Little orphan birdie

Apr 28, 2016 6:36 AM

Talkingbird

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A customer at my pet shop dropped off a few hours old baby cockatiel. The parents of the bird were too young to care for it.

His only hope is being hand fed by humans.

His siblings didn't make it so I gave it some cotton balls to snug with.

Brought him home with me for the night.

I have to hand feed it every hour on the hour (taking a break from 10pm to 8am, momma bird wouldn't feed overnight).

So far so good.

Well, good to know humans aren't the only ones with ugly babies

10 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

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10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's young enough that you can probably convince it that it's a dinosaur...

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Cat- 'nothing to see here'

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That is one ugly duckling but hopefully it survives. @op we demand updates !

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

No update?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's so weird and cute . are you going to hand rear it?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yup!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Keep it away from the cat, okay?

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

I'm also not stupid. I don't leave them together in any type of situation that could lead to harm. He was sitting on the bed while I fed it.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 4

Thanks for your oh so helpful advice. My cat has no interest in birds. He was born and raised around them. More into paper bags.

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