Handfeeding Baby Parakeets

[1000Sushihead]

i like powder!!!!!

[tyrih]

Awww, the blue one is like GIMME SOMEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[shahaabiqbal]

where can you get that syringe

[calikat38]

@shahaabiqbal

it's a pipette and you can order them online

[pfcymbaline]

Advice Please: have a couple who had 4 babies, the mother started to beat the youngest! took him outside & tried to handfeed him. then i thought of getting him back to the nest (maybe his mother's conscious will wake up)& she did & started to feed him but found that she started to hit him hardly! so i took him bk again; when feeding him, he doesnt care & tends to bite my hands!! is that normal?any suggestions? (by the way, this mother is a killer, her last victim was her son 3 months ago) Help

[OMBIC]

dossent mum fead em???? i got 2 little ones today, about a year old, i dont want them to have babys yet but i was asumeing me as an owner dident have to fead the babys????

[TheSpiceRoad]

ahahaha so sweettttt

[ayahnyadede]

cute budgie's ...



[canary767]

excuse me if its not a problem how can you tell if a parakeet is about to lay an egg(s)? Because my birds have been 'mating' if you know what i mean... so please tell me soon! :)

[Horses20100]

how old are they?

[Darkoh5]

Are they for sale I really want adult budgies

[ljubljana80]

and one more. it's difficult to get the pipette in Malaysia.if it's sold, only being use as eye dropper and it's made from glass. TQ

[ljubljana80]

i have a problem. i bought a baby budgies from petstore. the baby wont eat (i used syringe )and now, both are died, maybe of shock or lack of food.is it because the baby have accustomed with the mom's beak? when you separate the baby from it's mom till it can feed by himself, like you did.it's so jealousy! Thank you.

[nightpool23]

lol the white ones so cute and peppy! <3

[smellyshoe1234]

there is 4 of them ohh soo cute

[fuertherbube]

Seems like multitasking!

[90Chira]

What kind of food do you feed the baby parakeets ? please answer i need help cause the mother does not want to feed her anymore and she is as little as the ones in the picture PLEASE HELP XD

[calikat38]

@90Chira it's a baby bird food that you can buy from any pet store called exact. it has to be warm but not too hot when you feed the bird. i use a coffee cup warmer to keep the bowl warm. it takes a couple of tries before the baby will figure out how to feed with a tube. i hope this helps

[90Chira]

@calikat38 the thing is here in Romania ( where im from ) i can't find any Vet's or Pet shops where i could buy baby bird food or formulas :(( and i dont know any kind of reciepe of how to make it at home .... i would buy evrything needed from the Pet shop, but the thing is i can't find any

[mayacamilleri]

@calikat38

how did you breed them

[shredmaster454]

@calikat38 what are u even feeding it? cause i need to know

[Fediousmozilla]

I'm soo touched by them chirping

[legogangster1000]

do u get that feeding thing at the pet store?

[calikat38]

@legogangster1000 I have not been able to find them in a store but you can get them online, they are called pipettes

[legogangster1000]

@calikat38 oh okay thank u very much :)

[patmrhottiepantz]

my keets weren't quite sure what to do when i put this on lol

[JakubTilecky]

My 2 parakeets escaped but I have 3 babies and don't know if I should get another parakeet to care for them or try to care for them myself

[calikat38]

@JakubTilecky You will have to care for them. If you try to put another adult with the babies it will kill the babies. hand feeding them really is not that hard. If they don't have feathers you will need a brood box to keep them warm, some baby bird food and a pipette or syringe to feed them with. You can find a lot of info online just how to do it.

[JakubTilecky]

@calikat38 they are about 2 weeks old and have been feed by the mother parakeet until she ran off so I have been hand feeding them but they always turn away. Will they learn in time that the food is coming from the pipette and want to be feed

[BreyerGurl09]

sooo adorable!!! (:

[xXeleven34Xx]

What r u feeding them? I have eggs but the mother died and when they hatch I don't know what to feed them, what do I do?

[calikat38]

@xXeleven34Xx I'm sorry to hear about your mother bird, I hope your eggs hatch. What I'm feeding them is Zupreem baby food for small birds. i use a cup warmer to keep the food warm while feeding them because it usually takes a while to feed them. You can find a lot of information on the internet about temp of the food, when to feed them, when to start introducing seed. I use a pipette to feed them with I find it easier then a syringe. you can order them online also. send some pics of the chicks

[TazHall]

BABIES! They're noisy and ravenous XD

I've been looking for a good brand of bird food because Exact pellets are killing my birds with gout. I stopped feeding it to them. Any recommendations?

[calikat38]

@TazHall we feed our bird zupreem and a mix of seeds and fruit and veggies. Good luck.

[TazHall]

@calikat38 Thank you! I am currently feeding my bird a millet, oat, and rapeseed mix I made from the health food store and give her spinach and romaine. I'm trying to get her to eat more things too but she seems depressed since her mate died. I'm trying to find a good private breeder in South FL. because they sell wild, unsocialized birds in pet stores. They are flock birds so I can imagine she is very lonely.

[carleen112233]

AWWWWWW!!!

[coke469]

Aww nice parakeets!...my parakeet just laid two eggs can u give me some advice that i need to know about baby parakeets

[calikat38]

@coke469 I leave them with the mother until they are 2 weeks old. Babies are born every 2 days so that will give you a chance to teach the first one to eat with the tube. By the 3rd baby they learn from eachother. I made a brood box out of a 6 pack cooler. I drilled a hole in the top and put in a night light with a piece of material over the top so that it stays dark. It keeps the box at a prefect tempature. You can find a lot of info online on how to hand raise your babies. Good luck

[TravmanIst]

"IT FOOD TIME WE'S SO EXCITED!" that's what they're saying

[kristelsoliman123]

THERE SO NOISY !

[wizlewiz748]

ha ha i love the blue one

[xXbudgielvrXx]

i heard you have to hold them a special way when you hand feed them, if so... how? lol

[besa54703]

lol they rlly want to be fed

[krisgurl09]

jeez they hurt my ears lol

[BarbieLovesBirdys]

Haha Omg There So Kute!(:

[gangstervural]

lol the white one's a bitch :S

[the7observer]

lol funny

[dixie71666]

so sweet.. I have a pair and am hoping they will breed this time around..

[mukimy435]

omq how cuteeeeeee aww they are soo cute almost the blue one

[123brynner]

are they all boys?

[gregpwnage]

if you could translate what they are saying it would b....FOOD FOOOD FOOOOD FOOOOOOD FOOOOOD FOOOOOOD especially at 2:41

[wonderlandbby93]

they're sooo adorable, omg. makes me miss my two dead parakeets so much, ahhh T_____T I remember I bought them a bird house so they can lay babies but all they did was mate and not lay anything

[CherubHorse]

SO FREAKING CUTE I ALMOST IMPLODED!!!!

[mitraljez]

what are you feeding them with ?

[calikat38]

@mitraljez it's called a pipette you can buy them online and it works great with smaller birds

[mitraljez]

@calikat38 lol i know that ... i mean food whats in it ? ;D

[limdaf]

feed baby bird every two hour or 3 hours ? I did experience with my kitty 10 day old and I use hand fed every 3 hours it a lot work.

[RoccoLaurie]

lol. i hear the lion sleeps tonight. in the backgeround. what do you feed the babies? and where can you get them? im starting a family in the summer since i have the time and just wanted some info.. thankss. cute babies!

[calikat38]

@RoccoLaurie i feed them a baby bird food made by zupreem

[TheLillypad954]

so all you have to do is give them a nest and they well do rest. i have 2 parakeets one male and one femeale. but the female bird is kinda of agressive to the male one what do i do? i have had them for over a year.

[calikat38]

@TheLillypad954 are you sure you have a male and female? is the nose on the male dark blue? if it is it just may be that the male is too pasive for the female. I am having that issue with my quakers. the female has built a nest and is actually plucking the male and using his feathers in the nest box. poor guy! She is ready to mate but i don't think he is. my keets were 2 years old before they were ready to mate so it just may be that.

[bestbuddies021]

help!!! I have 2 parakeets. A male and female ,,, the thing above her nose is turning all crusty and brown. She is new bought her this week, also the male will start to tweet and go crazy and seed share with her!! We have a nestbox and everything. Can Simone help me ! It'll be the first time for them and me! But I hand raised wild birds before they even hatch so I have experience

[calikat38]

@bestbuddies021 All you have to do is give them the nest box and nature will do the rest. The male is courting the female that is why he is feeding her. as far as the brown nose I've had that happen before and it went away it causes no harm. I remove the babies when they are 2 weeks old and start hand feeding them. good luck!

[buttorff1982]

That is crazy lol. IS it normal for a bird to be pretty quiet this is our first bird and we have only had her for a week. She is parakeet. Female from what the pet store said. Plus she doesnt like being touched I guess she has to get used to me. But she doesnt really chirp that much. Could she be lonely??

[calikat38]

@buttorff1982 it takes a little time for them to get comfortable with their new home. If you have a parakeet usually you can not tame them unless it is very young. Mine would usually chirp about every 2 hours for about 15 minutes.

[xXAngelYunaXx]

@buttorff1982 please buy her a friend. parakeets are swarm birds and get very lonely if have to live alone =(

[CherubHorse]

@xXAngelYunaXx Actually, as long as you play with the bird, the bird will have no problem without a friend. You can actually take place of its partner. I've had a single male budgie for 3 years, and he is the happiest budgie you could ever see. He talks, he sings his feathery little head off, and he loves to climb around me and fly around the house.

[xXAngelYunaXx]

@CherubHorse No you can NOT take the place of a friend for him. People who say that have actually NO idea what it's like for those birds to live alone. Sure, they become tame and sing to you. But only because they have no other choice. When you're not around, it is still lonely and bored.

[xXAngelYunaXx]

@CherubHorse oh and that it talks is a typical sign that it's lonely. Because it is not normal for birds to do that, even if it is cool for us, it's a conduct disorder.

[CherubHorse]

@xXAngelYunaXx Actually, NO. My bird sings his heart out to his mate, whom I got recently, and in the wild, parakeets actually mimic a LOT of sounds, but not crazy sounds you hear from humans. They have a complex limbic system which is essential for true communication and emotion, and I've studied all the emotions and won first prize in a sci. fair about bird emotion. And everyone but you seems to agree that they are not lonely.

[unik0rnz]

WAIT YR TURN, BANDIT 

[TheAnna3F]

aww! so cute!

[3511able]

Please don't try this at home. That is, talk to a bird breeder if you've never done this before. The formula must be exactly 105 degrees when it goes into the bird's gullet, or whatever. If the formula is too thick, the formula could stick inside the bird and kill it. I don't know the proper terms. Better check with a bird breeder. :)

[hannahbadtana]

aww there so cute:)

[Bikerboi]

thats so awesome.

[MrBlacksmith123]

omgggg sooo many of them to feed at once lol

[CaramelLitegloss]

what age do you start feeding them?

[101sasan]

where did you buy the thing to feed the babies?

[DestinysLoveChild]

awww they are adorable!

[621shelby]

are they all parakeet babies or just the yellow one without many feathers?

[ilovebirds2010]

super cute!!!!

[47lionking]

what will happen if u just let the mother feed the baby parakeet.

[KristyPantera]

So cute :)))

[47lionking]

wtf...so cute

[amoretti10]

que linduras!!!!!!!1

[LoveMagicAngel]

LOL They are so cute but three birds but only two hands xD;;

[shaza26101]

how do you successfully feed these cute babies??? What times do you feed them at?

[flipklenefoeva]

hey..what do u feed them?? do u buy the baby food at the store?? or do u make it urself???

[calikat38]

@flipklenefoeva

it is a dry food that you buy at the pet store made for baby birds that you mix with water.