Just a bit underdone!
Posted: 24 Aug 2010, 15:56
Slight emergency today. Two gouldians fledged yesterday, one getting around with not too much problem the other having major difficulty due to being a fair bit younger than the other one.
Tried to park it back in the nest box several times yesterday, but no go, it kept coming out. This morning I found it on the floor very cold.
So I set myself up for some heartbreak and brought it in and put it in a tissue lined bowl with a heat mat underneath. Crop was empty too so I made up some egg and biscuit food, ended up having to sieve all the bigger bits out to make it really runny. Baby took some of the food, I didnt poke in the mouth
too scared it might choke. I just let it drip and I could see that it was swallowing some. Within 45 mins it was flapping about in the bowl.
Then I had a real dilemma, put back in the aviary and risk it happening again, or keep inside and risk loosing it because I wasnt doing the right thing.
Anyway, with the help of E Orix I have modified my terracotta light and now have it hanging from the roof of the aviary over a paver. Looks like it might be working too, the baby now has seed in the crop so the parents must be feeding it.
Tried to park it back in the nest box several times yesterday, but no go, it kept coming out. This morning I found it on the floor very cold.
So I set myself up for some heartbreak and brought it in and put it in a tissue lined bowl with a heat mat underneath. Crop was empty too so I made up some egg and biscuit food, ended up having to sieve all the bigger bits out to make it really runny. Baby took some of the food, I didnt poke in the mouth
too scared it might choke. I just let it drip and I could see that it was swallowing some. Within 45 mins it was flapping about in the bowl.Then I had a real dilemma, put back in the aviary and risk it happening again, or keep inside and risk loosing it because I wasnt doing the right thing.
Anyway, with the help of E Orix I have modified my terracotta light and now have it hanging from the roof of the aviary over a paver. Looks like it might be working too, the baby now has seed in the crop so the parents must be feeding it.
