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:lol: Spanna, they are supposed to imprint on you, not the other way around!!!!!!!!!! :lolno:
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hey everyone

have started posting daily pics on my flickr (photo sharing) account so i can see how the babies develop over time. only photos from my phone but interesting to look at the changes that occur in only 24 hours!

you don't need an account to view it, just hit the link
check it out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luke_spenc ... 296538710/

P.S. flab, we all knew it was gonna happen sooner or later :lol:
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cool Spanna, thanks :D
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flab wrote::lol: Spanna, they are supposed to imprint on you, not the other way around!!!!!!!!!! :lolno:
I dont know which would be funnier, spanna being chased by three painteds or three painteds being chased by spanna! :lol:
Must admit those babies are coming on really well
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bluebutterfly213 wrote:
flab wrote::lol: Spanna, they are supposed to imprint on you, not the other way around!!!!!!!!!! :lolno:
I dont know which would be funnier, spanna being chased by three painteds or three painteds being chased by spanna! :lol:
Must admit those babies are coming on really well
i saw one of my star finches gettin absolutely MOBBED by his 3 young this morning, thought to myself "$%^&#$&, what have i gotten myself in to?!?!" :lol:

the bubs are doin well yeah. feeding well and regularly, nice healthy lookin poops and nice and alert. only trouble today is trying to keep them cool!!! catch the bigger 2 'gaping' every now and then so have taken them out of their "nest" and put them on my shirt, with a fan blowing gently from behind me to cool us all down a bit.... :oops: :oops:
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Hand rearing 4 Quarrions at the moment , went to Orange yesterday thinking they would be OK to wait for the next feed an extra hour or 2 .... it was utter chaos when I got home 4 screaming chicks and when I opened the cage to feed them they all decided they could fly and literally attacked me .
I couldnt feed them properly it was madness , food flying , birds escaping and me near on in tears of frustration ... LOVE IT ...
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:lol: encouraging...
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just gave them the night feed and no dramas , lots of cuddles then they hop back into the cage for a sleep ... awesome .
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Glad to hear all is going well Spanna. With the weather over here getting a little summerlike you could have to do this more often. Would they need a bit of water between food feeds?
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i'm keeping a close eye on skin colour to judge their level of hydration (pink being good, red being bad) and have been making meals a little more watery than usual to keep hydration up. also keeping an eye on their droppings to check for the amount of uric acid:other waste being deposited... if its about 50:50 then i see that as pretty good, if there's only a small amount of uric acid (the white stuff for anyone who isn't sure) then it means it's highly concentrated and they're a bit dehydrated, so more water :) hope my understanding of finch biology is on track...
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