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Parakeet

Will the female parakeet take care of the babies once hatched by her self cause I took her n put her by her self in a separate cage

Hi,

I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but the worst thing you can do with a breeding pair is to disturb them in any way. By moving the female, and presumably the chicks, she will probably abandon them. You can try putting the chicks and the female back where they were before, with the male. Maybe you will be lucky and they will take care of them. The male and female both help with the chicks. Give them privacy and hopefully they will feed the chicks.

Thank you for asking Lafeber,

Brenda