My new baby budgies

[malenkaya]

Hey my baby budgies are almost 2weeks old and..mommy had them indoors in her nest box.Its been a pretty hot week where I live so its been quite hot in the house.Ive been abit concerned about the new babies as..ive raise several clutches before but I have never experienced this type of body language..to me it looks like heat exhaustion..they aren't really panting or exhibiting open mouth breathing patterns..the way they are laying and almost like they can't keep eyes open..do u guys maybe have any idea? From looking at the pictures? Could it be heat exhaustion? If so what can I do for them?

[Marianne Marlow]

I am not familiar with breeding.

clt80 Hezz Anyone who has bred budgies?

[Hezz]

I’m guessing, but heat exhaustion, or dehydration, make sense. My first thought was that they look a bit primitive for two weeks’ old, but another read of your post says that they aren’t quite there yet. Do you have any formula that you could make up a little more runny than normal to get extra fluids into them? Maybe the parents’ food is too thick ... are their crops emptying out between feeds?

ron, can you help with this question at all?

[ron]

Hi malenkaya, is the mum acting normal, seen it hot enough in the birdroom have had fans circulating cooler air from windos/door, I would say not often in scotland though . Hezz we dont get much from pics but from the look of them they just look sapped of energy yet from the crops are being fed. Probably would have pulled them so could control the conditions and feeding better and like your suggestion would have made it runnier thinking it was dehydration myself if there's nothing else to go on.

[clt80]

Sorry only just seen this post. How are the babies doing now?