[newpidgey]

Okay, I moved enough of the shell so that he could put his head out and I was spritzing a bit of warm water in there every 20 minutes or so since I last posted and now he's gotten out!

My only problem now is the feeding...I tried looking into its throat but it's too small to see anything. I don't want to suffocate the thing. So I just kind of squirted the food little by little into his mouth and let him swallow it. Is that okay? I'm so worried and at such a loss. They're so small. Can I just squirt it bit by bit into the mouth? Will the baby be able to swallow it like that?

 

[newpidgey]

Oh, and I never tried to feed the one that just hatched. It was the one that hatched this morning that I was trying to feed.

 

[newpidgey]

Yes, I have the baby bird formula. I've read all of the resource postings too. It's just that they're so small I can't distinguish between putting the food in their crop or their windpipe. My main question is this: Can I just squirt the food slowly into their mouths and let them swallow it on their own rather than trying to stick something straight into their crops?

 

[newpidgey]

Thanks so much, Maggie. I seriously am terrified of doing something wrong!

So as long as I squirt the food down in back of the tongue, it won't go in the airhole? Where is the airhole?