OutlawedSpirit
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- Apr 12, 2016
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- Parrots
- Bo - DYH ~ Gus - CAG ~ Twitch - Linnie ~ Apple - Pineapple GCC ~ Goliath - Quaker ~ Squish - Peach face Lovebird
So I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew. Not really, but it sure felt that way at first. I've mentioned before that a really good friend of mine is a breeder, and is actually part of a network of breeders. She breeds several small species from budgies to quakers, and has other people who breed some larger parrots that she hand feeds. Well, her husband has a large family reunion this weekend out of state, and she asked if I would house sit and watch her flock for her. I said sure, no problem. I did last fall when they got married and went on their honeymoon, and it wasn't that bad.
Huge difference. Spring is baby season. I still have to house sit and go over to feed and water her flock there, but this time I have a ton of itty bitties at my house to feed too. My sleep schedule is so thrown off right now (I got babies a couple days ago), from trying to adjust to not only their feeding schedule, but to feeding as many babies as I now I have, that I am sitting up at almost 3 in the morning, wide awake, cleaning stands and making bird toys. On the plus side, my parrotlet babies are almost completely weaned. They only ask for a hand feeding once every other day or so. Even Zombie is almost weaned. And my other pair of parrotlets are now on eggs, so that is pretty exciting.
I will say, all of my visitors are pretty cute. I have quite a variety.
- 10 American Budgies
- 1 English Budgie
- 3 Kakarikis
- 5 Brown Throat Conures
- 5 Linnies
- 1 Cockatiel
- 1 Lovebird
- 2 Cinnamon Green Cheeks
- 1 Yellow Sided Green Cheek
- 1 White Bellied Caique
- 2 Catalina Macaws
The brown throat babies we pulled from the nest just before I brought them to my house, but I must say they are the easiest babies I have ever hand fed. They took to hand feeding right away, excellent feeding response, just great little birds. Budgies are the worst. They are just awful little birds to feed. I thought so when I bred them too, and nothing has changed. I just love the macs. They are just starting to fledge, so I spend just as much time trying to get them to stay still as I do trying to feed them, but they are adorable, and such cuddle bugs. They are just darlings.
It was quite a jump going from feeding 4 babies to over 30, but it was a fun jump. It is a nice experience too. I will say, just from what I've gathered from the difference species so far, there are some I would consider breeding, and some I wouldn't. I honestly don't think I could stand the sound that the cockatiel or the caique make all the time. I think the caique is a fun little bird, and I wouldn't mind having one once weaned, but I don't want one before it's weaned. It would drive me nuts. On the other side of that, though, I love the noise the linnies make. It sounds like they're laughing and that is adorable. I suppose I should get back to cleaning playstands, then maybe get an hour or two of sleep before I have to get up to start feeding babies again.
Huge difference. Spring is baby season. I still have to house sit and go over to feed and water her flock there, but this time I have a ton of itty bitties at my house to feed too. My sleep schedule is so thrown off right now (I got babies a couple days ago), from trying to adjust to not only their feeding schedule, but to feeding as many babies as I now I have, that I am sitting up at almost 3 in the morning, wide awake, cleaning stands and making bird toys. On the plus side, my parrotlet babies are almost completely weaned. They only ask for a hand feeding once every other day or so. Even Zombie is almost weaned. And my other pair of parrotlets are now on eggs, so that is pretty exciting.
I will say, all of my visitors are pretty cute. I have quite a variety.
- 10 American Budgies
- 1 English Budgie
- 3 Kakarikis
- 5 Brown Throat Conures
- 5 Linnies
- 1 Cockatiel
- 1 Lovebird
- 2 Cinnamon Green Cheeks
- 1 Yellow Sided Green Cheek
- 1 White Bellied Caique
- 2 Catalina Macaws
The brown throat babies we pulled from the nest just before I brought them to my house, but I must say they are the easiest babies I have ever hand fed. They took to hand feeding right away, excellent feeding response, just great little birds. Budgies are the worst. They are just awful little birds to feed. I thought so when I bred them too, and nothing has changed. I just love the macs. They are just starting to fledge, so I spend just as much time trying to get them to stay still as I do trying to feed them, but they are adorable, and such cuddle bugs. They are just darlings.
It was quite a jump going from feeding 4 babies to over 30, but it was a fun jump. It is a nice experience too. I will say, just from what I've gathered from the difference species so far, there are some I would consider breeding, and some I wouldn't. I honestly don't think I could stand the sound that the cockatiel or the caique make all the time. I think the caique is a fun little bird, and I wouldn't mind having one once weaned, but I don't want one before it's weaned. It would drive me nuts. On the other side of that, though, I love the noise the linnies make. It sounds like they're laughing and that is adorable. I suppose I should get back to cleaning playstands, then maybe get an hour or two of sleep before I have to get up to start feeding babies again.
