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Re: Baby zebras missing feathers
Posted by KittyJ on 11/04/06

On 11/03/06, Nancy wrote:
> We have some 3-week old baby zebra finches that have no
> feathers on their necks or backs. We have had MANY, MANY
> babies and don't remember seeing this on any of the
others.
> Is there something wrong with them?
> Thanks,
> Nancy


The father finch has fullfilled is nest buildinmg
requirements, so he plucks the babies ariound the nexk to
fill the nest, what you can do is, give them a bit of
nesting supply, but make sure they're not covering the
babies, and remember to always give the parent birds enough
nesitng material to start with... and give greens and
everythign to fullfill the bird basic needs which they
cannot get out of seeds.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Baby zebras missing feathers, 11/03/06, by Nancy.
• Re: Baby zebras missing feathers, 11/04/06, by KittyJ.
• Re: Baby zebras missing feathers, 3/07/07, by Betsy.