Blackie, the zebra finch who somehow got his foot tangled in some hair, is doing a bit better now. :-) He's using his foot more, and he even managed a bit of romance with his lady friend. (How's that for putting it politely? he he)
I thought about contacting the company I bought the nesting materials from, to let them know that there was apparently several strands of black hair in the bag, but I really feel like it was just a fluke. Perhaps whoever mixed up the assortment of nesting materials somehow got several strands of their hair in the bag. I've bought their nesting material mixes multiple times without a problem, so I'll just start checking it thoroughly before giving it to the birds.
Whisper and Ghost's baby is doing okay. I've handfed him (her?) 4 or 5 times today, just to be sure. The little squirt sure can eat! :-) It's larger siblings are doing fine. They're more leery of me, but once they saw me feeding their little brother (sister?), they had to sample the handfeeding formula too. :-)
Tangerine and Echo have a hatchling now, hatched about 2 days ago. Their older baby is officially weaned, just in time. I named it Smoky, and moved it to a cage by itself. It *may* be a boy, but I'm not sure yet. :-)
Frostie and Streak also have two babies, hatched about 3 days ago. :-)
I'll be separating most of my pairs very soon (some are already separated) so that I don't end up with a gazillion birdies! ;-)
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