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Post by luisa on Mar 6, 2008 16:06:29 GMT 10
Hi, May be you have read mi cockatiels are mating and also have baby of 28, 26, 24 and 22 days old.
Its unavoidable that I have to hand raise them my problem is taht I don't know how many times a day they have to eat. Can you help me please?
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Post by vankarhi on Mar 6, 2008 16:27:14 GMT 10
I would be feeding them at least 4 times a day at that age especially the smaller one, but 4 times a day maybe 5 with a late night feed around 9 or 10 or 11 o'clock depending on what time you go to bed. I tend to be a bit overly cautious though, but I would rather feed more times than less and hopefully they are not hungry then. You also need to watch their crop to make sure they are emptying properly before their next feed too.
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Post by Jane on Mar 7, 2008 13:06:24 GMT 10
I agree with Tracey, at least 4 times per day and keep checking how the crop is emptying, if they are emptying quickly you may need to "top them up"
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Post by luisa on Mar 9, 2008 16:24:36 GMT 10
I'm trying to do that way, little one today was who better ate.
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Post by vankarhi on Mar 9, 2008 18:22:33 GMT 10
It might take a couple of days for the babies to adjust to you feeding them Luisa. It is not uncommon for the babies to need to adjust to not being fed by their parents and to be fed by you.
I have handraised a few babies and they took a couple of days to adjust but then they were fine. But I also made sure they ate enough by weighing them to make sure they were not losing weight............but maybe I am just super careful too. Or maybe over paranoid.
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Post by luisa on Mar 10, 2008 9:56:39 GMT 10
To weight them after eat I need some special (báscula sorry now don't remember hwo to write it place to weight)) because the diference is so little 30 gr may be? And I don't have one, what I do I touch crop and also force a little.
Today alls do better (them and me)
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Post by vankarhi on Mar 10, 2008 16:49:49 GMT 10
Yes checking the crop also is a good way to know if they have enough food, I probably am just a big sook and worry too much.......but I do weigh mine when I am feeding them as babies.
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