Posted October 29, 200816 yr Well I decided to bite the bullet and try and crop feed the babies using the rubber tubing as they weren't getting enough food any other way. Wow I can't believe how easy it was!!!! The tubing was great and quite easy to use. Also very cheap, costing about 30 cents a metre! I have heard of people using rubber tubing before but as I couldn't find any specific instructions I follow Ross Perry's video and just adapted my technique to account for the fact that the tubing is more flexible than a syringe. Any way I really like the tubing and I think I will stick with it for the moment as I found it very simple and effective
October 29, 200816 yr Author A little scary doing the first one Jodie but once you can see how it works it's not so bad. The best bet is if you wait until the crop is completely full it's easy to see the tip of the tube/needle in the crop so you know you've done it right :party0011: Edited October 29, 200816 yr by Neat
October 29, 200816 yr Woohoo!! Well done MB!! I have seen baby cockatiels fed with a tube on youtube - looks so much easier than a needle and I'd say its a lot less stressful for the bird too.
October 29, 200816 yr gave them another feed this morning, babies seem to be doing well Thats excellent, I can imagine how daunting it must have been at first! Well done :party0011:
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