Our 3-Month Old Baby Rio, An Exact Replica of Our Olive!
My husband, Kim, named the baby love bird, Rio. Though we still don't know yet it's gender, were hoping it's a male love bird. It was over 2 weeks old (according to the owner of the bird) when it came to us and as you can see, its feathers weren't complete yet.
It was our first time taking care of a baby bird. And we were advised to feed it with cerelac (a baby food formula), a day before it came so we were able to buy some. But my husband had put some chick booster powder (used to feed chicks - baby chicken) along with cerelac and mixed them with lukewarm water.
(Mixture of cereals, chick booster powder, and lukewarm water.)
Kim used to feed Rio every day (3x a day) with the use of a small plastic spoon, while we enjoyed watching them. After that, we just let our kids hold and play with Rio for minutes before we placed it back in the cage.
After 24 days, he was covered with green feathers with a little peach color on his face down to his neck, a replica of our Olive!
We were happy then since Rio reminded us so much of Olive. Now, we were not missing her so much.
He was starting to flap his wings and began to fly only short distances. And we're not yet that worried about him flying away from us.
Every morning we take him from his cage and the children will feed him. During this time, he was able to fly longer ranges.
Until one day, while he was being taken to feed his morning breakfast, he flew away! At first, he landed on a big tree near us. We tried calling him with the use of a whistle but after 20 minutes, he flew far away. I felt very worried for him the whole day, for he might be attacked by some big birds and he was still a baby!
Good thing, when the sun had almost set, a kid returned him to our home. He told us that Rio had landed on his grandmother's arm. They tried to feed him but he didn't eat anything. And decided to return him to us. They were just meters away from our house.
We examined him closely and found out that some of the feathers on his head were off. We suspected that maybe some big bird tried to attack him. I was thankful that he was home again.
But after 2 weeks, he flew again!
Though this time, I was not that really scared for him. I just thought that he will be home by afternoon. He just flew that morning and one of our neighbors, after the heavy rain had stopped, told us that they had captured Rio and returned him to us.
Now, we decided not to take him out of the cage, afraid he might fly away again and not be returned. We already lost Olive, and I won't allow another one would be lost, again!
If you reach this far, thank you and God bless everyone.
Love lots,
Jonalyn 🇵🇭
**All photos are mine.
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Cutie!!
Hehe, manggigil ko niya usahay, 😅
Ganahan sad bitaw ko magka pet ug ngon ani 😅
Lisod magbuhi ug dili ako oi wala nlng gidayon hahaha
Dili man sad jud ako ang ga hands on kaayu ana bitaw sis. Hilig na sa ako bana. So sya ako paatimanon eh. 😅
Saba lang jud Sila kaayu ay.
Basta cute ok ra saba 😂 awww
Wow, sorry, but that was thoughtless, wasn't it? Hope, this won't have any wind charms in the cage. Why would you put that in? An accident bound to happen..
Lovely birds,though.
It was hang together with the wooden loop inside. They love to play with the loop for 6months. It's just that we never anticipated it. After the incident, we make sure that the wind chime was taken away.
Ah, that's good news! 🙂👍
Maybe you can look for other toys.
I've seen little balls that they can roll around on the floor.
They also love mirrors, don't they?
We had budgies a very long time ago, seem to remember that.. 🤔
Anyway, glad you changed it..🙂👍
Waaa so cute! Hi, baby Rio! 😍 We used to have a bird called Martinez. It can mimic phrases and sounds just like parrots. Love birds are very cute! 😍
Martinez, we were looking for that kind of bird also, the one who can talk.😁
Yes, he's a cutie but this one doesn't talk and is yet very noisy.😅 thanks for dropping by @jijisaurart.
Tanggalin mo na lang un space after nun word na death para maging clickable un post hehe.
Anyway, buti naman at marunong pa rin umuwi si Olive.
Kaya Pala ayaw nya umano. Yung ganun.Hahaha.. my space pala.kalerkey.😅
Buti kamo at binabalik ng mga kapitbahay, dahil kung Hindi, kawawa kami. 😅
Edited: naalis ko na pero ayaw nya parin. Anu prob nya? 😭
Ay oo nga. Try mo recopy at paste yun link or rewrite na lang. Pag ayaw pa rin, baka bug hehe.
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Omg, he/she is so cute! We also have a bird back then, pero hindi namin binili, binigay lang sa amin. Kaso mukhang di nila gusto yung current environment nila kaya nagpumilit tumakas. Ganto din itsura nila hehe
Actually mga matatalino yang mga love birds na yan. At they really try to escape once makahanap ng pagkakataon. Kaya ingat talaga s lock. 😅 Yes, apaka cute niya. At lagi pa sya kinikiss ng husband ko. 😂
ay sinasalihan pa si husband hahaha charot
Rio; Ang ibong layas.
Hahaha.. na bobored daw kasi sya kaya ng unwind muna. 😅 Buti at nakabalik pa.
Baka naghahanap na Ng gf..ahahaha