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9th January 2005, 07:40 AM
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Need more help..............Can someone post the link to the pics where the baby is being fed with a syringe with a balloon or something on the end? These 12 day old babies are giving me a fit, fighting the whole time. I did this last year, but started with 8 day old babies and by the time they were 12 days old, they were used to me handling them and didn't give me much trouble. I took the babies back out to Mom and Dad this morning to see if they would feed them. Dad did, but then Mom went right into "feather eating" so I had to remove them again. I'm going to try putting them in the pen with the parents about 4 times a day and see if they will feed them, but if not, I've got to have an easier way to get feed into these babies. Running a tube into their crop is not an option I don't think. I really don't think I could do it. I've decided to just leave the babies out in the loft, rather than keep them inside. The days are warm here and the nights not to bad and these little ones are old enough to tolerate the weather. I just feel it's better then bringing them in a 70 degree house and then taking them back out in 40 or 50 degree weather in the morning. I can feed them, (if I have to) just as easy out in the loft and they will be better acclimated to the temps. It will eventually get colder here and they would wind up back out in the loft at weaning age anyway.
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9th January 2005, 08:03 AM
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Hi Lovebirds -
This is one of the pics posted before (a baby pij with paratyphoid being fed). any syringe 20ml or bigger, the covering at the cut off end doesn't have to be balloon. We put something like vetwrap over one for the collared dove Cynthia was feeding, fixed it on with rubber band, the cut the cross shaped slits in it. http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=8531 Just scroll the thread and you'll see the post John
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18th January 2005, 01:37 PM
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Thanks so much. I may try putting babies back with parents, with heating pad under neath nest bowl. Parents were feeding just fine, but not keeping babies warm. Boy, this is worse than raising your own kids.
Daryl P.S. I love the syringe and balloon method. If parents don't feed, I'll try this. Babies are now nicely re-warmed, and peeping their little heads off.
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