How do I take care of my baby parakeets?

3 Responses to “How do I take care of my baby parakeets?”

1. rain_forest_bird on November 4th, 2008 8:45 pm
   Because parakeets are so small when they are born it is kind of difficult to feed them yourself but if you’re up for the challenge you can go to any pet store and get hand rearing formula for birds, I like to use the pretty bird formula but the are many different ones, you have to feed them about every 2-3 hrs and you have to keep them warm, my advice to you would be to take the nest out of the cage so that the mom wont have any more babies(maybe she’s not ready to be a mom) p.s. the formulas come with instructions on how to hand feed them.
2. hellogoodbye on November 7th, 2008 8:43 pm
   Since rain_forest_bird has already given the instructions on how to feed them, I’ll tell you the long-term details.

   Pull out the chicks and start handfeeding when their eyes open, (when they’re around 7-10 days old). The babies will start to wean at 4-6 weeks of age (weaning means eating on their own).
   At around that time, encourage them to look for food on their
   own by placing a dish of seed on the bottom of their enclosure/cage.

   Be sure to take extra notice of the youngest chick, or the runt. The chick is smaller than its siblings, and is likely to get an inadequete amount of food.
3. humor4fms on November 11th, 2008 1:03 am
   This is the reason some people should NOT breed!! You are not prepared for the consequences of your actions.

   You hen may be to young(under 2yrs of age). Or she is not being given the proper foods to sustain all the babies she has. By this i mean soft foods like scrambled eggs, pasta, rice, veggies, etc.

   Parents need more then just seeds to eat to maintain a level of immune systems for themselves and to feed their young. It also has to be broken down in their own digestive systems twice (in the beginning, the first few days of life) from the male to the female and then the female breaks it down again to feed the babies. In the wild, during this time, they forage on grubs, which are so much higher in proteins so the parents can maintain their own systems plus the feeding schedules of their hectic lives of their young.

   Apparently you were not prepared for all of this before placing a box on your pair. As a result, you had to endure the heart break which often i try to explain before hand. Making sure a pair is in tip top shape so people don’t have to go through all this heartache is part of why i try to educate people on the diets of the avian species. So sorry you had to experience this.

   At this point you need to offer the pair a better diet. Petamine is located in just about every pet store. If the pair think you are interfereing to much with the box or their cage, she will kill the babies. Give them as much privacy as you can. Don’t check the nest box, feed, water and leave them be.

   Good Luck!

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