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everlastingsoul) wrote2005-10-02 11:42 pm
everlastingsoul) wrote2005-10-02 11:42 pm
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Jack Junior and a little luck... (more bird talk)
J.J., the oldest of Jack and Jill's second clutch, was brought into the house to be fed on Friday. The other chick was left outside to be taken care of by Jack and Jill, since my parents didn't want them to feel put out about losing all of their chicks agian.
I don't know what to make of Jack and Jill's behavior. >_> Jack's as devoted as a male cockatiel can be to the chicks, but I don't know about Jill. More than once, both Jack and Jill have been outside, leaving their chicks alone inside the box. I suppose this wouldn't be a problem in the middle of the summer, but it's getting cold now.
... Anyway.
The next day, I guess my dad went outside to check on the other chick again. My dad had been looking after the chick on Friday to make sure Jack and Jill were still paying attention to it, and it would sit by the entrance waiting for its parents to come back in. On Saturday, my dad went outside to find the poor little guy cold and unmoving inside the nesting box. Of course, my dad takes the little chick inside and calls for my mom, thinking the chick might already be dead. The chick, however, had other plans -- it peeped feebly once for my mom, and they ran around the house getting things to warm the little one up. The chick survived and is now in the tub with his big brother, J.J.
And thus Lucky was brought into the house.
Jack and Jill are now inside the house, too. They're living right beside J.J. and Lucky in their cage, but they will go over and feed the chicks if given the chance. It's a pretty happy arrangement, and I don't think the chicks are in any danger anymore.
In other news, the remaining budgies (and Gretel's two chicks) have been moved into the lovebirds' old cage, and the lovebirds into the bigger cage Daddy built. Peach and Pear (the lovebirds) have also laid their first egg, which I'm sure my dad is very excited about.
I don't know what to make of Jack and Jill's behavior. >_> Jack's as devoted as a male cockatiel can be to the chicks, but I don't know about Jill. More than once, both Jack and Jill have been outside, leaving their chicks alone inside the box. I suppose this wouldn't be a problem in the middle of the summer, but it's getting cold now.
... Anyway.
The next day, I guess my dad went outside to check on the other chick again. My dad had been looking after the chick on Friday to make sure Jack and Jill were still paying attention to it, and it would sit by the entrance waiting for its parents to come back in. On Saturday, my dad went outside to find the poor little guy cold and unmoving inside the nesting box. Of course, my dad takes the little chick inside and calls for my mom, thinking the chick might already be dead. The chick, however, had other plans -- it peeped feebly once for my mom, and they ran around the house getting things to warm the little one up. The chick survived and is now in the tub with his big brother, J.J.
And thus Lucky was brought into the house.
Jack and Jill are now inside the house, too. They're living right beside J.J. and Lucky in their cage, but they will go over and feed the chicks if given the chance. It's a pretty happy arrangement, and I don't think the chicks are in any danger anymore.
In other news, the remaining budgies (and Gretel's two chicks) have been moved into the lovebirds' old cage, and the lovebirds into the bigger cage Daddy built. Peach and Pear (the lovebirds) have also laid their first egg, which I'm sure my dad is very excited about.