Chick throwing or nest abandonment in canaries and finches
Other names: The father throws out the chicks، The nest is abandoned
Symptoms
- Chicks on the floor
- Eggs left cold
- Chicks not being fed
How it spreads
Not contagious.
Diagnosis
Watch who is throwing (often the male in Gouldians per finchinfo).
Treatment
Remove the male and return the chick to the mother; if it repeats, place the eggs or chicks with a foster Bengalese or hand-feed. Exclude pairs that repeat it from the breeding program. (All under veterinary supervision.)
Prevention
Calm, enough live food and egg food, a deep closed nest, and reduce nest checks.
Season
Breeding season
Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.
Other diseases
- Egg binding
- Chronic egg laying
- Egg yolk peritonitis
- Cloacal prolapse
- Feather plucking
- Overgrown claws and beak
- Heatstroke / heat stress
- Cold stress in adult birds and chicks