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Accidentally forgot to check the chick crop before feeding, worried that I may have overfed. Advice?

chinensis8

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Hi, so I'm not a breeder, I used to foster baby birds for people who didn't know better than to purchase a <4 week old chick. All the chicks I helped with from 2 weeks to 9 weeks were always fine. I never panicked like this.

My mom recently brought home a 3 week old cockatiel chick. Normal feeding time would be every 4 hours. I'd usually weigh him before feeding and after feeding. Then I'd double check his crop before every feeding.

For his last feeding I forgot to weight him before and check his crop. I'm worried I might have over fed him. I fed him ca. 3 hours after his last feeding. He didn't beg for food as much as he normally would when he was hungry. His crop feels way fuller than normal. Am I being paranoid?

When I weighed him, he seems to be at his usual "after feeding time" weight. Does this mean he was not over fed?

In case I did over feed him, what signs should I look out for? What can I do to help him? It's absolutely impossible to go to the vet during quarantine. None of them are available or open. So I just want to have a back up plan. I mean, if I had to I will track down the vet's place of residence or personal phone number if I couldn't reach him through the office, ONLY if the chick is at risk of death.
 

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Let him sleep, make sure he´s warm and check in on him in an hour to make sure the food in the crop has started to be digested.
 

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Is everything ok with the little one now?
 

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Hi yes, I think I was just panicking over nothing. I was just so worried because it was the first time I've forgotten to weigh him and was worried about overfeeding. But he's healthy and learning to fly now :)
 

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Hi yes, I think I was just panicking over nothing. I was just so worried because it was the first time I've forgotten to weigh him and was worried about overfeeding. But he's healthy and learning to fly now :)
;) :needpics: ;)
 
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