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| 332.1 | | CSC32::K_WORKMAN | TTDRIVER/MODEM Tech Leader 4990 | Wed Mar 21 1990 14:15 | 30 |
| Jeanne,
Your bird (by the way what kind is he?) should be fed at regular
intervals best determined by when his crop is empty. When you
feed, you fill up the crop, watch temperature and don't over feed.
Feedings should decrease and he should be incouraged to eat on
his own as he matures.
Your bird should NOT be feed when he cries out or you (1. Risk
overfeeding, 2. Will be hand feeding him for the rest of his
life.
Weaning is difficult and depending on the type of bird, sometimes
(carefully observed) cold turkey is the only way.
Personally, I don't believe in selling an unweaned bird unless the
person I'm selling to has raised chicks before. You just hear of
too many healthy (unweaned) birds dying of starvation etc... because
of his owners unfamiliarity with handfeeding practices.
Some say that finishing the feeding helps the bird bond to you. If
you buy your baby shortly after he is weaned, he will bond to you
just as readily.
I believe that in the recent Bird Talk there is also some tips on
raising chicks. You may want to check that out also.
I hope this helps and good luck with your new baby.
Karen
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| 332.2 | Be cautious... | GLASHR::MOEHLENPA_ED | | Wed Mar 21 1990 21:46 | 13 |
| Be cautious when using the cold-turkey approach... Make *sure*
it has food at least at night in it's crop. If it sits on the bottom
of the cage all fluffed up, you had better check the crop and feed.
This can cause you to extend the hand-feeding out much farther than
you might like, but you don't want to starve the bird. Also, some
cries are normal, especially if the bird is "stuffed". I would
fill my macaw babies and they both "cried" a bit when they were
getting full. They may be a little uncomfortable, and just need
some attention. I would massage their crop a bit, and just hold
them for a bit. No wonder both of them are spoiled rotten.
Ed
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| 332.3 | Just a little spoiled! | SALSA::DEFRANCO | | Thu Mar 22 1990 14:27 | 10 |
| Spoiled! Did I hear spoiled! Not Sunny. Holding him in the morning,
at lunch, at dinner, in the evening, singing, whistling, scratching,
petting, him at each sitting! And the little bugger still squawks!
Now, if I just leave the room and ignore him, he's as happy as can be,
preening, eating his seeds, jumping from one perch to another. I think
he's trying to give me a breakdown!
Jeanne
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| 332.4 | | RAYBOK::DAMIANO | You're overpaid...Hit the road | Mon Jun 21 1993 21:24 | 14 |
| Here's a problem I could use some advice on. I have a 8 day old Gouldian
finch nestling that has a *huge* air bubble in his crop. He's the only one
who has this problem in a group of 5.
I know that when food is too dry, this problem arises, but he seems to be the
only one bothered with it. How do I get rid of an air bubble?
Coincidentally(?), the parents have stopped feeding this one, so I am on my
second day of handfeeding. He's a pretty healthy little guy, but the air
bubble just won't go away.
Help!
John D.
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| 332.5 | watery | ROYALT::PULSIFER | UNHAMPERED BY FACTS AND INFORMATION | Tue Jun 22 1993 14:04 | 11 |
| Hi John,
I hope someone has called you with advice, but if not you could contact
a local Breeder or LArge pet shop. If I were to guess how to correct
this I would suggest feeding a VERY watery formula, to allow the Bubble
to move.
Is it causing the bird discomfort or just worrying the parent(you) ?
Doug
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| 332.6 | | RAYBOK::DAMIANO | You're overpaid...Hit the road | Tue Jun 22 1993 14:14 | 15 |
| -< watery >-
We're doing the watery formula now, and the bubble seems to be diminishing
slowly.
>> Is it causing the bird discomfort or just worrying the parent(you) ?
The baby seems fine, we just don't like looking at it, and are worried it
might cause some problems.
Thanks!
John D.
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| 332.7 | | USHS05::VASAK | Sugar Magnolia | Tue Jun 22 1993 17:04 | 9 |
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also, be sure you've include some acidophilus in the formula...your
baby may or may not have gotten enough "good" digestive bacteria from
its parents. Too little, and you can get fermentation of the food,
which will cause the kind of bubble you describe.
/Rita
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| 332.8 | | PEACHS::RROGERS | | Fri Jun 25 1993 19:59 | 8 |
| I have one experience with this, FWIW.
When I worked in a bird rehab center, we once had a bird with a large bubble
on/in it's crop. The skin was quite thin over the bubble. The curator
used a pin to poke a small hole in the skin so the air could leak out.
Roseanne
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