Gutsy-9, the baby peacock, is now about 72 hours old. He has begun to cry, and I mean CRY, if he is separated from me. His crying is like the beautiful sound of birds chirping and tweeting – multiplied by a million, which makes it not so beautiful.
If I put him on the floor he looks at me as if to say how could you abandon me like this?
Control crying methods will be helpful tonight.
Don’t be mean. Put a mini nappy on and he can sleep beside you 😉
I am not doing nappies!
I’m sure Ming will get up in the middle of the night to change the nappy 🙂
That’s really odd. When I brought my duckling she would do something similar, but would also be quite happy to wander around alone… as long as one of the family was still in her eye line.
I think the thing that did the trick was to put her in a room by herself and just let her get used to that. Alternatively we would give her something to do that a duck would normally do, so we would put her in a small bucket of water and she would be occupied, or put some grass seeds and things on the floor for her to rummage through.
I think you need to encourage normal bird behaviour, if that helps at all.
I’ve taken him outside so many times now but the others don’t like him. I’ll keep trying and thank you!
I was going to say put it in the bed with you… shame your Mommy now…
No way – I will squish it! It’s on my shoulder now sleeping and in a minute I will plonk it back into its box where is will scream for me – argh!
Poor Gutsy-9. give him a kiss from me
OK
this is very much outside my expertise (which includes and is limited to reading and writing) so I am not much help – good luck with the little one
I gather you don’t want to adopt him?
maybe when he stops crying
Aww, he’s a little creature separated too early from his momma
All the stupid peahens look at him aghast!
What are control crying methods?
It used to be this method of leaving the baby to cry for a bit – not sure if it is still used now – I should have put in a link. We never had to do it with Ming because he just slept – but this Gutsy pea in another story – on my shoulder now!
They should change puppy-face to peachick-face.
I hope he feels better.
Lots of love to the birdie. x
Thanks Ritika!
Bird babies, cat babies, people babies–they are all babies and want to know we still love them.
Irresistable!
That’s so sweet, and so sad, both at the same time. Poor little guy….and poor you.
He is rather demanding!
What a sweet little baby… I remember those “crying” nights ..but never with a chick! Hope you had good sleep!! xo
It worked! He slept all night in his box.
Sweetest thing ever! I didn’t know peachicks bonded with humans . . .
Neither did I!
A cute little tyrant by the sound of it! 🙂
Yes!
Sounds like what puppies do. Perhaps she missed her nurturing. I have no solution but to wait it out and lose a lot of sleep in the meantime. 😉 You are sooooo kind!
Well I didn’t have much choice!
Julie, be careful .. he is not going to be this cute forever – you don’t want a full grown turkey crying outside you door every night. *laughter
Good point!
Reminds me of having a new puppy in the house. Good luck. You’ll get through it.
At least he doesn’t howl like a puppy!
Aww poor boo. Pick him up! You an put a shoebox in the bed and he can sleep there 🙂
He’s in a box in the kitchen at night and seems to be okay – during day on my shoulder!
Aww, the wee soul just wants his new mommy. Have you ever watched SuperNanny Julie? I bet some of her control-crying tactics would work. Does he have a naughty chair? LOL just kidding. 🙂 Hope he grows out of it soon.
Ha – yes I remember Supernanny!
Aww – he’s very cute!
awwwwwwww the poor little thing……….he is lonely!! Pick him up and cuddle and give him a tiny kiss
I do!
What about a cute ‘stuffed animal’ and they say for puppies to put a clock with the sound of ticking ….that’s about the best I can offer..Sorry…Diane
It’s okay – the control crying method worked and he slept in his box all night!
How about getting a brother or sister so # 9 won’t be lonely when you are not around.
Put a mirror in his box at night. I am assuming you have a heat lamp on him to keep him warm? Then it should provide enough light for him to see himself in it. BTW, that cuteness of riding on your shoulder all day is not going to be very darling when he is full grown and wants to perch there! 😉
~Lynda
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I don’t understand why he seemed abandoned. So he hatched and was disowned?