Updated Baby Pictures 7/6/04

[Logan]

Taken late last week (not sure which baby it is):


Baby#3

All 3 babies with Mom Milly:

Baby #2 So Sleepy:


More coming.......

[Logan]

Baby #3:

The whole family:

Aly's baby (I hope):

All 3 babies today (after a visit to the vet):


That's it for now!!!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

How sweet! That Bennie seems to be a bold one! He's not shy like the other two. Maybe because he is the 'older brother'? Thanks for the pictures!!!

[Cinder & Smoke]

WW!

They're growing like... WEEDS!

They must have spent the entire vacation ...
** E A T I N G **

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

THEY ARE SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!

*FAT AND CUTE* FAT AND CUTE* FAT AND CUTE* FAT AND CUTE*

{{~BIG FAT HUGE GRIN~}}






They are adorable... sittin in their little cage with mommy bird!!!! If I were there,,, i would spend the WHOLE ENTIRE DAY lookin in the cage at them!!!!

[aly]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

How did the vet visit go?

They're all so cute, but that Bennie pulls so hard at my heartstrings!

[Logan]

Thanks, everyone, for your kind words! I am such a proud "grandma"!!!!

Aly, they had a great vet visit. Baby #3 is a little "behind" the others in growth and ability, but Dr. Fernandez was still pleased with all of them and their progress. He did clip the wings of Milly, Roger and "Bennie", but not the other two since they haven't shown any signs of trying to fly. Everyone was pooped when they got back home!

All 3 babies are beginning to climb and they are also trying to eat a little on their own. Mom is still feeding them, though, as is Roger when he gets the chance. And everyone is starting to "talk" a little, although they aren't nearly as loud as Milly and Roger, thank goodness!!!!

Sara, I DO stare at them every minute that I am here!!! They share my office with me, so I have a perfect view of them when I am working!!

[chrissycat21]

They are so adorable!

My uncle's cockatiel layed eggs, but none of them hatched. (We knew that they wouldn't) Everyone, even the vet, thought that his cockatiel was a boy, they didn't realise it was a girl until she layed her eggs. (And that wasn't until she was 17!)

-Chrissy, Snowy, and Taffy

[jazzcat]

They are so adorable!!!!!

[jenluckenbach]

SO cute!!!

[*LabLoverKEB*]

They are all so adorable and beautiful! I loved all of the pictures! Thanks for sharing! How did the vet visit go? I hope it went well. Are pet birds supposed to go to the veteranarian on a regular basis like dogs and cats? Thanks!

[Tina]

They are just too cute!!

[lbaker]

I can't believe how fast they grow. I know nothing about baby birds (or even grown birds) but they sure look happy, healthy and verrrry well taken care of by mom, dad and grandma. That is so grand that Millie and Roger BOTH are such active parents. awwwwww

[Freckles]

Originally posted by Logan
All 3 babies are also trying to eat a little on their own. Mom is still feeding them, though, as is Roger when he gets the chance.

I'm not a bird person so hopefully this isn't too dumb a question!

I often read a bird has been "hand fed" and it seems to be a better bird. What does that mean and how is it done?

[Logan]

Joan, I am not an experienced bird person either! Handfeeding means that you literally pull the babies from the parents at a young age, use an incubator, and literally feed them, by hand, with a special syringe and special formula. How often they are fed depends on at what age you pull them. After doing a lot of research and talking with people who are much more knowledgeable than myself about these matters, we decided to let Mom and Dad handle the feeding and the ultimate weaning. I have not handfed these babies and will not at this point. They are getting used to being held by us, though, and Milly is not bothered by our picking them up, removing them from the cage, etc. I hope that they will be friendly, fun birds, wherever they end up, regardless of the fact that we chose not to handfeed them. We're making sure that they have lots of interaction with humans (mostly me, since I am the one here with them, in the same room, most of the time).

They might be even more human friendly had I handfed them, but it would be like having 3 infants at one time, with feedings up to every 2 hours! I hope I'm doing them justice this way. They certainly are precious and do not fight being held at all.

Hope that answered your question!
Logan