Manitoba Peregrines > Selkirk Peregrines
Selkirk Peregrines - 2012 / Ty & Paris
The Peregrine Chick:
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--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on July 31, 2012, 11:31 ---...When chick yells, food goes in...
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LOL! Sounds a lot like my cat! ;) Seriously though, I was wondering, is the procedure much like feeding a hack box raised chick, TPC? How does one inhibit the bird from imprinting on humans while in rehab? Or does imprinting only occur if the chick has not yet fledged????
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Imprinting on humans or other species only occurs when the chick is young. The West Winnipeg chicks were imprinting on a location so they knew where to come back to for food and that occurs later in development. For the Selkirk chick, it won't imprint in a nice way on humans as a result of its time in rehab - it doesn't like being around humans so chances are it will never really be happy when humans are around it or it's nestsite. Not a bad thing since the chick is going back into the wild. If the bird were non-releaseable, then the handler/falconer would need to spend alot of time convincing the bird that at least some humans aren't scary.
des:
Hey, I have complete faith in you guys - It was just interesting to imagine different scenarios... and best of all to then learn how it is done.
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on July 31, 2012, 11:31 ---...When chick yells, food goes in...
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LOL! Sounds a lot like my cat! ;) Seriously though, I was wondering, is the procedure much like feeding a hack box raised chick, TPC? How does one inhibit the bird from imprinting on humans while in rehab? Or does imprinting only occur if the chick has not yet fledged????
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: des on July 31, 2012, 10:33 ---
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on July 31, 2012, 09:55 ---Update on the Selkirk "kid" in rehab ... little terror doesn't want to eat as much as Lisa would like him/her to eat so they are going to make sure s/he eats today so we can get him/her back out to Mum and Dad asap.
The bird is fine, just being obstinate. Good sign that it doesn't like people messing around with him/her. :)
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"They are going to make sure s/he eats today"
Well that should be an interesting activity!!! And how do you do that...will there be photos?..standby first aid people for Lisa...
Good grief!
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No photos ::) You guys and photos ;)
Nothing so traumatic for either Lisa or the chick. When chick yells, food goes in. In order to yell again, food must be swallowed. Yell again, more food. That's a common technique, there are others that are a bit more medical in technique but they are all tried, true, quick and effective. This chick is old enough to pull its own food apart and feed itself but it's being obstinate. Evenutally it would eat but it doesn't like being in care and is as a result burning through its stored reserves quickly and we don't want it to do that as we want to get it back with its parents asap.
des:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on July 31, 2012, 09:55 ---Update on the Selkirk "kid" in rehab ... little terror doesn't want to eat as much as Lisa would like him/her to eat so they are going to make sure s/he eats today so we can get him/her back out to Mum and Dad asap.
The bird is fine, just being obstinate. Good sign that it doesn't like people messing around with him/her. :)
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"They are going to make sure s/he eats today"
Well that should be an interesting activity!!! And how do you do that...will there be photos?..standby first aid people for Lisa...
Good grief!
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