Hi guys was just wondering if I could get some advice in what to do, our pair have 4 babies in the nest between 2-3 weeks old, today the male got out and took off and now the female is left alone, will she need help feeding the babies ? the male rarely went into the nest box but would feed her every time she came out, any advice would be great, as we would hate to loose any of the babies, I have hand fed Cockatiels before from 2 days old but never fed budgies, I have some hand raring mix I bought when the 1st egg hatched just in case. we have been hoping that maybe the male will hear the others and come back but unfortunately I think he is gone my son was very upset, we have left some celery and seed out on-top of the cage just incase because he is use to being handle and if he comes for a feed we might be able to get him.
anyway any advice on what we should do would be great
regards
Tinka