Baby bird feeding kit Pk

Baby bird hand feeding kit, including budgie, parrot, and pigeon.

Please exercise caution when handling if you have a nut allergy, as this food contains peanuts.

This kit includes everything necessary for the emergency hand-feeding of a baby budgie as well as parrots and pigeons. It’s also perfect for occasions when you have a sick bird that cannot feed itself.

The kit contains: 1 x 10 ml syringe, 2 x 5 ml syringes, 1 small crop tube, 1 long thin crop tube, 1 x long thicker tube, a metal feeding spoon, and a 50g foil pouch of hand rearing formula powder. This food can be frozen and maintains its powdered form.

Feeding Instructions

0 – 2 Days – 90% hot water to 10% formula

3 – 7 Days – 85% hot water to 15% formula

7 – 21 Days – 80% hot water to 20% formula

21 Days – 75% hot water to 25% formula

How to feed a Gouldian chick from hatching (and similar) – A finch is tiny when it hatches, only needing to be fed 12-24 hours after hatching. Prepare a small amount of rearing food with a watery consistency to start. Dip the tip of the wooden stick into the mixture and gently place it into the chick’s mouth with ONE OR TWO DROPS every half hour or so. DO NOT USE A SYRINGE. Gradually increase the thickness and quantity of food as the chick grows. The crop tube will not harm the crop since it is tapered and smooth, and it is easier to hold the syringe as shown in the picture for better control.

When the chicks are big enough to use the crop tube (around a week old), simply draw up the mixture and gently plunge it into the mouth and crop at small intervals, mimicking the natural feeding motion of the chicks. This method of feeding with the syringe resembles how their parents feed them. If a chick is very ill and not asking for food, draw up a small amount of food and carefully open the chick’s mouth to pass it into the crop, filling it slowly. Avoid overfilling the crop, as the chicks’ windpipe is located just behind the tongue, and too much food can lead to choking. I speak from experience, and it’s heartbreaking. It’s better to offer small amounts frequently rather than too much at once. On days 1 and 2, give only a few drops at a time. By days 3 to 7, the crop will expand and hold more food. On days 14 and beyond, approximately 1 ml or more if required. It’s all about trial and error, and sometimes things can go wrong, resulting in the unfortunate loss of chicks, even when you do your absolute best. I have been hand-rearing my neglected Gouldian finches since 2001, which does take time to master.

Ingredients: Ground corn, soybean meal, corn gluten meal, ground wheat, ground brown rice, ground dehulled sunflower seeds, ground dehulled peanuts, sugar, canola oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, dried yeast, ground flaxseed, lecithin, dried beet pulp, dried kelp, oat groats, L-lysine, choline chloride, DL-methionine, biotin, vitamin E supplement, niacin, calcium L-ascorbyl-2-monophosphate, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, D-calcium pantothenate, vitamin B12 supplement, rosemary extract, beta-carotene, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, inositol, folic acid, vitamin A supplement, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, vitamin D3 supplement. Guaranteed Analysis: Crude protein (min) 22%, crude fat (min) 10%, crude fibre (max) 3.5%, moisture (max) 9%, calcium (min) 1%, phosphorus (min) 0.8%, vitamin