Wrennec
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Hi all. First time posting here. I was unsure on whether I should post it in the baby bird section or here but I settled for here since it pertains to disability. Recently my lovebirds had a clutch of chicks and to my surprise one of the chicks is an albino. When me and my mother were feeding the chicks and taking them out for play time, we noticed something very odd. The chick, despite having eyes open, can neither find the syringe nor seems to react to any sort of visual stimuli. All the other chicks, even the youngest (Megatron), go nuts for the syringe and react to fingers. Banana, our albino, does not. Banana reacts to my voice and my touch but he doesn't seem to be able to see very well if at all. I know albinos are notorious for having poor vision so here's where I came to this forum for help.
I have a few questions. First of all, how is weaning going to work? I understand weaning for sighted chicks but I have absolutely no idea how I'll do it when the time comes for Banana to be weaned. Second, should I get his wings clipped when he starts to fledge? All of my other birds are fully flighted and normally I'd never ever even consider clipping but I understand blindness is a a special case. Third, is there anything else I should know? I want to give Banana the best possible life and I'm prepared to do whatever it takes. We took all the babies to the vet for a check up and disease testing. The vet said they're all healthy and growing like they should (This was when Banana was young so we didn't know he was blind. Banana is currently 15 days old).
Last thing I want to say is it's very odd that the baby is albino. Neither parents are albino or even lutino. Genetics are really weird.
I have a few questions. First of all, how is weaning going to work? I understand weaning for sighted chicks but I have absolutely no idea how I'll do it when the time comes for Banana to be weaned. Second, should I get his wings clipped when he starts to fledge? All of my other birds are fully flighted and normally I'd never ever even consider clipping but I understand blindness is a a special case. Third, is there anything else I should know? I want to give Banana the best possible life and I'm prepared to do whatever it takes. We took all the babies to the vet for a check up and disease testing. The vet said they're all healthy and growing like they should (This was when Banana was young so we didn't know he was blind. Banana is currently 15 days old).
Last thing I want to say is it's very odd that the baby is albino. Neither parents are albino or even lutino. Genetics are really weird.
