New Zebra Finches

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Re: New Zebra Finches

Post by kathmcm » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:56 pm

no, just good karma :) and a bunch of happy healthy birds making a lot of noise all day

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Re: New Zebra Finches

Post by kheather » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:59 pm

you will be surprised how much a little tlc can do and a good diet! They will look like different birds here shortly =D>
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Re: New Zebra Finches

Post by cindy » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:00 pm

The baby is still young, you need to leave it with the parents and make certain that it is eating and drinking on it's own....to build the feathers back up add the eggfood, once the parents go to it watch and see if they still are feeding it. It will be fine with the parents for a bit.

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Re: New Zebra Finches

Post by Bluebonnet » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:40 pm

cindy wrote:The baby is still young, you need to leave it with the parents and make certain that it is eating and drinking on it's own....to build the feathers back up add the eggfood, once the parents go to it watch and see if they still are feeding it. It will be fine with the parents for a bit.
The baby is still with the parents. It still begs and is being fed, but also this evening he was eating egg food off the plate, drinking from the water dish, and picking seeds off the millit spray, not to mention trying to drag it around some. :D Poor thing looks so pitiful with most of its feathers gone. :cry: I would like to remove the baby from the cage on Saturday morning when I'll be home to watch it over the weekend. Otherwise it will have to wait another week for the next weekend. What do you all think?
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