Ember-Tiel
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Hey guys one of my cockatiels eggs hatched as I have been hearing chirping and feeding sounds where they are nesting. Please give some advice on how to deal with this situation because we took lots of precautions to make them not lay eggs but somehow they had one that hatched.
For more on what happened, our vet told us to buy dummy eggs so the cockatiels would stop mating which worked but by the time we got them they had already laid 3 eggs. Once we put them in Ember rejected 2 of her real eggs and liked the dummy ones more but now I see that she had a baby already or something.
We have raised budgies before from the start a long time ago and also hand fed Ember when she was a month old but have never dealt with a new baby cockatiel. I Have been doing research now as I was not expecting this but would really like some advice on what to do in terms of raising it.
Since my cockatiels are young, the female is 3 years old and the male is just over 1 year, I’m not sure if they are going to be good parents. So do we Need to take the baby and raise is ourselves or should we let them handle it?
For more on what happened, our vet told us to buy dummy eggs so the cockatiels would stop mating which worked but by the time we got them they had already laid 3 eggs. Once we put them in Ember rejected 2 of her real eggs and liked the dummy ones more but now I see that she had a baby already or something.
We have raised budgies before from the start a long time ago and also hand fed Ember when she was a month old but have never dealt with a new baby cockatiel. I Have been doing research now as I was not expecting this but would really like some advice on what to do in terms of raising it.
Since my cockatiels are young, the female is 3 years old and the male is just over 1 year, I’m not sure if they are going to be good parents. So do we Need to take the baby and raise is ourselves or should we let them handle it?