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Re: CANARY BREEDERS please advise me
Posted by kim on 6/29/06

Thank you Elizabeth!! I appeciate the info and have takenn
your advice -- you have been very helpful. I am happy (and
relieved) to tell you the babies are thriving!!! I am so
excited. As you know they are amazing to watch. I hope you
don't mind a couple more questions---Do you think the last
other two eggs will hatch? Do all the eggs usually hatch? Is
it ok to keep the daddy in the cage with them...he is singing
like a proud papa...everyone seems happy.
Thanks again for taking time to respond to my post

On 6/26/06, Elizabeth wrote:
> Make sure you are offering soft foods (you can buy
> commercial egg food, just keep an eye on the sugar if you
> can, if you have more than one availible buy the one with
> the least amount of sugar/filler).
>
> Make sure to keep the cage stocked with clean water, a
> seperate container of soft food and their regular diet. You
> should hear mom feeding the babies every so often - if you
> put in a soft food wait discreetly if you can and within
> about 15 min you should hear her feeding the babies.
>
> Besides egg foods you can offer fresh veggies as well. (I
> shred some carrots which they like, anything healthy veggies
> wise, fresh is best. Remove uneaten fresh foods w/in an hour
> to prevent spoiling in the cage.) Try not to watch her to
> much...you don't want to make her paranoid. She is a first
> time mom but most canaries feed just fine. Mom should take
> care of her babies...Best wishes.
>
> On 6/26/06, kim wrote:
>> Someone please tell me that mama canaries will take care
> of
>> her newly hatched babies!!! I discovered 3 newly hatched
>> babies this morning!! my little mama has sat on eggs
> before
>> but this is the first time any have ever hatched!! I am
> not
>> a breeder!!! what do i do about these little darlings???
> DO
>> i just leave them alone??

Posts on this thread, including this one

• CANARY BREEDERS please advise me, 6/26/06, by kim.
• Re: CANARY BREEDERS please advise me, 6/26/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: CANARY BREEDERS please advise me, 6/29/06, by kim.
• Re: CANARY BREEDERS please advise me, 7/01/06, by Elizabeth.