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29th May 2009, 07:20 AM
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baby pigeon helpI run an Exotic Bird rescue, so every child in town brings me babies they kidnap or find on the ground
 . I have a 13 to 14 day old pigeon here that I am hand feeding. He is alert, so alert I have dubbed him AD. I have a couple of questions. One, I am not used to a crop that looks and feels like a balloon, how do you tell when they have had enough, it always looks big to me, how much do you feed a baby that age? The first two days he was here, he cried constantly, so I don't think I was feeding enough. Day three I switched up to a larger syringe, he seems to settle down more after feeding, which worried me. Yeah ok, I am a worry wart, worry if he cries, worry if he is quiet. He has gone from 146 grams to 214 grams in just a couple of days. He has a heating pad and he seems to love to be held. What else can you tell me, that I might need to know? Is it true that even after he is released, he will stay here? Thank you Sherri Raven's Haven Exotic Bird Rescue 
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29th May 2009, 07:32 AM
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Do you have any pictures that you can post? The most important things are don't overfeed and don't feed until crop is empty. I assume you're feeding Kaytee Exact?
I personally never measure out how much I'm feeding. I just feed em' till thier full.........here's a couple of pictures of babies of mine that would be about the same age as yours and what their crops look like after being fed by the parents.
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29th May 2009, 07:57 AM
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Think it looks more like this?
You can email me the pics if you want to and I'll post them. Send to mrskennedy911@comcast.net
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29th May 2009, 07:59 AM
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Ok, I am trying to add this picture
http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/attach...1&d=1243605384 hmmm did it work?
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29th May 2009, 08:01 AM
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Yep! It worked!!
What a cutie and it's plenty full enough. 
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29th May 2009, 08:12 AM
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You're right...........it looks to be about 2 weeks old. Most likely, no, the baby won't be wild but will become very attached to you. They make great pets. There are some threads on here about releasing them back to the wild. I'll find them for you, but I'm not the one to give instructions on that aspect. You might want to cut back just a bit on the food. They're little crop CAN get stretched out..........my parent birds stuff their babies until I'm sure they're going to pop, but I don't ever feed mine that much. I'd rather feed 5 or 6 times and feed less, than feed 4 times and stuff them.
Can you tell us where you are? Maybe someone would be willing to take it from you and give it a home? That's if you aren't interested in keeping it. Here's the thread on releasing http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=11919
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29th May 2009, 05:56 PM
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Renee www.lovebirdsloft.com People have the right to be stupid, but some abuse that privilege. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.------ Frieda Norris
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