pulling baby conures from the nest

[cdog]

Does anyone here pull their babies from the nest early and keep them in the same room as the parents? That's what I was going to do but I'm not sure how the parent will react to hearing and seeing their baby away from the nest. Any advice on this situation?

 

[IcyWolf]

I don't know if it's advisable to keep the babies in the same room as the parents or not, I keep ours separated, it just seems like it would be really upsetting for them to be able to see and hear their babies and be unable to get to them. I like keeping our babies in our bedroom, where I can watch them and hear them at all times.

 

[cdog]

Bad news baby number five died over night. It is really skinny so I don't think they fed it yesterday afternoon.

 

[IcyWolf]

I'm so sorry to hear that

 

[cdog]

Thank you, I think what happened was it probably got under the pile and the parents didn't see it so they didn't feed it. The baby was under the pile the first day so it probably went under there again.

 

[cdog]

Im going to take the first two babies later on today so the parents only have the little ones to feed.

 

[IcyWolf]

Yes, the little ones always end up on the bottom of the pile, seems like a bad system if you ask me...

That's probably a good idea, I hope you have good luck with them, I'm handfeeding our two right now, I've gotten a total of 5 hours of sleep in the past 2 days, I just fed them at about 1:30 so I think I may try to sneak a nap in now It's so much fun to watch them grow up and they get so attached to you. I just pulled our guys thursday night and they are already running up to side of the brooder that I'm on when they see me

If I can give you one word of advice, make a hand feeding chart. You can just do a simple one where you write it down in a notebook, or you can print them out and just fill them in. I have mine so that every day gets the date/age/morning weight/ and then every time I feed them there is a block for the amount they ate and what time. It's important to be able to look back and make sure they haven't lost any weight and that they are consistently eating. I have my charts printed out so i can just write down the info after I feed and then a copy of the chart will go with them to their new homes It's always amazing when they are weaned to look back at the chart and realize just how much time it takes to raise one baby!

 

[cdog]

Well I have severe insomnia so I don't really sleep anyway, I can function on very little sleep. And I have a notebook sitting right next to the brooder all ready for notes. I already have the dates they were hatched.

 

[cdog]

Do parent birds bury their babies, because the baby is kind of shoved away under the bedding. Its eyes look like they are red like blood, is that normal for a dead baby.

 

[MikeyTN]

If you have read my other post of the two babies I received from a friend's mom. One was only 8do days old and i had to do multiple feedings and work 12hr shift. And I suffer from insomia too so it was fine for me to feed late at night cause im up anyways. You must watch the texture of your formula when they're that young, just add more water and make it watery. Raising chicks is like riding a bicycle so you don't forget once your used to it....If you bred multiple birds, one way or another you'll probably get one you have to feed the day they hatch, now that's tiresome!!!

 

[cdog]

The two babies I'm going to take are 13 days and 10 days. So should I make to different batches of formula, one more watery than the other?

 

[MikeyTN]

No need cause you'll be doing multiple feedings anyway, you can just make it more watery and feed them both at the same time.

 

[cdog]

Oh yeah, duh!

 

[cdog]

Do the parents mutilate the babies after their dead because the dead one is.

 

[cdog]

Ok I just pulled the first two babies, they seem to be fine normal poop and they look good too.

 

[cdog]

These are the first two babies, 2 weeks and one is 11 days old.

 

[MikeyTN]

Do the parents mutilate the babies after their dead because the dead one is.

Yes they can, they're trying to dispose the body. Natural instinct!

 

[cdog]

Ok thanks for clairifying. The other 4 babies seem to be fine, and the parents aren't acting like they even notice the older two missing.

 

[cdog]

Here is a picture of the two I pulled, sleeping. And the second picture is with the big ones wing around his little sibling.

 

[cdog]

The oldest babies ears just started to open!