Kakarikis are inquisitive, cheeky, friendly birds.
Kakarikis need a high protein diet which they get from eating lots of greens, eg broccoli, peas, cooked beans, sprouts, nuts.
You can also give them dried or fresh meal worms.
A wholefood diet of seed, grains, grasses and seed heads, flowers, native tree nuts and seeds such as melaleuca, grevillia, eucalypt. Both dried and fresh.
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Baby Kakarikis are handled daily in the nest to ensure confident, happy babies.
Babies are brought in the house to handrear as companion pets at 2 weeks old.
Parent birds see their babies daily, flying in and out of the house and checking on their babies progress.
While parent birds are exercising in a morning and afternoon, I check babies and do a light clean out nesting boxes with a change of nesting material every few days.
Pine shavings and a mix of diatomaceous earth, nesting herbs- lavender, mint, calendula, rose are added for freshness and to minimize parasite issues.
Once inside:
Out of brooder time is used to feed babies and check weight and health in low light to protect baby eyes and desenstize babies to handling.
Nests are dimly lit nest hollows in nature for 6 weeks until the babies climb out of the nest at fledging.
My baby birds are kept in brooder boxes resembling a nesting hollow and are allowed the climb in and out of the box as they mature, ensuring happy, confident babies.