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Re: Hand raising
Posted by Michael L on 10/10/05

On 10/10/05, Kitty.J wrote:
> I just wanted to let everyone know that i am now
> handraising a baby since saturday, ofcourse he's still
> thriving. Hey is just the sweetest he is now 11 days old
> and i am planning on taking the hole clutch this wensday.
> Let me tell you a short story;
>
> Well my motherly instinct to raise a baby when its at age
> kicked in on Saturday, it was like craving chocolate, i
> just had to have one. So i took the eldest since he was a
> monster compared to its other siblings. When i first tried
> feeding him, he look well fed, but i wanted to try any
> ways, but he refused and shook his head away fom the
> spoon. I thought i guess i'll weight a hour and i did, and
> when i looked at him he didn't look so well i guess he was
> hungry. And I thought i guess i am just not worthy enough
> to raise a parrot i am just good at raising finches and
> not hookbills. And well I decided to put him back with his
> mom, and when i rechecked on him he didn't move from where
> i put him and well decided to give myself one more chance
> because i really didn't want untame baby birds or semitame
> birds, so i took the eldest aagin, and i heated up some
> bird formula and he ate! It was like a heavy load on my
> back was lifted, i felt i can could do it. And ever since
> then i have been feeding every hour and getting up at 4am
> and my last feeding around 10pm and having mom wake me up
> at midnight and well, thats how it has been for a few days
> now, and the baby is almost fully fleeced with his white
> down, so cute. He and that youngest sibling have eye
> tinted with red, i cannot weight to raise them all, soon
> i'll have young tame flying birdies. And soon after that
> they'll be gone into their new homes. How sad the circle
> is, because i'll have a new clutch to raise in June. Well
> thats is for now


Congratulations, Kitty J.
I'm glad to hear that you're having the opportunity that
you've so patiently waited for.
I hope everything goes well for you and that they grow up to
be great pets.

Michael L

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Hand raising, 10/10/05, by Kitty.J.
• Re: Hand raising, 10/10/05, by Michael L.
• Re: Hand raising, 10/11/05, by Kitty.J.