Tielie
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- Nov 3, 2015
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Hi everyone!
Here is my long intro
I was a cocktail breeder when I was in high school but never hand reared a baby.
I visited this forum a few months ago to look for advice on hand rearing baby cockatiels. I purchased two, 3 or 4 week old cockatiels from a breeder.
All the advice I read was give it back it is to hard etc. I googled a bit and saw that they said the first two days are like wresting a crocodile. Wonderful..... I decided to try, because really a crocodile?! How hard can it be? The first night I struggled for 2 hours to get food into their mouths. If the food gets to cold you have to make a new batch, no reheating. The next morning was a bit better but still took me close to a hour. It took two days for them to accept the food from me and eat like baby birds Fast forward a few months and both of them are now weaned and happy healthy birds
I really love birds and in a few years time might try hand rearing an African grey or some similar type of bird.
Looking forward to learning a lot from you guys!
Here is my long intro
I was a cocktail breeder when I was in high school but never hand reared a baby.
I visited this forum a few months ago to look for advice on hand rearing baby cockatiels. I purchased two, 3 or 4 week old cockatiels from a breeder.
All the advice I read was give it back it is to hard etc. I googled a bit and saw that they said the first two days are like wresting a crocodile. Wonderful..... I decided to try, because really a crocodile?! How hard can it be? The first night I struggled for 2 hours to get food into their mouths. If the food gets to cold you have to make a new batch, no reheating. The next morning was a bit better but still took me close to a hour. It took two days for them to accept the food from me and eat like baby birds
Fast forward a few months and both of them are now weaned and happy healthy birds I really love birds and in a few years time might try hand rearing an African grey or some similar type of bird.
Looking forward to learning a lot from you guys!
