VERY URGENT BIRD HELP NEEDED

[chefjamesscott]

hello

recently my one pair of cockatiels made a nest under a dresser we have been using for a stand, and they actually managed to hatch an egg. Here is the issue.

Tonight when my wife went in she came out with a mortified look on her face and told me there was a dead baby bird about a foot in front of the stand. When I went in it was not dead but had rolled itself out from under the stand. So I quickly put together a makeshift nest in one of the drawers out of the dresser, the mom watched with great intent. I transfered the remaining egg in as well as the nesting material. Then I got another of our cages(our birds free fly in a room that is their aviary) and transfered both parents, the baby and the egg into the cage and covered it with a towel.

My ? is is there anyone on here who has experience with feeding a day or two old bird if the parents reject it, since I had to touch the bird to move it, especially because my other birds were eyeing up the baby as a snack.

I am about to do a net search for info as well. None of my tiels eggs have ever hatched before. I did take one picture of the baby did not want to bother mom to much.

And help will be appreciated. ie what to feed etc....

 

[south coast nelly]

Not to sure about rearing, but most bird's ive incountered if you touch there babie's they will more than likely kill it, once a babie bird fell from a nest in our garden, my sister scooped it up and stuck it back in nest,however the male pecked it too death, shame but once your smell is on them i think it game over,as far as parents are concerened, think you will find alot on google...good luck

 

[Red Devil]

i hope your little one is doing okay..i moved this thread here..more bird folks in this forum..good luck

 

[chefjamesscott]

well just did a half hour of google searching got the info I need

what was interesting about the mother is that we were communicating as a I was hurrying to makeshift a better home for them and after I was done she stepped up and immediately went to move the unhatched egg and the baby together and then gently sat on both.

I really hope I can make sure this baby lives, an egg is simply an egg but this little pink thing with yellow downy feather and a peep is a living creature.

will show my one pic later and hopefully later today I have good news.

 

[Red Devil]

i hope you have good news too... i read somewhere that it is not true that a mother bird will reject a baby after it had been handled by a human... i read that if you put it back right away she accepts it back with no problem.. so far this sounds good..

 

[gigas12]

Hi,if the parents reject the newborn,your going to hand raise the baby tiel.

 

[chefjamesscott]

Well total bummer news update.

Mom may have accepted the baby but dad is a real bugger, guess that is where the term pecking order comes in. That is why I got rid of my green cheek conure, who killed a pair of my cockatiels because he thought they were less than him.

I will post the one picture I did take of the baby, I was prepared to get all the needed handfeed supplies this morning as they are kind of hard to get at 430 in the morning.

Time to get out my carpentry tools and set up the aviary room with a different look so that breeding stations will be set up for future egg laying.

 

[jcardona1]

its pretty easy actually. they sell the formula for baby birds (i believe Kaytee makes) and just feed them when theyre pouch is empty. feed with a syringe, make sure its warm. easy as that

 

[chefjamesscott]

Hi,if the parents reject the newborn,your going to hand raise the baby tiel.

I was so prepared to do that. I read about 12 different sources early this morning and even registered at a bird forum. I was so hoping that I would wake up to good news, but, my wife told me that when she checked at about 6 am no good news.

In our aviary we have 2 budgies angel and kiwi, 4 tiels birdy, bob and 2 I can't remember my kids do, 4 love birds goldie, spike, kiwi and prettybird and moby a quaker. We also just bought a pure white and grey baby with no yellow or red at all that is in my daughters room.

I guess I will put all my other projects on the back burner and put the aviary in first place. Up to this point we have had no successfull hatchings just total loss of interest in the eggs after 3-5 days so we did not think it needed to redo the bird paradise.

 

[gigas12]

Hi,hand raising birds might require some time but in the long run it will pay off,giving you a really tamed bird.