my vet showed me how & had me do it with him right there, so while it IS possible & good for all bird owners to learn, don't just figure a couple vids will have u all set! He makes it look real easy, but if u have aggressive birds or other health issues, its still good to trust ur vet w/a lot of this stuff! Great demo tho! This is why bird ownership is a big responsibility & ongoing education is crucial!
I've hand raised cockatiels and doves for years,usually using a spoon or syringe and crop needles only for flushing crops or medicating. However I currently have a baby rainbow lorikeet that is the biggest challenge I've ever had, so I came here to refresh my technique. Sherbet the lori came to me with sour crop and coccidiosis, and despite appropriate medication anything and everything makes him regurgitate (it is apparently more psychological than anything, he learned to associate eating with the pain of a yeasty crop). Even the Vet that initially showed me how to crop needle had no idea how to stop my little man regurgitating after crop feeding. Thank you so much for the tip on pinching the oesophagus, I'm finally managing to get some weight on him! If he was still unable to keep food down with a crop needle we were originally going to have him put to sleep because it's been three weeks of this and he's a bit stunted already. Now I feel he has hope, and fingers crossed will learn to enjoy food once more when his little body is bigger and stronger. A thousand thanks from Sherbie and me :)
Hi Andrea! That is so fantastic, we're really glad Sherbert is finally starting to thrive. Kudos to you for taking on such a challenge, I'm sure that Sherbert will be very grateful that he is now in your hands.
Thanks for the informative video. I'm an Australian vet with a special interest in birds (done a fair bit of work with local avian specialists) and have recently moved to the UK where seeds remain the mainstay of nutrition and no one sells pellets! I've convinced my clinic to start getting in pellets for clients and crop needles/recovery food for sick hospitalised birds. This video was great to show my nurses to help them learn to crop feed/medicate along with my physical guidence.
@@kknetpal1245 thank you sir. We lost our beloved cockatiel.we took it to our near by get they put injection but it immediately died. Thats the reason I'm looking for an avian doctor in chennai
Thanks for sharing your crop feeding videos. The thought of crop feeding scared the crap out of me but, after watching your videos, I have become a very confident crop feeder :)
I feel uneasy for the birds in the demonstration, but I did learned a lot. Thanks for video. Many sick parakeets could have been saved had I known before about crop needles for feeding.
Dr Tony Tester, Today is A Big Day At My Place, Think I told You before that I have 4 Pairs of Gray Zebra Finches, trying to learn Fast, ("A CRASH COURSE!" Watching You, Lots! And hope I don't have to do what you've Demonstated (And Very Thorough and Descriptive, too! Also,Learning from Lots of RUclips Videos, & Library. Today, One Pair's babies are hatching! I'm Not Trying to see this, don't want to interfere...But it's FANTASTIC to Watch Mom and Dad's Action as their 1st time. Any Problems, I will Call on You, but You've helped me feel very Confident that I could do All of the Things I've heard you Explain in Great Detail. Thank you so very much, Eliza
Hi Eliza, we are so glad that you have found our videos very informative and helpful! We wish you all the best with your hatching chicks, and please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions! :)
Still a little confused if I’m holding the bird in my left hand looking at him the needle goes from the birds left side of his beak (my right ) to the birds right side like on a slant.?
U make it look so easy! But these comments below on "I hope I never have to do this" ir "wouldn't try it myself" just proves my point that owners are scared to learn this stuff! People should also maybe get some in person training on this by their vet. When I was 1st learning to do injections on birds..
Awesome videos! I am currently trying to raise a 16 day old cockatiel. Lately his crop has not emptied completely so I took him to the vet. The Dr., found yeast and has given me antibiotics. The bird seems fine at the moment but still the crop is slow at best. I am not trying to put new food on top of old food but am worried he needs food. Any tips would be greatly appreciated l!
Thats an excellent tip about the size of the ball so as not to penetrate the windpipe! Is there any advantage in using the rigid needle as opposed to a flexible one? Ive crop fed sick parrots before but Im having problems getting the beak open on this pee-wee Im currently caring for. Had the same prob with a pigeon once. Do you recommend it, or is it just not practical?
Dr Tony Gestier,Thanks for your Reply, Yes, Wednesday was a Very Happy day BUT....NOT TODAY, It Seems the Zebra Finch Parents DO NOT KNOW...How to feed their babies! It's as If They were Asking me for HELP! As I looked into their Nest and A dead baby got stuck on the popsicle stick I used to press down lightly on their nesting material to look into the nest.Then, I was Trying to show them that they Need to Eat and then put food into the baby's mouth. Both Parents began Eating like Crazy but Seemed Afraid of the babies and/or Still didn't KNOW how or what to do. I've watched your Videos Over & Over about Cropping a bird. BUT THESE ARE BABIES,....To try to help them, I should try "Hand feeding!" Is that Right? If so, with what? With The food you sell, eh? But how do I buy that Real Fast? I live in Barrie, Ontario, Canada! Do you sell that Somewhere, here? I'm Panicing and Pervous...I want to help them BUT I didn't Expect this and I didn't get prepared. For Now, If I give them Pureed bolied egg, carrot, sweet potatoes OR Unsalted Crackers, Do You Think that would be good? Please tell me what I should do? Thank You, Elizabeth Wells
I have a baby budgie that is 2 weeks old and is not being fed by it's mother. Do you have any advice on what the best course of action is? The bird is very weak and I'm currently considering taking the bird from the mother to crop feed. Should I leave the bird with the mother in hopes of her starting to feed or should I create a hospital box and crop feed? If crop feeding is the best course of action do you have any further advice on crop feeding smaller birds?
Hi Michaela, thank you for contacting us! If you do not believe that the mother is able to look after the chick herself, you may need to remove the bird from the nest and raise it yourself. I would recommend joining some online forums/budgerigar clubs where you can talk to others that hand raise budgerigars as well. You will need to have a brooder to keep the chick in, that is kept at the correct parameters, and a good quality hand rearing formula such as Neocare or Nutricore. :)
I have some green cheek conure chicks who will regurgitate / vomit a couple times after feeding them with a tube. Why is that? Is it irritating their throats? And would a quality crop needle spare them this trouble?
Hi, depending on what kind of tube you are using, it could be causing some irritation. We always encourage good quality crop needles! Also ensure that you are not overfilling their crop, as this could cause some issues as well.
Hi Kamarul, thank you for watching and commenting on our video. I will pass your request onto our team! we do not manufacture the bent crop needles which is why we currently do not have a video on the use of them. :)
@@KamarulAzlanAhlengChai if you email sales@vetafarm.com.au with your request and some information on your business, one of our friendly staff will be able to assist you!
+richard garland That is ok, each person has a personal preference to what they feel comfortable doing. Vetafarm have even produced a specially tapered spoon that can connect to a syringe for easier feeding, called the Ezy Feeder.
Excellent video i only have 1 comment re your comment "safe as a bank" Word of the wise... Banks are not actually safe most people assume they are don't believe me, Talk to anyone who lives in Greece recently watch them tell you how they thought their money was safe in the bank and then the rude shock they got when they came to the realization that the bank refused to give them their money now. you think this can't happen in countries like America or Australia hehe think again. so. long story short, i know this is off topic of the video, and i appreciate your video but. the point i'm trying to make is do me a favour, don't program yourself and tell yourself that banks are safe it's a bad habit stop doing that. otherwise, one day YOU MAY GET A RUDE SHOCK and be left penniless even though you actually had hundreds of thousands of dollars of life savings IN THE BANK food for thought... ok
my vet showed me how & had me do it with him right there, so while it IS possible & good for all bird owners to learn, don't just figure a couple vids will have u all set! He makes it look real easy, but if u have aggressive birds or other health issues, its still good to trust ur vet w/a lot of this stuff! Great demo tho! This is why bird ownership is a big responsibility & ongoing education is crucial!
I've hand raised cockatiels and doves for years,usually using a spoon or syringe and crop needles only for flushing crops or medicating. However I currently have a baby rainbow lorikeet that is the biggest challenge I've ever had, so I came here to refresh my technique.
Sherbet the lori came to me with sour crop and coccidiosis, and despite appropriate medication anything and everything makes him regurgitate (it is apparently more psychological than anything, he learned to associate eating with the pain of a yeasty crop). Even the Vet that initially showed me how to crop needle had no idea how to stop my little man regurgitating after crop feeding. Thank you so much for the tip on pinching the oesophagus, I'm finally managing to get some weight on him! If he was still unable to keep food down with a crop needle we were originally going to have him put to sleep because it's been three weeks of this and he's a bit stunted already. Now I feel he has hope, and fingers crossed will learn to enjoy food once more when his little body is bigger and stronger.
A thousand thanks from Sherbie and me :)
Hi Andrea! That is so fantastic, we're really glad Sherbert is finally starting to thrive. Kudos to you for taking on such a challenge, I'm sure that Sherbert will be very grateful that he is now in your hands.
😊😊
Thanks for the informative video. I'm an Australian vet with a special interest in birds (done a fair bit of work with local avian specialists) and have recently moved to the UK where seeds remain the mainstay of nutrition and no one sells pellets! I've convinced my clinic to start getting in pellets for clients and crop needles/recovery food for sick hospitalised birds. This video was great to show my nurses to help them learn to crop feed/medicate along with my physical guidence.
This video is very helpful to us Indians who don't have any avian vet here to advice us... Thank you so much Sir
Very true . It's shame that we dnt have avian vet.
We do hv avian vets in Chennai,.......I don't know where u r from..
@@kknetpal1245 can you give me their address
@@love-cs8iw petz smart pet clinic thoraipakkam...He is trained at falcon hospital, Abudhabi...
@@kknetpal1245 thank you sir. We lost our beloved cockatiel.we took it to our near by get they put injection but it immediately died. Thats the reason I'm looking for an avian doctor in chennai
Thanks for sharing your crop feeding videos. The thought of crop feeding scared the crap out of me but, after watching your videos, I have become a very confident crop feeder :)
Thank You for making this video. It just saved the life of one of my budgies.
We are glad to hear that it helped to save your budgie, and hope that the little one is feeling much better!
I feel uneasy for the birds in the demonstration, but I did learned a lot. Thanks for video. Many sick parakeets could have been saved had I known before about crop needles for feeding.
What do you mean? Did your bird die because of the cropburn? Or u dident know how to feed it
@@MAGIC_JEFF that comment literally says nothing about crop burn or dying 🤔
excellent video. thanks for doing this for all us bird owners who need to learn to do this if birdie gets sick. they still need food and water.
We are glad you found our video helpful! :)
This helped me feed my baby lovebird that did not want to eat from a spoon. Thanks so much!!!
Dr Tony Tester,
Today is A Big Day At My Place, Think I told You before that I have 4 Pairs of Gray Zebra Finches, trying to learn Fast, ("A CRASH COURSE!"
Watching You, Lots! And hope I don't have to do what you've Demonstated (And Very Thorough and Descriptive, too! Also,Learning from Lots of RUclips Videos, & Library.
Today, One Pair's babies are hatching!
I'm Not Trying to see this, don't want to interfere...But it's FANTASTIC to Watch Mom and Dad's Action as their 1st time.
Any Problems, I will Call on You, but You've helped me feel very Confident that I could do All of the Things I've heard you Explain in Great Detail.
Thank you so very much, Eliza
Hi Eliza, we are so glad that you have found our videos very informative and helpful! We wish you all the best with your hatching chicks, and please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions! :)
Thanks you so much sir.its very helpfull,😊😊😊😊
Thank you for sharing your techniques.
Thank you Chris! We are glad you found our videos helpful!
Chris Lee
Make video for birds health disease symptoms , multivitamin and treatment ... thanks
Great i was always wondering how im going to use these straigh needles i just bought🤔
Still a little confused if I’m holding the bird in my left hand looking at him the needle goes from the birds left side of his beak (my right ) to the birds right side like on a slant.?
U make it look so easy! But these comments below on "I hope I never have to do this" ir "wouldn't try it myself" just proves my point that owners are scared to learn this stuff! People should also maybe get some in person training on this by their vet. When I was 1st learning to do injections on birds..
A demonstration on a larger Parrot would be very helpful as the handling technique shown in the video isn't feasible on a Macaw
What about for the pigeon
Awesome videos! I am currently trying to raise a 16 day old cockatiel. Lately his crop has not emptied completely so I took him to the vet. The Dr., found yeast and has given me antibiotics. The bird seems fine at the moment but still the crop is slow at best. I am not trying to put new food on top of old food but am worried he needs food. Any tips would be greatly appreciated l!
very good video
Thank you for watching Justin - we are glad you enjoyed our video!
Wow! thanks so much 😀
Not a problem! :)
Thats an excellent tip about the size of the ball so as not to penetrate the windpipe!
Is there any advantage in using the rigid needle as opposed to a flexible one?
Ive crop fed sick parrots before but Im having problems getting the beak open on this pee-wee Im currently caring for. Had the same prob with a pigeon once. Do you recommend it, or is it just not practical?
nice dr
Dr Tony Gestier,Thanks for your Reply, Yes, Wednesday was a Very Happy day BUT....NOT TODAY, It Seems the Zebra Finch Parents DO NOT KNOW...How to feed their babies! It's as If They were Asking me for HELP!
As I looked into their Nest and A dead baby got stuck on the popsicle stick I used to press down lightly on their nesting material to look into the nest.Then, I was Trying to show them that they Need to Eat and then put food into the baby's mouth. Both Parents began Eating like Crazy but Seemed Afraid of the babies and/or Still didn't KNOW how or what to do.
I've watched your Videos Over & Over about Cropping a bird.
BUT THESE ARE BABIES,....To try to help them, I should try "Hand feeding!" Is that Right?
If so, with what?
With The food you sell, eh?
But how do I buy that Real Fast? I live in Barrie, Ontario, Canada! Do you sell that Somewhere, here?
I'm Panicing and Pervous...I want to help them BUT I didn't Expect this and I didn't get prepared.
For Now, If I give them Pureed bolied egg, carrot, sweet potatoes OR Unsalted Crackers, Do You Think that would be good?
Please tell me what I should do?
Thank You,
Elizabeth Wells
very informative thank you. although i would never try it :S
How would I go about worming a hawk or falcon, a kestrel for example, as they are not so keen on being handled.
Hi Alfred, for hawks and falcons most owners use a worming tablet and place it into a food item. :)
I have a baby budgie that is 2 weeks old and is not being fed by it's mother. Do you have any advice on what the best course of action is? The bird is very weak and I'm currently considering taking the bird from the mother to crop feed. Should I leave the bird with the mother in hopes of her starting to feed or should I create a hospital box and crop feed? If crop feeding is the best course of action do you have any further advice on crop feeding smaller birds?
Hi Michaela, thank you for contacting us! If you do not believe that the mother is able to look after the chick herself, you may need to remove the bird from the nest and raise it yourself. I would recommend joining some online forums/budgerigar clubs where you can talk to others that hand raise budgerigars as well. You will need to have a brooder to keep the chick in, that is kept at the correct parameters, and a good quality hand rearing formula such as Neocare or Nutricore. :)
What is crop size (volume) of monk parrot in ml
I have some green cheek conure chicks who will regurgitate / vomit a couple times after feeding them with a tube. Why is that? Is it irritating their throats? And would a quality crop needle spare them this trouble?
Hi, depending on what kind of tube you are using, it could be causing some irritation. We always encourage good quality crop needles! Also ensure that you are not overfilling their crop, as this could cause some issues as well.
Why don't vetafarm drill out the crop needle ???
What do you mean, sorry?
can you show how to use the bend type crop needle aswell? tq
Hi Kamarul, thank you for watching and commenting on our video. I will pass your request onto our team! we do not manufacture the bent crop needles which is why we currently do not have a video on the use of them. :)
@@vetafarm tqsm.. i would like to be a part of your product agent aswell if i could haha..
@@KamarulAzlanAhlengChai if you email sales@vetafarm.com.au with your request and some information on your business, one of our friendly staff will be able to assist you!
X.
Thats a huge needle 😔
Poor baby 😔😭😓
Good info but Jesus dude, stop shaking the birds whike making hands gestures while your talking.
im sorry but i would never feed my bird like that
+richard garland That is ok, each person has a personal preference to what they feel comfortable doing. Vetafarm have even produced a specially tapered spoon that can connect to a syringe for easier feeding, called the Ezy Feeder.
A pet lover can save his Pet . from the info provided
Excellent video
i only have 1 comment
re your comment "safe as a bank"
Word of the wise... Banks are not actually safe
most people assume they are
don't believe me, Talk to anyone who lives in Greece recently
watch them tell you how they thought their money was safe in the bank
and then the rude shock they got when they came to the realization that the bank refused to give them their money
now. you think this can't happen in countries like America or Australia hehe
think again.
so. long story short,
i know this is off topic of the video, and i appreciate your video
but.
the point i'm trying to make is
do me a favour, don't program yourself and tell yourself that banks are safe
it's a bad habit
stop doing that.
otherwise, one day YOU MAY GET A RUDE SHOCK and be left penniless
even though you actually had hundreds of thousands of dollars of life savings IN THE BANK
food for thought... ok
+Martin Kuliza Thank you for the advice Martin! I'll keep that in mind.
***** Not a problem, take care