Join date : 2011-05-18 Age : 53 Location : San Diego County, California Posts : 2083
Subject: Co-Parenting: Alternative to Handfeeding Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:11 pm
Fallen_Parakeet wrote:
Oh hahaa. I want to get another parakeet this summer but im still not sure if my parakeet (Pete) is a boy or girl. I think it's a boy but im not positive... anyways when you have baby parakeets and other small birds is it bad if you don't hand feed it? I mean like I will still be going to school and it would be really hard to bring baby birds to school and feed them Hahhahah. (that was a joke i'm not acutally going to do that) hahah.
You can always "co-parent" the babies instead of taking them from the parents for handfeeding. In a nutshell, it's taking the babies out of the box a few times a day and playing with them; putting the babies back for mom and dad to feed and take care of.