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A couple entries ago I mentioned my budgies laid eggs.

Egg #1 hatched on the 16th. Awww, naked little pink thing. Had to buy a nest box though as it is warmer than a food dish. I'll try to get pictures up sometime soon.


UPDATE

. . . aand the chick died.  Apparently the bird wasn't feeding it. I half-expected this to happen because she's not the brightest bulb and this was her first clutch. All my calls and research said to give the parents 2-3 weeks to care for them before any hand-feeding but I guess I'll have to start right as they hatch.  So right now I'm trying to find a syringe small enough to feed them because their mouths are SO tiny.


11/21/11

Egg #2 hatched this morning :-)

I managed to feed it this time with chick food and it ate it right up until its crop was full (the crop is that little pouch birds store food in).  I never anticipated I'd be a bird breeder of sorts.  I actually wanted to be a vet when I was little but I liked art more, which is why you see anthro art all over my gallery. So yay, I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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:iconsnowfur23:
Aww! I have a budgie. She's very beautiful, white with pale blue markings, so I called her Heaven. She's a jerk, though T_T. I wish I could breed her...I love eggs
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:icontazi-san:
*Tazi-san Jan 4, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
LOL, ironic name. Does she have a mate(that she likes)? They may get going if you get them a nest box.
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:iconsnowfur23:
I think my parents would kill me if i tried lol. But I decided recently I want to be a veterinarian for birds so I'll get plenty of chances
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:icontazi-san:
*Tazi-san Jan 7, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Cool, I think the avian field is a great field.
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:iconmangamaniacnatneko:
All the best with the second chick mate, when our rabbit had babies ages ago we had not idea until we found she had eaten them and splattered there blood across her hutch, so you are doing much better than we did =P
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:icontazi-san:
*Tazi-san Nov 30, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
:O . . .
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:iconmangamaniacnatneko:
Yeah thats what we thought too =)
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:iconclutch45:
Oh, wow, how exciting!
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:iconrealm-of-the-shadows:
~Realm-Of-The-Shadows Nov 24, 2011  Hobbyist Interface Designer
glad to see you have some good news! hope this one lives long!
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~JesusFreakUnlimited Nov 22, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
cool. good luck with the little birdies.
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