My Angel's little ones are now 1 week old. One of my problem children has only been gaining weight for 2 days (and not enough), so I have to give him extra food. In my opinion, Mama is giving too little milk, so I may have to support all of them soon, currently according to…
Hello! Since there are many different opinions on the Internet, I thought I would ask here: What is the "normal weight" of a two-week-old rabbit? Brief context: We took her in when she was just under a week old because her mother disappeared. ( The enclosure's fence is two meters high; digging underneath isn't possible…
My hand-reared cat is now an adult, but she always jumps into my bed between me and my boyfriend at night, and recently she's also started falling asleep with her head on my hand. Since she hasn't done this before, I wanted to ask if this is simply a way of showing affection or if…
Hi, I have a lovebird that I have only been hand-rearing so far. He is now about 6 weeks old and is learning to fly and eat seeds. Since I can't always be there, I wanted to get him a partner. I have now got another lovebird that is about 8-9 weeks old and can…
Hello, in a few days I'll be taking in a 3-4 week-old budgie from a friend who can't seem to eat on his own yet. Unfortunately, he has to be separated from his parents because he's somehow rejected. My friend, however, doesn't have the time and is very busy, so I wanted to take over…
Can anyone help me or give me a tip? I've had a baby mouse for two weeks now that I found in my garden, and even after several hours, its mother hasn't taken it. I feed it cat milk mixed with fennel tea every few hours, followed by a little belly massage. It now has…
Hello, our doe gave birth to 8 little bunnies on Tuesday. Unfortunately, we had to put them in the nest because she didn't do it and the little ones were already very cold. In the evening, we found 4 dead bunnies and 4 alive but ice-cold bunnies in the nest. There was hardly any life…
Hello, My bunnies unexpectedly had a new addition to the family last night, but the mother isn't interested in the little ones at all, she pushes them away and doesn't even look at them, which is why I'll probably have to hand-reare them once I've nursed them back to health. I've read that you can…
Hello everyone, my rabbit was unintentionally pregnant, which we unfortunately only found out about when she was building the nest. She had the babies on May 8th and that same evening destroyed the nest, scattered all the babies around the cage and attacked them. Because she didn't feed the babies, we put her on once…
Hello! I have a budgie male that was hand-reared. At first, I kept him with another male, but it didn't really work out. I then got two hens, but he's still completely alone and doesn't want any contact with the others. As soon as the others even move, he's afraid of them. I've been experimenting…
Hi everyone, I need a good heat lamp for my budgie chick. I'm really unsure about this, as the chick could dehydrate if it's too hot. And first of all, I'm not hand-rearing voluntarily, but I have to because the parents rejected their chick, and yes, the chick is unfortunately an only child. I'd appreciate…
I'm getting chicks, a coop, etc., everything's there, but how should I pick them up? By hand or what?