Raptor40
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Hello again,
I have just recently finished cleaning off two cockatiel chicks, as they had faeces on their feet (only recently realised why you need to clean the nesting box regularly) and noticed that one of the chicks has a strange abnormality with its foot. It looks as if it's either paralysed or just on a strange angle and I'm not sure if this problem is due to the faeces on its foot (although it was positioned higher up on its leg) or whether something else is going on.
The same chick also still has its eyes closed, one eye which looks like it's got something on it (I tried to wipe it but it wouldn't go). I had also weighed it, and it came to 27 grams, which is actually lighter than the chick I am hand-raising, which happens to be the youngest chick (he's now 30 grams and has now opened its eyes), but maybe the one I'm rearing is just fat.
I have noticed that the parents also don't seem to be going in the nesting box much anymore. I'm not sure if maybe they aren't feeding them enough and they might be stunted. Since I already have one chick inside anyway, would it be a good idea to just take the other two and rear them just to make sure they're growing and receiving the right nutrition, or would it just upset the parents too much?
I am also having trouble getting a bit of faeces off the hand-reared chick's foot. I had been using warm water and paper towelling, but I heard the chick screeching and saw a little bit of blood on his toe. I'm not sure if I should keep working on getting it off, or whether it would be best to just see a vet.
I have attached some photos of each of the chicks below, as I am curious as to what everybody else thinks. The one with food on it (I've been cleaning it off, but he's just messy) is the youngest hand-reared chick, the one with the splayed leg is the middle-child and the one with the crest spikes and most feathers is the eldest.
I know I've been making a lot of posts lately but I can't stop worrying about them! Thank you so much for all the help, too!
I have just recently finished cleaning off two cockatiel chicks, as they had faeces on their feet (only recently realised why you need to clean the nesting box regularly) and noticed that one of the chicks has a strange abnormality with its foot. It looks as if it's either paralysed or just on a strange angle and I'm not sure if this problem is due to the faeces on its foot (although it was positioned higher up on its leg) or whether something else is going on.
The same chick also still has its eyes closed, one eye which looks like it's got something on it (I tried to wipe it but it wouldn't go). I had also weighed it, and it came to 27 grams, which is actually lighter than the chick I am hand-raising, which happens to be the youngest chick (he's now 30 grams and has now opened its eyes), but maybe the one I'm rearing is just fat.
I have noticed that the parents also don't seem to be going in the nesting box much anymore. I'm not sure if maybe they aren't feeding them enough and they might be stunted. Since I already have one chick inside anyway, would it be a good idea to just take the other two and rear them just to make sure they're growing and receiving the right nutrition, or would it just upset the parents too much?
I am also having trouble getting a bit of faeces off the hand-reared chick's foot. I had been using warm water and paper towelling, but I heard the chick screeching and saw a little bit of blood on his toe. I'm not sure if I should keep working on getting it off, or whether it would be best to just see a vet.
I have attached some photos of each of the chicks below, as I am curious as to what everybody else thinks. The one with food on it (I've been cleaning it off, but he's just messy) is the youngest hand-reared chick, the one with the splayed leg is the middle-child and the one with the crest spikes and most feathers is the eldest.
I know I've been making a lot of posts lately but I can't stop worrying about them! Thank you so much for all the help, too!
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