Hand feeding formula

[Kar199]

Hey,
I got a problem with my love bird baby. I have a couple of lovebirds, the mother layed her first clutch of 4 eggs awhile ago, the first 3 babies died but the last one survived and she's now 3 weeks old. But the problem is that I noticed that the male wants to make her go out of the nest so the mother can lay eggs again, and he's biting her on her head. So I've decided that I'll take her out and hand feed her. But I searched in all the pet stores I know and I haven't found the hand feeding formula anywhere. Some people told me you can feed her baby's cerelac, is that true?
Thanks for reading.

 

[SilverSage]

NO! Please ONLY feed hand feeding formula. You can buy it from Amazon for a good price; I use Katee EXACT.

A better solution than removing her for hand feeding, unless you are able to stay home most of your day, have a brooder, a gram scale, a confection thermometer, a hundred other things, and an avian vet on standby, and are willing to obsessively research, is to remove the father from the cage. Then when the baby is done with the box, remove the box.


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[Quakerella]

I agree with SiverSage. Only handfeeding formula, but as he said it is a full time job with a baby that young, night feedings too. Good idea to take the father out and let the mother take care of the baby, then remove the nestbox.

 

[Kar199]

Ok, thanks guys. I removed the father as you suggested. But ain't that gonna affect on the mother and won't feed the baby or something?

 

[SilverSage]

Removing an aggressive father is pretty common practice. Keep an eye on the baby, but the mother should feed him.


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[Kar199]

Omg now the mother is bitting her too!

 

[SilverSage]

Are you providing enough food? Is there something stressing her? Please don't breed this pair again.


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[Kar199]

Yes I am, I also provide them vegetables everyday..