Aussie Finch Forum

Hi All,
I have this 6 day old baby gould that has been given the boot out of the nest, There was 2 unfertile eggs in the nest yesterday which i took out leaving just the youngster, I saw the father feed him this morning, but i also saw the Cock & Hen doing the mating ritual, I checked up about 30 minutes ago and found the youngster on the cage floor.
I wan't to do my best too save him, Is he too young for me to hand raise ?? He's healthy enough , Ive got some egg and biscuit mix which i will try and feed him through a syringe.
Any advice would be great.
Cheers Freddy

Should be easy to feed at that age. Keep it warm above all else. Found a link for hand rearing on this site:
http://www.ladygouldianfinch.com/featur ... g-myra.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I WAS writing an article (or small book just about!) on hand rearing, but uni and work got in the way so not finished yet, so can't help with that.

I used Vetafarm Neocare to successfully hand rear the young gould I had. Good luck! PM me if you have any questions not answered in the link...

Thanks very much Spanna !!

Best of Luck with the chick, we have tried a few times but as yet have not been too successful, but always feel better for trying.

Cheers Greg.

Good luck freddie.

Thanks Flap and Bushranger,
Sorry to say that the little one didn't survive, As it was my first experience with a abandoned youngster, At least i tried but it wasn't to be !!
Hopefully i wont get to do it that many times in the future, I think it was a bit young [ 5 or 6 days old } anyway i'm better for the experience !!
Cheers Freddy

Thats a shame Freddy, I can sympathize with your loss, Ive never been able to successfully rear a finch. Im dreading looking in the BFPF nest this morning as I noticed a really tiny one in there a couple of days ago....so today it will either be dead or need some kind of intervention.