Hand feeding 4 cut-throats.

JohnBoy · Post by **JohnBoy** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:00 pm

Noticed a nest a few days ago with 4 baby cutthroats that appeared to be neglected. Their crops were empty. I let them stay in the nest for another day and checked them again and the crops were still empty so I removed them yesterday and they are eating well. Keeping fingers crossed. The last 2 clutches produced a total of 6 females, no males. Hoping to get some males out of these.

Brant's_Finches · Post by **Brant's_Finches** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:31 pm

Will say a special prayer for them!

They look good! Wishing you the best!

konkata · Post by **konkata** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:12 pm

Hoping they'll pull through! Educate me...what do you hand feed cut throats and how often?

JohnBoy · Post by **JohnBoy** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:40 pm

konkata wrote:Hoping they'll pull through! Educate me...what do you hand feed cut throats and how often?

I hand feed wet pretty bird mini pellet food . I use a banding tool to feed. I feed when I hear them screaming to be fed. Or if I look and mouths are wide open I feed.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:03 pm

Good luck with your babies!! Hope that they do well and you do get some males from this clutch.

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:08 pm

Nice looking clutch

, good luck for some boys

Post by **Sally** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:01 am

Good luck with the handfeeding, never an easy job.

Domenic · Post by **Domenic** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:05 am

Good luck John, I know how much you hate handfeeding. Once you get the hang of it, things seem to go pretty smoothly. Here's hoping these guys pull through.

monotwine · Post by **monotwine** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:46 pm

Best wishes with the hand rearing. never an easy decision to do it.

Quite dark skinned babies.

JohnBoy · Post by **JohnBoy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:38 pm

Bad news. All 4 birds have died. The food was not digesting. It was staying in the crops. Perhaps it was just too cold. I have trouble keeping this old house warm.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:13 pm

So sorry to hear this John......

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:28 pm

So sorry Johnboy

MLaRue · Post by **MLaRue** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:34 pm

JohnBoy wrote:Bad news. All 4 birds have died. The food was not digesting. It was staying in the crops. Perhaps it was just too cold. I have trouble keeping this old house warm.

So sorry Johnboy

What temps were you keeping them at? And, can I ask why you don't keep or have any handfeeding formula on hand for emergencies? This might make the difference next time...

konkata · Post by **konkata** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:57 pm

Thats sad

I have a soft spot for those cutthroats.

FINCHforum

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