my lovebird, tiki, was put in a cage with 2 others that i have. the other 2 are siblings. at first they fought, but then one of the 2 mated with Tiki 2 times, and the other one stayed in a tunnel – and wouldn’t come out. the next morning, i separated them again because tiki had some blood on her beak. it has been a few weeks since this happened, and she has laid 3 eggs about 1-2 weeks ago. she is sitting on them in her nest box and she doesn’t have a pair. the problem is, i cant tell the 2 lovebirds apart so i cant just take one out for tiki. could the eggs be fertile? can i put the 3 birds back together? is it bad to have a lovebird alone in a cage, sitting on eggs?
thanks.
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my neighbors recently cut down trees and knocked down a birds nest that was in it (yesterday) well today i looked out my window and seen my dog attacking something so i ran outside and my dogs were attacking one of the baby birds, i don’t think my dog seriously hurt it. i chased the bird out of my yard so my dogs would kill it. well like 2 hours later i heard a chirping noise outside my kitchen window, i went outside and there was the baby bird! i felt bad so now i have it on my front porch and i don’t no what to do w/ it. i also seen one of its siblings on my neighbors front yard, should i get that bird to and put them in the box together? what should i feed them? im just leaving them on my front porch so they can fly away whenever they want to. advice? whenever i try to set the bird free it keeps coming back.
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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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Its a bird that I see alot of in CT I don’t know what its called anyway, my horses were kicking the shelter boxes and a nest fell out the parents took both of the other siblings and never came back for this one. I put it in a bucket with some grass and paper towels I read along time ago to soak dry cat food and feed them it. He wont eat the food how should I give it water and how often what should you put in their environment? help!
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my lovebird, tiki, was put in a cage with 2 others that i have. the other 2 are siblings. at first they fought, but then one of the 2 mated with Tiki 2 times, and the other one stayed in a tunnel – and wouldn’t come out. the next morning, i separated them again because tiki had some blood on her beak. it has been a few weeks since this happened, and she has laid 3 eggs about 1-2 weeks ago. she is sitting on them in her nest box and she doesn’t have a pair. the problem is, i cant tell the 2 lovebirds apart so i cant just take one out for tiki. could the eggs be fertile? can i put the 3 birds back together? is it bad to have a lovebird alone in a cage, sitting on eggs?
thanks.
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Tagged beak, birds, blood, box, cage, cant, eggs, lovebird, lovebirds, Morning, nest, nest box, next morning, siblings, tiki, tunnel
my neighbors recently cut down trees and knocked down a birds nest that was in it (yesterday) well today i looked out my window and seen my dog attacking something so i ran outside and my dogs were attacking one of the baby birds, i don’t think my dog seriously hurt it. i chased the bird out of my yard so my dogs would kill it. well like 2 hours later i heard a chirping noise outside my kitchen window, i went outside and there was the baby bird! i felt bad so now i have it on my front porch and i don’t no what to do w/ it. i also seen one of its siblings on my neighbors front yard, should i get that bird to and put them in the box together? what should i feed them? im just leaving them on my front porch so they can fly away whenever they want to. advice? whenever i try to set the bird free it keeps coming back.
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Tagged baby, baby bird, baby birds, Bird, birds nest, dog, dogs, fly, front porch, front yard, kitchen window, neighbors, nest, porch, siblings, something, today, trees, window, yard, yesterday
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
