b4 i took him out i waited in the corner for 15 Min’s and no bird went in , the baby hasn’t even got his eyes open and was very cold , im am at my wits end with worry ive brought the baby in and he is in a nesting box on a large heat mat so he’s warm as he was cold when i found him , he is now hot to touch , im trying to feed him every 2 hours with food i mix with water from the pet shop and i will weigh him b4 and after a feed does anyone know of anything extra i can do or something im doing wrong as he is so small and dependent he weighs 15 grams at the mo , im thinking he he survives through the night it will be a good sign im trying not to get attached to him but its SO hard not too thank you xx sorry for the long question xx
hi there hope made it through the night she is looking strong we were up every 2 hours giving her a feed all we can do is what were doing and hope for the best , the vets said its good she made it trrough the nite , if you want to see her i have picky,s and a video on my facebook under my name tracey bullard xx i am in brighton and hove just in case there are a few of us lol thank you for youre help xx

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How do you make a cardboard nesting box?

Posted on December 16, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

My birds mated yesterday for 1 min and i want to know how you make a nesting box out of a shoebox or anything like that.
I know its alot better to get one from petco which I will do if I can’t make it.
so please help
thanks
their parakeets, and what can i put on the bottom of the made nest?

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I have questions, my baby grey comes home tomorrow? I was told to keep her in her cage the first day. I disag

Posted on June 26, 2011 by admin| 7 Comments

Also, I was told the she should be in her cage most of the day, 20 min. out in the morn, 20 in the afternoon and a 20 min. before bed. Anymore than that will cause her to have cage issues. Do you believe that? She has a pellet mixture (Zieglers & Higgins pellets) for the day, veggie mix for night. What do you think of the diet? I was told I can give her some fresh veggies and a small piece of fruit each day. In the afternoon she can have a piece of spray millet. This is what she’s been eating. She still gets one syringe of baby food at night. I’d like to get her eating an all organic diet as described in Alicia McWatters, “A Guide to a Naturally Healthy Bird: Nutrition, Feeding, and Natural Healing Methods for Parrots.” Heard any good things about her approach? My baby grey has been off antibiotics since Monday. Should she see an avian Vet before bringing her home or should I give her some time to get acclimated to her new home first? I just want to do the best or her. Thanks

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my female cockatiels laid 5 eggs that last one was laid on 3/20 well no hatchings yet!!!?

Posted on May 4, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

hi my 2 cockatiels are almost parents. my female laid 5 eggs. when she started laying the eggs she was sitting on them but not constantly. after the 3rd egg the birds were taking turns all the whole time. well the past several days i have noticed they arent sitting on the eggs. but they still are. they are moving the eggs too. yesterdya morning one was moved 3 inches away or so so i put it back not even 10 min. later it was back where it was before. then later in the morning it was with the other eggs. march 20 was the last egg laid. the eggs look pinkish with white. i havent candled them cause i dont want to take them out of the nest box. i hear that when you see a pip the time is near. any suggestions on when its going to happen. oh this morning the eggs have moved they are in a neat circle with a complete hole in the middle. what signs are there when the eggs are a bout to hatch and how do i know if its fertile now without touching them.
yes the other bird is a male. they are at least 3 years old and they are mates for a while!! she has laid eggs before but not with him or any other male. but note the eggs have this white colorish lining around the egg like a swirl

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