Hand Feed Baby Love Birds - Give an oral electrolyte solution for the first five days. If you are feeding a baby that has just hatched, wait six hours after hatching to hand feed.
Use the marker to label the three plastic containers. Designate one for food, one for bleach solution and the third for hot water.
Hand Feed Baby Love Birds
Create a solution of 10 percent bleach to 90 percent water in the plastic container marked “bleach solution.” Take the syringe apart, and allow it to soak in the solution for 10 minutes. Remove the syringe pieces and rinse them thoroughly with running water from the sink. Pour the remaining solution into the container used to prepare the food and wash it out. Then rinse using the same method you used for the syringe.
Reassemble the syringe; fill it with the oral electrolyte solution for the first six feedings to evaluate the digestive system.
Run hot water from your sink, and fill the second plastic container. Check the water periodically with a digital thermometer until it reaches between 110 and 115 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hand feeding baby lovebirds is a difficult and complicated process that should really only be attempted by those with previous experience or those who have been trained by expert hand feeders. It is imperative for the formula to heat up to the correct temperature prior to feeding, as death can occur within a small margin of temperature variance. Hand feeding can be an extremely rewarding experience, however, for people who have a schedule that allows them to feed their baby lovebirds around the clock. The baby birds recognize the person feeding them as a parental figure, producing a strong bond. - by eHow
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