The first days of the life baby birds of a budgerigar receive goitrous milk from the mother. But quite often there are situations when chickabiddies are left without care of the parent. Also it is necessary to make every effort and abilities for artificial bringing up.
Comfortable conditions for baby birds
If baby birds of budgerigars did not feather yet, it is necessary to create and also to maintain the optimum temperature and humidity. Air temperature in a nesting ground has to be about 33 wasps. It is possible to create such conditions, having wrapped a lodge in a thermoblanket or having put on a hot-water bottle with warm water. Regularly check temperature in a nesting ground to avoid overheating which can kill chickabiddies in only several minutes.
To maintain optimum humidity, from time to time spray a lodge with warm and clear water.
Bringing up of baby birds
Till seventh day of life use wavyparrotsspecial mix for bringing up of (is on sale in shop for animals). If that is not available, can use nonmilk baby food which needs to be parted to liquid pyureobrazny consistence, having added couple of drops of carrot or apple juice, a small piece of the boiled egg yolk (crushed). Temperature of mix has to be about 39 wasps, before feeding surely check it by means of the thermometer. Mix of low temperature is not acquired, food remains in a craw and begins to ferment, as a result baby birds die of hunger. Mix of high temperature will burn a craw. Take a budgerigar baby bird in a hand and put it on a back. By means of a small brush take a drop of mix and bring to a beak of a baby bird (sideways). If the parrot did not weaken, then will be able to swallow. There is also other way of feeding. Fill with mix the syringe and small drops squeeze out contents to a baby bird sideways of a beak. For once it is necessary to give 1-2 milliliters of mix. Feeding it is necessary to make through everyone half an hour-hour. Baby birds can refuse at first mix, but hunger will prevail, and they will begin to eat in this way. Every day increase breaks in feeding and amount of mix.
The hungry baby bird raises the head up and begins to peep.
After week age you can cease to feed baby birds at night (from 00 o'clock till 6 in the morning). Day feedings should be made every two hours. It is necessary to add liquid porridge from the crushed millet which the half of boiled quail egg and a half of a tablet of a gluconate of calcium enters to nutritious mix of two-week baby birds. Every day, porridge can be done to a thick. In a week include in a diet small polished carrots or apple, beet (in turn). From three-week age accustom baby birds to be spoon-fed, pushed through a door. During this period the parrots begin to feather therefore they do not demand additional heating. After a month of life accustom baby birds to adult food, impose porridges in a feeding trough, offer a dry grain feed and germinated grains.