When and how to handraise a clutch of lovebirds?
Hi, I have a couple of questions about the handraising toddler lovebirds. Well I have 2 lovebirds they are male and female they laid four eggs, they are to hatch on Dont know even so waiting 21 days for them to hatch. Ill wait 14 days for them to raise the babies and ill prefer on taking the clutch after 14 days Also I am wondering should I pull the whole clutch or no because the parents might get angry because they hold no babies left because this is their first time laying eggs? Also Ill buy Kaytee exact Hand feeding formula for adjectives baby birds product. Also Ill buy a o-syringe, and I don't know which thereomerter to get well its digital and do you guys know a specific company or product for the therometer. Also I already made the box to place them within and everything. HEre comes the tricky question how should I place the syringe in the mouth of the lovebird ( on the right or left of the mouth, how deep) And how long do I nurture them for (days)? Thank you very much for any assistance I highly appreciate any help and I'd similar to to thank you for the effort put in to answering the questions.
Put the syringe on the not here side of beak. The right side goes to the lungs. I hand fed my toddler Suns but I also let the parents feed. You need to in recent times tap baby lightly on beak so it open up and just put 1 drop of formula in. Wipe off any excess beside a warm washcloth. The temperature should be on the formula can..make certain it is exact or you will burn the crop. I co-parented for about 2 weeks every 3-4 hours. Don't feed if the crop is still full. I used a digital thermometer because the readout is faster and it have to be just right. Hope this helps. I was a on edge wreck doing this but it is worth it. If you need anymore info, email me & I will try to answer.
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Answers: To be honest beside you ,Let the Parents rear their young!
Hand rearing is a time consuming task and for the first week or two it is a 24 hour situation,
If you have never had the experience then to be honest near you "Forget it" you could loose your young birds.
I have bred numerous Parrot approaching and do not advocate hand feeding unless you hold the knowledge and prepared for this task.
you can always foot tame the young after the parents have rear them.
Let the parents do this and then they will be more experienced in rearing their next brood,
The best approach is leave the parents to rear their young ,provide the right food for them ,don't disturb them while they are looking after the young(by looking within the nest)
Before I even begin with how I hand nurture I just want to say, if you've never foot fed before get next to someone who has and can be available to you, find any breeder (species doesn't really matter) that's willing to mentor you.
It's not easy or something that should be considered delicately. You're going to be up at 6am to feed and staying up till 10 or 11pm for the last feedingan and need to be available adjectives time in between. You don't get much sleep and if you hold school or work and no one else who knows what they're doing, it's impossible.
With that- lovebirds generally hatch at roughly 23 days after the start of incubation. They don't usually start incubating until the 2-3 egg is laid. So wait a good month in the past you toss any. You might have just had the days past its sell-by date.
Lovies are normally pulled around 10-14 days old. This let's the parents give them a right nutritional start, and saves you from having to feed around the clock.If your birds laid their eggs and there's a few days cranny between the oldest and the youngest it's fine to pull one then the next a few days after that when it's older. You generally don't want to go much previous 14 days because sometimes they take longer and it's harder to get them to accept syringe feedings. But much faster than 10 days and they're still very little, need to be fed comparatively often, and it's just harder to do.
When they're first pulled my feeding agenda is usually 6am, 10am, 2pm, 6pm, and then lastly at 10-11pm. Slowly backing rotten the times as they get older. You're looking at a good 6-7 weeks of some form of foot feeding, it will just lessen as the bird gets elder and begins to eat on it's own. Each bird weans at a separate pace as ably. You might have one that's barely eating from the syringe at 7 weeks, while another go until 9 weeks or more still relying on you.
It doesn't matter what type of thermometer you get, as long as it's quick and accurate.
When my lovebirds layed their first clutch of eggs this is what we did. We took out the babies after about a week or two and handfed them once a day. I think its easier near a spoon and less risky then a syringe. If you pull the babies out for certain then you are going to have a lotttt of work to do. you have to nurture the babies sooo often and you have to make certain they are in the right type of container and have proper heat and everything. I individually dont agree on taking them away from the parents until they are weaned to tell you the truth. our first four birds are very house-train and nice and its because we would take them out once a day and hand nurture them and give them human attention and handling expirience. if you leave them surrounded by with the parents its gives mom and dad something to do and the babies get adjectives that parent attention that everyone needs. Handfeeding isnt a bad thing, simply a lot of work if you want to be their only source of food. In certainty, if we hadnt hand fed our birds the youngest from the clutch, Tango would hold died. She didnt get enough food from the mom cuz after she fed the other three she be to exhausted for her. somtimes we would take her out twice a day because she hardly get anything from her parents. But anyways i would use a spoon. i think we used a meat thermometer for ours actually so you could try that just take home sure its veery clean. The babies are fun to take trouble of and watch grow so good luck and i hope you let the parents backing you out!
