Posted September 1, 200519 yr Hello guys Sorry for the delay... I had no batteries in my camera anymore. I had to check with my head in, which is very stressful to bobette... Plus i can't show you anything... But... Now i've put some new picts of the baby. Rv at : The nest in the ceiling more pict will follow Enjoy!!!
September 1, 200519 yr Well, you've got to say that it is a most unusual and unique breeding spot, that appears to have suited her very well. She is doing a very good job with her baby, and we can see the evidence of how well you are looking after her! Good work all round
September 1, 200519 yr looks good Is millet the only thing you are putting up there? Have you tryed and greens or even grated carrot? Adding a hard boiled egg with that is good to for a om feeding a baby. It's soft and easy for them to eat. Don't just think my bird has never touched fruit or vegges in her life so why try now. My hen wasn't fussed on them either but when she had her babies she was chomping it down when offered
September 1, 200519 yr Thank you for the comments everyone!!!! Yes i take really good take of my little birds, and the big ones too... the millet is there because it is the closest i can get the food to her... Next, i will show that on the side there are 3 little bowls for her - 1 with water, 1 with hagen's gourmet budgie mix, and one with gratted carrots and chopped brocoli. She doen't eat the veggies but i keep offereing them - maybe the baby will eat it... I am a but concerned with the dust there (you can see that there is stuud that is not good to breathe for them...I am afraid that the baby will breathe the dust ... I dont' want to vaccuum, or sweep inside the ceiling it makes bobette and the baby afraid... Any suggestion anyone??? Nat the boiled egg is a great idea. I willl go make a mash for everyone this minute!!! Thanks (any other suggestions are welcomed) *post merged* -Nerwen Edited September 3, 200519 yr by nerwen
September 1, 200519 yr I don't think you can do anything about the dust - your going to scare the birds too much, and I doubt you could clean it all anyway. I'd just leave it, til you can move the baby down. It's great to hear that you are looking after Mum so well. Try celery, with the leaves, corn, apple (I have one that loves apple) cauliflower, etc. Change the offering every day, and see what she thinks.
September 1, 200519 yr mmm i've tried corn, none of my birds like it, not even the cockatoo or the tiels - i thought they would but... Cauliflower received the same response... I have not tried the apples and the celeri tooo. Am going to have to buy some to try it (we don't like them...) what kind of aples work best?? red delicious? Mc Intosh? Granny Smith? The sweetest or the bitter apple? SHE HAS BEEN EATING THE CARROTS AND THE BROCOLI i just checked in the bowl... Unless she shoved it on the side (which i cant see) the is almost no veggies left this time... I will put some more when i put the egg mach... *post merged* -Nerwen
September 1, 200519 yr red apples, also try the green leaves off cauliflower, mine love them. Great news that she ate some!
September 2, 200519 yr I have been following this nest in the ceiling thread. I think she could not have picked a better spot to have her nest in. This way, she wasnt given a nestbox to stimulate her to breed or anything, just all nature doing its thing! That was truly a natural instinct for her to make a hole in something and actually have a clutch just like they do in trees in the wild. I personally would not even remove the chicks even after they get older. I would just keep checking on them but let it all happen naturally. If she didnt need help with finding a nest and making a clutch, then I'm sure she make it with the chicks also. Good luck with them!
September 2, 200519 yr I have been following this nest in the ceiling thread. I think she could not have picked a better spot to have her nest in. This way, she wasnt given a nestbox to stimulate her to breed or anything, just all nature doing its thing! That was truly a natural instinct for her to make a hole in something and actually have a clutch just like they do in trees in the wild. I personally would not even remove the chicks even after they get older. I would just keep checking on them but let it all happen naturally. If she didnt need help with finding a nest and making a clutch, then I'm sure she make it with the chicks also. Good luck with them! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh yeah that' really natural i can see that (Laughing out loud) Mmm, my concern is that she digged a hole in the tiles where she layed the eggs like she would do in a tree, sure but the only problem is that this tile is not even an inch thick... Know i've have to reinforce the bottom of the nest (on my side) with tape, from fear that the eggs will fall if the layer becomes too thin (Bobette is clarly unaware of that) What is the babies + the mother become too heavy for the layer of tile left and it falls the 10', later on (when they grow older) That is one of my concerns...
September 2, 200519 yr Ohhhh, how much of the tile is left now? So she has been digging it from up there and thinning the tile? I think re-enforcing with tape would work.
September 2, 200519 yr Can you tape something under the tile? Thick cardboard or something. And, just in case, put some padding under the tile, so if they do fall, they land on something soft. I am sooooo glad you have this problem and not me!
September 3, 200519 yr ohhh i've already done that bit just to be safe, i'll use a cardboard, as suggested with duct tape... that should hold there is not much left of the tile i guess : i could feel the weight og the bird in the depression... (when i put myself under the ceilling, i hear soft shirping now )
September 4, 200519 yr I thought I could see 2 little pink blobs, how are they going? good luck with it all..
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