Baby zebra dont think hes eating

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Baby zebra dont think hes eating

Post by Angeldov222 » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:34 pm

i have 3 baby zebras that have fledged..........2 are eating, no problem, but i dont think the littlest one is eating..........i had to take mom and dad out because they were picking on him and the baby was bleeding and is bald around the tail area........i wiped the area, it looks ok now.......what should i do with him? dont think i can put mom or dad back in with them...........its sad too, because this little one is the prettiest of the 3.............. :( :(
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Re: Baby zebra dont think hes eating

Post by RockinCanary » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:58 pm

How old is the little one. It is very difficult to hand feed fledglings having recently tried. Perhaps you could leave the mom in with the other two and if possible separate the little one with the father and the father should feed. Hope this helps. Others who are more experienced may have some other ideas.

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Re: Baby zebra dont think hes eating

Post by Angeldov222 » Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:30 pm

thanks guys...........i put the dad back in the cage, but hes not feeding............the other 2 babies r eating on their own, but the little one isnt, just sleeping under the heat lamp..........ill keep u posted :(
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Re: Baby zebra dont think hes eating

Post by PrettyBird » Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:33 pm

can you put that chick with his mother?
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Re: Baby zebra dont think hes eating

Post by Angeldov222 » Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:56 pm

hi Dee............mom in the other cage..............she quit feeding days ago, dad took over but he was picking on the little one.............i even lowered the perches so he could maybe get down to the food and try to eat on his own..............hes begging but dad not bothering .................. :( i dont think he can go on with no food .............i also took the nest out, there was already another egg in there!!!! OH MY.............just peeked in the cage.......baby on bottom picking at the food i put on the bottom of the cage!!! we will see what happens.......... [-o< [-o<
2 cordon blues, Houdini and Baby Blue Girl
2 society finch, Mop Top and Coco
3 orange cheeks
14 zebra finch, Chipp, The Baby, Olivia, Chase, Buffy, Big Boy, Patches, Ghost, BC, 3 babies in a nest, 2 unnamed females
2 Gold breasted,
1 masked black rump, Mask
2 silverbills, Cinnimon and Spice
1 male betta
3 dogs, Blake, Bella and Brandy
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