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Yochanan · Post by **Yochanan** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:29 am

hello to all.
today my first baby of 21 days old die, I think that the parents dont feed him well today so much.

please I want info

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:12 pm

Sorry to hear your chick has died. What type of finches are they?

Yochanan · Post by **Yochanan** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:23 pm

zebras and his parents were wonderful

please tell me

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:05 pm

I wish I could help, but it is impossible to say why your chick died.

It is entirely possible that the parents had stopped feeding before he was able to feed himself. Did you offer the fledgling spray millet along with other soft foods?

Yochanan · Post by **Yochanan** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:37 pm

he was still in the nest and the his feather were growing and the parents were feeding until the day before, but then I spend all the day out of my home and all my house were close windows and everything, so it was dark, I think that the parents thinked that it was night so they dont feed him all the day only once I heard the baby sound.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:07 pm

Sorry to hear you lost your baby

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:28 pm

At 21 days I would have expected the chick to have left the nest and be eating some on its own. Of course it would have still needed additional feedings from the parents. It's unfortunate you had to be away from home.

Yochanan · Post by **Yochanan** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:32 am

thank you all and whit the help of God I will start again in my aviary whit 3pairs of finches zebras

thanks
John Maguen

Athanasia · Post by **Athanasia** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:26 am

I'm so sorry for your loss. Don't give. I didn't and now I have 7 healthy zebras, I wish you all the luck.

Post by **Sally** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:51 am

Zebra finches are usually fully feathered and fledge about 2 weeks after hatching, so that baby was probably way less than 21 days. If it was 21 days, then something was wrong, and there is nothing you could have done. I don't think it was the fact that the house was dark that was the problem.

Zebras are such prolific breeders, that having only 1 egg hatch makes me think they are very young parents. They will get the hang of it. With 3 pairs of Zebras, you will have more babies than you dreamed possible!

Yochanan · Post by **Yochanan** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:33 am

thank you all for the encouragement

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