missyjre
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Okay, I'm not sure if this should be here or in the breeding/babies. I do not breed and the baby isn't mine yet. But alas, it is a baby lol. So anyway. I took my birds to the vet today for wing/toenail trimmings and as I use the same vet for my chin she knows I have one and have had others in the past. She had someone bring in a momma and two babies several weeks ago. I'm not sure what was wrong with momma but one baby didn't make it and momma didn't make it either. The owner was going to have the other baby euthanized because she didn't want to hand feed her, so my vet opted to keep her and hand feed herself.
She asked if I would be interested in taking the lil girl now, or fostering her until a home could be found. Since I only have my one girl I'm more than happy to give her a home. She has been eating completely on her own and refusing the hand feeding for about 2 weeks now and has been gaining weight steadily. The vet thinks she's about 9 weeks old. I have never had a baby. I have always taken in older "Unwanted" chins. So the baby thing makes me a bit nervous. Now that I have went on and on I'll get to my questions.
I just ordered a FN 143 to use as a quarantine cage in the other room. I'm not really sure if it needs to have anything done to it to make it work for a lil one. Does it need hardware cloth wrapped or anything? What about shelf spacing do I need to do it differently than I would with an adult? I know no treats for a lil one, but is wood okay? Also, at that age, is she still too young for playtime outside the cage. And about what should her weight be and how should she gain? I know for the most part there are no exact answers but a general guideline would be a great help. Anything else that I may have missed that anyone is willing to slip in, or thinks I need to know I would appreciate it a great deal.
She asked if I would be interested in taking the lil girl now, or fostering her until a home could be found. Since I only have my one girl I'm more than happy to give her a home. She has been eating completely on her own and refusing the hand feeding for about 2 weeks now and has been gaining weight steadily. The vet thinks she's about 9 weeks old. I have never had a baby. I have always taken in older "Unwanted" chins. So the baby thing makes me a bit nervous. Now that I have went on and on I'll get to my questions.
I just ordered a FN 143 to use as a quarantine cage in the other room. I'm not really sure if it needs to have anything done to it to make it work for a lil one. Does it need hardware cloth wrapped or anything? What about shelf spacing do I need to do it differently than I would with an adult? I know no treats for a lil one, but is wood okay? Also, at that age, is she still too young for playtime outside the cage. And about what should her weight be and how should she gain? I know for the most part there are no exact answers but a general guideline would be a great help. Anything else that I may have missed that anyone is willing to slip in, or thinks I need to know I would appreciate it a great deal.