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I need some advice from those of you that have birds or that know someone that could help.
My Canary chick fell backwards from the nest today. He would always bring his butt out on the side of the nest to poop. Yes POOP. Only this time he went to far. I was on the phone at the time and was looking at him. So I can honnestly say he did not leave on his own or because he wanted to.Problem #1 he is only 14 days old where as usualy they leave the nest at 21 days.
Problem #2 His mother has only feed him twice eversince that I can see and right after the last feeding she pecked him none to gently.
Problem #3 if she stops feeding him his chanses of survival are pretty slim since I can’t be at home 24 hours a day and I’m gone from 7AM to 4PM, 4 days a week.
Please help I tried to put him back in the nest with no success he comes right back down. But then he wants back up there. I did this 5 times now I don’t want to stress mom and baby anymore than I have to.
does anybody have good advice?
I’m really stressed out right now about this. I don’t want to lose him.
Edit: I had already put a nest almost at the bottom of the cage. Again he won’t stay.
.I wish I had some advice for you and your little one. If it were a parrot and you had the time I’d suggest just pulling him for handfeeding or finding someone who can. I’ve never raised a canary but I bet it’s a tough job, with such a tiny crop. You could try lowering the nest if the little booger won’t stay in it, that’d at least hopefully keep him closer to mom. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that she keeps feeding him.
Keep an eye on things and see if his parents will tend to him even though he is not in the nest. Most parent birds will tend to chicks that have fallen out of the nest! If they do not, your options are somewhat limited. Do you have any experience handfeeding? Even if you do, doing it for such a small softbill is very hard to do (been there, done that). Your best bet would be if you can find someone that has had experience with it (sometimes avian vets will take a special case like this).
Try and observe for a while without intervening and see what happens.
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My art: featherdust.comJennifer wrote:Keep an eye on things and see if his parents will tend to him even though he is not in the nest. Most parent birds will tend to chicks that have fallen out of the nest! If they do not, your options are somewhat limited. Do you have any experience handfeeding? Even if you do, doing it for such a small softbill is very hard to do (been there, done that). Your best bet would be if you can find someone that has had experience with it (sometimes avian vets will take a special case like this).
Try and observe for a while without intervening and see what happens.
I did have to handfeed one of my Greensigners (Serinus mozambicus) before and it was a success. The mother had stopped feeding one of the chicks. But at the time I was not working long hours so it was possible. I don’t know any avian vets around here. And finding someone I can relly on is imposible. In this case only the mother is taking care of the baby since birth.I hope the mama takes care of the problem. You can only do what’s humanly possible, so don’t be down on yourself if things don’t work out. Best of luck!! *hugs*
Dragon Master wrote:has there been any update on Mama taking care of the baby?
I just got home and found him out of the nest again and mom does not seem to be feeding him at least not at the moment. When I got up this morning she was feeding him in the nest. So I gently put my hand in front of him so he would climb on and he did. I put him back in the nest. So now we will see what happens. Cross your fingers. 😉
It sounds like the mother bird hasn’t given up on him yet. 🙂 I wish I had some bright ideas for you, but unfortunately I can’t come up with anything that hasn’t already been tried. If he’ll stay in the nest more then we’ve got a chance; any point in putting a heavy paper collar around the nest that he can get his rear over but not climb onto? I don’t know if it would help keep him in, or just scare the mother bird away. 😕 Good luck!
I have an update on my canary chick. He is doing well sometime accidentaly falls to the bottom of the cage but mostly stays in the nest. Mother feeds him if he is in the nest. Funny thing is that he acts just like a 21 day old chick. He grab the side of the nest with his little claws and bats his wings like crazy just like he wanted to take of with the nest. That is the behavior of a 21-24 day old chick.
Thank you all for the advice…things are working out.
Pictures of him at day 16 can be found here:
http://www.windstoneeditions.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5996&start=60He’s a cutie! It makes me so happy to hear that he’s behaving himself at least part of the time and that momma’s still caring for him. Canaries are such wonderful, underrated little creatures.
ok I know I’m late but:
#1 a) check if the chick falls out on his own or b) he is thrown out of the nest by his mother,
a) do as you did, try and put him back
b) you can do two things, there is probably something wrong with him if his mother refuses him, you can either (I know this sounds harsh) let nature take it’s cause, or make him a comfy box in a warm place, make a feeding spoon or get a medicine shot and feed him with eggfood you can get from pet stores, mixed with luke warm water, blend must be 37-38°c (body temp is 37°c, just in case you measure in farenheit) start with the fine and end in coarse#2 birds can also get depression when breeding, I once had a lady who plucked herself and her chicks so they came out bald like monks
#3 that seems long but it is better than nothing, and you could leave him in the cage with the other birds and take the chance that some other birds will feed him in between,
just ask me, I know a lot of stuff, having bred birds myself
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