Hi. Just want to start by saying that this is not my first time hand feeding . I am not a breader.
A pair of cockateils that I took in and are very much bonded are egg layers and amazing parents had 4 babies who hatched starting Sept 29 ,30, Nov 3, and 4th. Everything was fine and they were doing great but sadly I had a friend over who opened the window beside the cage ,while I was gone to the store. When I got home I could tell something was wrong because both parent where out of the cage. I went and checked on the babies ,what I saw broke my heart the to oldes where dead and the to smallest where barley alive .I quickly set up my Incubator . As I was placing them in the incubator one took its last breath in my hands .the smallest ND last chick was barley alive .I placed him in the incubator . I didn't think he would make it but he slowly came around and is now 40 days old . He is growing but very slowly.
He has a stretched crop which I had put a crop bra on him ( the I saw on here).for about 2 weeks .I took it off 2 days ago because it wasn't fitting right any more his body is growing funny .and I am unable to get the fit right.( crop is still stretched. He was very dehydrated and purple in colour for a long time . So I took some more tips from here . I used coconut water to make his food for about a week. And I also gave him a spice recipe for about 5 days that I saw on another thread about stunted babies. He is now a normal color and is very active .but is very tiny . I just weight him . he is 48 grams and that is will a little food still in crop as it can't empty fully do to being stretched. His feather finally started coming in a few days ago. He started flapping his wings yesterday and pecking at the millet I have place on the floor of his cage . OK sorry this is so long . What I am trying to ask is there something else I should do to help him gain weight faster. Every day he gains weight it's just not very much . 1/2 gram to a 1,1/2 grams .there are no avian vets .so thought I would ask here.
A pair of cockateils that I took in and are very much bonded are egg layers and amazing parents had 4 babies who hatched starting Sept 29 ,30, Nov 3, and 4th. Everything was fine and they were doing great but sadly I had a friend over who opened the window beside the cage ,while I was gone to the store. When I got home I could tell something was wrong because both parent where out of the cage. I went and checked on the babies ,what I saw broke my heart the to oldes where dead and the to smallest where barley alive .I quickly set up my Incubator . As I was placing them in the incubator one took its last breath in my hands .the smallest ND last chick was barley alive .I placed him in the incubator . I didn't think he would make it but he slowly came around and is now 40 days old . He is growing but very slowly.
He has a stretched crop which I had put a crop bra on him ( the I saw on here).for about 2 weeks .I took it off 2 days ago because it wasn't fitting right any more his body is growing funny .and I am unable to get the fit right.( crop is still stretched. He was very dehydrated and purple in colour for a long time . So I took some more tips from here . I used coconut water to make his food for about a week. And I also gave him a spice recipe for about 5 days that I saw on another thread about stunted babies. He is now a normal color and is very active .but is very tiny . I just weight him . he is 48 grams and that is will a little food still in crop as it can't empty fully do to being stretched. His feather finally started coming in a few days ago. He started flapping his wings yesterday and pecking at the millet I have place on the floor of his cage . OK sorry this is so long . What I am trying to ask is there something else I should do to help him gain weight faster. Every day he gains weight it's just not very much . 1/2 gram to a 1,1/2 grams .there are no avian vets .so thought I would ask here.
