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Amazons not breeding why!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Posted on April 29, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

Ihave a pair dna sexed yellow naped amazons i have had them a little over a year they get lots of fresh fruits n veggies female is wicked mean the dont have access to natural lighting but have full spectrum lighting 12 hours a day. they have a nice room 10 ft by 4 ft and a nice large nest box she would get in there and sleep but i moved it so it could be suspened off the ground now she just sits on the cage that is never closed i dont even see her get down to eat although my vet says shes just a little fat. what can i do i want a baby.can i feed them something to encourge breeding what about a shot from the vet everyons birds are laying i want mine to helppppppppppp
im not irresponsible and im not a breeder. and your not very nice i just want to know if there is something i can do to helpm with their hormone levels to bring on breeding behavior. i provide my birds the circus diet and have invested alot of money in them they arnt pets but for all my troubles for providing a foreve home i want a baby to hand rear so im sticking my tounge out at u SH heres a big rasberry just for u

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Tagged Amazons, birds, dna, dont, encourge, female, fresh fruits, full spectrum, Ihave, lighting, mean, natural lighting, nest box, nice room, pair, sleep, veggies, vet, year, yellow naped amazons

My cockatiel eggs just started hatching, is there anything special I should be doing?

Posted on April 28, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

I read up a lot on cockatiel breeding before I put a nest box in with my two cockatiels, Birdy and Baby. Baby laid 7 eggs (which is a lot from what I’ve read) and they just started hatching. I can hear the cute little peeps coming from their box. I have them in a large cage and I covered it with a sheet so they feel more secure. I’ve been giving them regular cockatiel food, millet (their favorite), a supplement for nesting birds that Kaytee makes, Cheerios (a treat they’ve always enjoyed) and put cuttlebones in there for extra calcium. I tried putting different veggies in there like most books suggested but they don’t eat them. Is there anything else that I should be feeding them? I also put a bird bath in there for humidity which I read was important. I think the best thing I can do is NOT TO DISTURB THEM while the eggs are hatching. I don’t want them to get nervous and accidentally injure a baby or break an egg. Am I right? Should I remove egg shells and other waste?
Thanks for any info. Oh, this is both birds first time. Birdy is four and Baby is about three years old. They both are SUPER PROTECTIVE of their nest box and will try to bite me if I put my hands too close. I’m guessing this is normal? Baby has always been very affectionate but now she will bite and HARD! Like I said, this is just a warning for me to keep my distance, right????

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Tagged anything, baby, baby baby, bird bath, birdy, box, cage, calcium, cheerios, Cockatiel, cockatiel eggs, Cockatiels, egg, egg shells, humidity, lot, nest, nest box, nesting birds, peeps, sheet, veggies

What are some good veggies to feed a parakette?

Posted on April 2, 2011 by admin| 4 Comments

What veggies are good or BAD to feed a parakette? My bird does not eat fruit, any suggestions?

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Tagged BAD, Bird, fruit, parakette, veggies

Raising Baby Parakeets?

Posted on August 27, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

we decided a month ago to let a pair or our parakeets hatch their own eggs out, after a lot of research and stuff. It was her first time, so the eggs never hatched. Then, we took a different pair, who had already bonded, and put them in a separate cage. Toddra, the female parakeet, sat on the eggs and barely got off. Her nest box is a wooden box with 1 hole and a cover that lifts up. A few days ago, I found out some exciting news; one baby chick had hatched! It had hatched a day or two ago, without anyone knowing. Toddra has been sitting on the small, bald chick. It was peeping a lot, so it’s strong and seems healthy. Toddra is fed seeds, a formulated egg diet for extra protein and calcium, and some veggies and fruits, such as apples and celery. So since the mother is feeding the chick, it’s getting a pretty healthy diet. My question is, do we just let Toddra take care of the chick until it’s old enough to leave the nest? If so, at what age is it old enough to live on its own(such as eating solid foods, drinking water, etc.)? Some people take them at 10 weeks and they feed them a special baby bird formula, but we don’t have the time to feed the chick 4x a day. Toddra and the father seem to be taking good care of the chick, so we aren’t really worried about her not feeding it or something like that. Any info on baby parakeets would be great!(not for raising them ourselves, but for knowing when they can live on their own and stuff like that) Thanks!

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Tagged apples, baby, baby bird, baby chick, box, calcium, celery, chick, diet, drinking water, egg, eggs, exciting news, few days, fruits, healthy diet, lot, nest, nest box, pair, Parakeet, Parakeets, protein, seeds, stuff, time, Toddra, veggies

Will baby cockatiel starve or is he ok?

Posted on August 18, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

ok, so I have a momma and baby cockatiel. The baby is fully feathered, except for his head (looks like a vulture with yellow mohawk feathers on his head an orange cheeks!) anyhow, he walks around good and all, but the momma started laying infertile eggs (no mate) and I think she threw him out of the nest. I saw him eating a little bit, but I am scared he will die. I didn’t write down his hatch date, but I would say he is close to 2 months old, He was the only survivor of 5 and I would hate to see him die now. Do they eat less at that age? (he “gets out” of the box since yesterday but doesn’t know how to get back in, so I put him back)Since it seems he knows how to eat and I offer bread, seed and veggies, is that enough? Can he starve? Should I remove the infertile eggs to see if momma bird will tend to her baby again? What should I do?

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Great food for Cockatiels?

Posted on June 23, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

I feed my cockatiel actual ‘bird food’ but i’d like to feed her other things like fruits of veggies. I know that greens are especially good but i’d like to try other things. (she doesn’t like lettuce or celery) I’m scared to give her something that might poison her! (some tree bark do poison birds)

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Tagged Bark, Bird, bird food, birds, celery, Cockatiel, Cockatiels, Food, fruits, greens, lettuce, poison, something, tree, tree bark, veggies