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I hope it's alright if I post in this forum.
I just brought a baby cockatiel home (intro thread here) and I'm very worried about her.
Her hatch date is March 17th, which I've been getting is very young to be sold.
I weighed her and she weighs 79grams, but she was wet from falling in her water dish, so I don't know if that will affect the weight a great amount. She's having trouble perching and her grip is fairly weak.
When I did weigh her she fell forward on my hand and I felt what I believe was her keel bone It was very sharp and very easy to feel. So I think she's underweight.
I just bought handfeeding formula (Kaytee Exact; it's the only brand that Petsmart carried that I have heard of on here before) but I'm not sure how much or how often to feed her, or what temperature it should be at.
When I got home she was shivering a bit in her cage Should I snuggle her? Will that do more harm than good? It's 23.9C (75.02F) in the house right now.
She will hopefully be going to the vet tomorrow. I'm waiting on my missing paycheck that was due on Friday.
I just brought a baby cockatiel home (intro thread here) and I'm very worried about her.
Her hatch date is March 17th, which I've been getting is very young to be sold.
I weighed her and she weighs 79grams, but she was wet from falling in her water dish, so I don't know if that will affect the weight a great amount. She's having trouble perching and her grip is fairly weak.
When I did weigh her she fell forward on my hand and I felt what I believe was her keel bone It was very sharp and very easy to feel. So I think she's underweight.
I just bought handfeeding formula (Kaytee Exact; it's the only brand that Petsmart carried that I have heard of on here before) but I'm not sure how much or how often to feed her, or what temperature it should be at.
When I got home she was shivering a bit in her cage Should I snuggle her? Will that do more harm than good? It's 23.9C (75.02F) in the house right now.
She will hopefully be going to the vet tomorrow. I'm waiting on my missing paycheck that was due on Friday.