Feeding baby budgie how do i stop food geting in to lungs and it drowning?

Question

The budgie is aprox 1 week old and im worried it may drown due to feeding as this has happend before.Any tips too please.

Answer 1

Hold the bird with your left hand so that it is facing your right. Using the syringe, you need to place it directly into its beak from this angle (don't take your hand around... you need to feed from the right side of the bird, the lungs and the crop have two separate "throats" and drowning happens when you get the "wires" crossed.

Also, you need to make sure you watch it's crop -- this is kind of like our stomaches; when we eat a lot, you see it get full. Baby birds like to just keep eating and eating, so you need to pay attention to this to know when to stop. Don't let it get too full because it can and has killed birds before, I've seen it happen more than once.

Just make sure you put your finger up to it, and use a small syringe since it is a small bird.

Answer 2

i have heard that cold food increases the chance of food getting into the lung.the food should be 104 to 108 degrees.anything more than that and the baby will have crop burn.and anything less than that will cause food into the lungs.also when u see the crop and its bulging STOP as over feeding ur budgie can kill it.