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Post by echucabirdies on Aug 31, 2005 20:57:04 GMT 10
Is this unusal a pet shop took away a bird from it mum as i wanted one young so i could tame him he is a about 4 weeks all feathers and can fly well is it normal instead of hand feeding them to them to eat seed rgith away I mix up some egg and biscut with some apple in warm water as pet shop said to feed it to him but the cage already had seed in it and i found that 30 mins later it was eating seed .
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Post by AussieBirds on Aug 31, 2005 23:07:29 GMT 10
What sort of bird is it echucabirdies, a budgie? And to be honest with you egg and biscuit with some apple and warm water isn't my idea of a good hand raising mix. If it is a budgie and it is 4 weeks old it wouldn't be eating seed full time yet and would need to have a top up feed from the parents.
John
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Post by pollyparrot on Sept 2, 2005 6:42:27 GMT 10
i dont think its great either that the pet shop is selling birds that young surely theres a law against this
at least its gone to someone who is trying to do the best for the baby but what if it went to someone who didnt know what they were doing its scary huh?
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Post by echucabirdies on Sept 3, 2005 19:50:27 GMT 10
What sort of bird is it echucabirdies, a budgie? And to be honest with you egg and biscuit with some apple and warm water isn't my idea of a good hand raising mix. If it is a budgie and it is 4 weeks old it wouldn't be eating seed full time yet and would need to have a top up feed from the parents. John Yes a budgie . what is a good hand raising mix then ? No it eat seed full time it eat it all the time and won't take the current hand mix i am trying to feed it so i am letting eat and because the pet sold it to me i dont know who it dad and mum is . |
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Post by echucabirdies on Sept 3, 2005 19:52:08 GMT 10
i dont think its great either that the pet shop is selling birds that young surely theres a law against this at least its gone to someone who is trying to do the best for the baby but what if it went to someone who didnt know what they were doing its scary huh? I dont believe there is a law against it . but there would be if it went to someone young like me that didn't know what they where doing but at least i am asking advice . |
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Post by AussieBirds on Sept 3, 2005 20:38:59 GMT 10
If it's eating seed all the time then it's older than 4 weeks and if they are feeding themselves they wont need a top up feed. You can purchase a commercial hand raising mix from your bird supply place or your pet shop.
John
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Post by echucabirdies on Sept 3, 2005 21:00:28 GMT 10
it is not older than 4 weeks I can tell you that . I had a check up with the vet yesterday and i wanted to know hes rought age est . and he said 4 to 5 weeks .
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Post by billspets on Sept 3, 2005 21:19:41 GMT 10
it is not older than 4 weeks I can tell you that . I had a check up with the vet yesterday and i wanted to know hes rought age est . and he said 4 to 5 weeks . if it is between 4 and 5 weeks then i think it is best to keep an eye on its weight if that is possible as at that age i believe it would need a top up feed what did the vet tell you about the bird health and the big question is is the vet an avacultral vet as it has been my experience that a normal vet could not be able to give you a correct response to the age also there is a law in place pretty much all over OZ that states that a bird is not to be sold by anybody this includes pet shops and breeders that has not been weaned regards bill |
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Post by echucabirdies on Sept 3, 2005 21:29:39 GMT 10
it is a avain vet and see about 45 birds a week . Ok i wil check that law out today i went back and got one more from the shop as i felt sorry and used the story that it was in the basket of bike when i came out from safeway on my mum
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Post by echucabirdies on Sept 3, 2005 21:32:23 GMT 10
Btw the vet said heathly bird .
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Post by echucabirdies on Sept 3, 2005 21:35:34 GMT 10
Bill . do you know wherre i would find info on this law ?
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Post by billspets on Sept 3, 2005 21:38:05 GMT 10
what state are you in
regards
bill
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Post by ollie on Sept 3, 2005 21:39:21 GMT 10
In Queensland it is controlled by the Enviromental Protection Agency or EPA, you could do a search for that in your state
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Post by echucabirdies on Sept 3, 2005 21:44:02 GMT 10
Victoria i have tryed bringing thing up that is why i asked if you knew a website for me to go to .
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Post by ollie on Sept 3, 2005 22:11:28 GMT 10
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Post by echucabirdies on Sept 3, 2005 22:20:13 GMT 10
thanks
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