I just had to separate Pearl and Smudge and the youngsters. One of the parents plucked the heck out of the two fledglings while we were asleep, but I'm not 100% sure which parent it was. Since Smudge is the most plucked of the two parents, I'm thinking that Pearl is the instigator. I also found an egg in one of their food cups, so I'm betting they've already started a new family even though I took their nest box away awhile back.
So ... I put the divider in their cage with the dad and the two almost-weaned youngsters on one side, and the mom on the other side. I put the egg into a nest box, and put it on the mom's side of the cage so she can lay any remaining eggs in a more appropriate place.
Hopefully the dad will continue to feed the two youngsters until they're fully weaned, and with any luck, I should be able to put the two parents back together after that ... unless Pearl's decided she doesn't need any help.
Guess we'll just have to see how it goes. It's always SOMEthing, isn't it? LOL!
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