greencheekchick
Meeting neighbors
-Well my green cheek conure pair Meeka and Morpheus are determined to have babies again and as of today I have 2 babies with 5 more possibly hatching (7 babies wow). Baby #1 hatched Aug 25 and Baby #2 hatched Aug 28. This will be Meeka and Morpheus's second clutch and my first time feeding. I have researched until sick last year when I wasn't going to hand raise the babies and now that I have decided to do this this time I have re-researched until again about sick (I literally feel sick right now too). I've read/watched about every article/video I can on feeding multiple times as I don't have a close enough expert to show me. I have even practiced mixing some old formula (the just in case I had a baby not being fed by parents formula) from last year to get the hang of how the syringe/spoon works and getting the temp/consistency right that it would not clump and so forth.
-I am planning on pulling the babies as they turn (or a little before) 3 weeks old one at a time. So I still have almost 2-3 weeks to get this as straight as I can.
-I have chosen to do a syringe spoon type feed (heard of it?) so I know exactly how much I am feeding and I've read that babies are more readily accepted by the baby to use a spoon (and/or is easier for the feeder too) . I also have the brooder, weigher, thermometer, and brand new formula (Kaytee Exact) ready to go. The only thing though is I am stressing on when or how to pull the babies and what times a day I should be feeding.
-I work as a house keeper from 9am to whenever I finish and get home. My days off are Thursdays and Fridays. My mom has agreed to do at least one feed during my work hours if she has too (and after I've showed her of course)
--I guess what would be the best times to feed (at or almost) 3 week old green cheek conure babies on my kind of schedule? I've played with every 4, 5, or 6 hours? but then I don't know how long during the night they would be able to go? Like if I started the first feed at 8am (8:15am is when I leave for work) and then I say every 5 hrs? Would be 8am, 1pm, 6pm (just about always home before 6pm), 11pm, 4am? or could I leave the 4am feed and have the 11pm feed be the last and start at 8am again? I'm stressing about the time between 11pm and 8am.
--Can I sorta 'push' the parents out of the way to get the baby when it's time to pull? Meeka sits really tight and I rarely catch her out of the nest. I was planning on pulling baby #1 Thursday at midnight of September 11th so I had the full Friday to get the hang of it and if I didn't feel I could feed right, I plan to put it back with mom and dad and not pull any more either and to just leave babies with parents.
--I will be keeping the parents and babies in the same room (my bedroom) as there isn't any other room for them elsewhere. Will this be OK?
-Sorry, long read but I hope I'm clear on what I'm asking? I just want it to be perfect and there is a lot of controversy on everything Feel free to add to anything I may have missed too.
Thank you
-I am planning on pulling the babies as they turn (or a little before) 3 weeks old one at a time. So I still have almost 2-3 weeks to get this as straight as I can.
-I have chosen to do a syringe spoon type feed (heard of it?) so I know exactly how much I am feeding and I've read that babies are more readily accepted by the baby to use a spoon (and/or is easier for the feeder too) . I also have the brooder, weigher, thermometer, and brand new formula (Kaytee Exact) ready to go. The only thing though is I am stressing on when or how to pull the babies and what times a day I should be feeding.
-I work as a house keeper from 9am to whenever I finish and get home. My days off are Thursdays and Fridays. My mom has agreed to do at least one feed during my work hours if she has too (and after I've showed her of course)
--I guess what would be the best times to feed (at or almost) 3 week old green cheek conure babies on my kind of schedule? I've played with every 4, 5, or 6 hours? but then I don't know how long during the night they would be able to go? Like if I started the first feed at 8am (8:15am is when I leave for work) and then I say every 5 hrs? Would be 8am, 1pm, 6pm (just about always home before 6pm), 11pm, 4am? or could I leave the 4am feed and have the 11pm feed be the last and start at 8am again? I'm stressing about the time between 11pm and 8am.
--Can I sorta 'push' the parents out of the way to get the baby when it's time to pull? Meeka sits really tight and I rarely catch her out of the nest. I was planning on pulling baby #1 Thursday at midnight of September 11th so I had the full Friday to get the hang of it and if I didn't feel I could feed right, I plan to put it back with mom and dad and not pull any more either and to just leave babies with parents.
--I will be keeping the parents and babies in the same room (my bedroom) as there isn't any other room for them elsewhere. Will this be OK?
-Sorry, long read but I hope I'm clear on what I'm asking? I just want it to be perfect and there is a lot of controversy on everything Feel free to add to anything I may have missed too.
Thank you
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