ericsonfe

urmm. is this bad? i dunno but the feathers on his crop arent growing like it suppose to i think. here's the link to a bigger picture. http://i168.photobuc.../IMG_0796-1.jpg http://i168.photobuc.../IMG_0794-1.jpg

oh alright. i finally made it almost back to normal already. i did it like you said. and also use a Q tip for those hard to reach areas with my fingers. anyway, during cleaning him i notice him quite dirty, do baby budgies need to bath? if so how do i do it?

thanks so much everyone. very very helpful indeed. anyway it has been 7days since i last got it. seems like my friend will be there for quite sometime. it has been a rather eventful week. waking up to the budgie screams for food. (i just realise i haven't properly named my budgie yet. any suggestion? ) i got a few questions today! Most important question!! I let my brother feed it when i'm not able to be at home and he sometime forgets to clean him after eating. the hand feeding formula dried up on the feather below his beaks and on his crop feathers. i read somewhere that this was harmful as the feather will not be able to grow properly. i need urgent help on how to clean away the dried up formula. it makes the feather bunch up together and hardens up. i already tried some warm water to try and dissolve/soften it but its not helping much. help please? when will it be able to stand on the perch? or learn how to use its wings properly? how do you all usually spend time with the baby budgie? usually, after feeding, i let it rest for 1hr before taking it out to play. but mostly it just stands there staring at me or chirping away. thanks everyone again for ur help!

just after feeding his getting to be a naughty fellow. keeps biting and biting and wanting more food. check out his new box-house! he got a new stitch doll as a toy! . thanks so much everyone for your help. sorry that i keep bother you all with lots and lots of questions. you are a super helpful community!

thanks so much for the valuable valuable input. i will update with pictures of its status. he now keeps chirping chirping when his awake. i made the edible bedding like FINNIE told me too. Using raw rolled oats i bought from some health shop. When i put him in he keeps nibbling on them. i scattered some millet around too so he can eat them if he is sick of oats. his now eating alot too! i see the crop being full but it keeps asking for food! and i think i don't have to do crop feeding again. YAY! its scary enough trying to force the tube in his small little body. Do i need to put a small dish of water in the box? Cuz i he keeps eating the seed and oat, he might get thirsty? (will update later of pictures of him. )

hi im ericson! im new to the forums here and looked around. seems like a pretty good site with tons of information. Please to meet all of you! i have started a topic here. http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=30675&pid=364212&st=0entry364212 please do read and give comments as i am an unexperienced owner. THANKS SO MUCH AND A BIG HELLO FROM ME!

hi thanks so much! i now got a better idea already. and i wanna ask. how come my budgie doesn't beg for food during feeding time like the videos i see in youtube and such. my budgie just quietly sit there, eyes close even though he hasn't ate for the past 9hrs. (9pm till 6am.) today i tried your method using crop feeding. it was quite hard as he keep pushing the tube out alot of times. finally i managed to get in there to push the syringe. is this considered full? this is what i use to feed him. also regarding temperature. i keep him in my room. its around 29-31 degrees Celsius/87.8 degrees Fahrenheit? alot of his feathers are coming out already. its so exciting to watch him grow. thanks so much for reading.

Hello! i have no idea where do i post this so i decide to post it in this section. hope you all can help me out. i recently "inherited" a baby budgie. (long story as my friend needs go overseas for an emergency) he left me the budgie to take care for no idea how long. he left me some hand feeding formula, syringe, a cardboard box with shredded paper and a small cage. the budgie i think is about 15 or 16 days old. He taught me a little on how to feed it. it seems that the budgie was eating quite little. about 2 to 2.5ml of the formula. before closing its beak and eyes indicating it doesn't want to eat anymore. i don't know if that is too little for it. feeding at 4hrs interval and not feeding it after 11. is this okay? He(i hope so ) is frequently sleeping, straight after eating. closes its eyes. i wonder if thats okay? also its scratches/cleans? itself using it beaks often. flaky stuffs drop out usually. is this common? please do help me as its my first time taking care of a baby bird and no one around me take care of birds. below are a few pictures of him please do leave ur comments below. thank you so much!