Just arrived home from the 4 gruelling hours of driving from BM to KL.
The GAHP seminar was not able to be conducted since the number of participants were less then 5. The organiser was not very experienced and did a mess.
While in BM spoken to Rocky of Taiping, Perak. He was they guy who, together with wife, look after 20 birds and after 45 days they flew away without any trace.
I asked him for his small favor to outline the best ways to look after any young swiftlets that are abandoned or falls from their nests. Very important to those in Sarawak whose BHs are being harassed by those so called "The Protectors of Endangered Species".
This was what he mailed to me:
Save the chicks
Dear Harry,
So shocking to hear those in authorities can do such cruel thing. Instead to protect those birds, they are mercilessly murdering them.
To save those chicks the following are my sharing to feed and care for them.
Step 1. Those young chicks should be protected from cold and wind. It means put them in a box so that no moving current to reduce the temperature. Light up a low wattage bulb (5 w) with a variable resistance control to regulate the temperature. Temperature should be controlled at around 30˚C .
Step 2 Make a nest for 1 to 3 chicks. Use small plastic containers lay them with tissue paper, with crumpled one at the bottom and flat double layer at the the top. On top of the paper put a small piece of plastic mosquito netting. ( for the claws to hold to enable comfortable feeding)
Step 3 Feeding need too be done at least 4 times a day.
Step 4 Preparation of food : Steam the insects first unless you can ensure they are free from bacteria. Cut the insects into fine pieces using a small scissor. Mix the various insect pieces well and use hard boiled egg yolk as a binder.
Step 5 Food can be used should be suitable and easily available. Recommended food : cricket, breadworms , bloodworm, dry earthworm and egg yolk. ( can buy from pet shop). Breadworms can be used as main ingredient.
Step 6 Feeding spoon can be modified from a small rubber tubing, slice one end at an angle and taper off the sharp point.
Step 7 During feeding it should be done within the box, even to transfer chicks from box to another box close them up to protect them from air movement.
Step 8 All food after sterilization should be handled by clean equipment.
Step 9 Newly hatched can take 1 or 2 spoon feed. Later 3 to 5 spoons are required.
Hope my recommendation can be helpful to Dr Khoo and other swiftlets lover.
Things can look simple but it take efforts to practice.
If you have any doubt or things which my words did not accurately describe, please contact me (Rocky Loo ) at 016-4512025
Thank you very much Rocky.
The GAHP seminar was not able to be conducted since the number of participants were less then 5. The organiser was not very experienced and did a mess.
While in BM spoken to Rocky of Taiping, Perak. He was they guy who, together with wife, look after 20 birds and after 45 days they flew away without any trace.
I asked him for his small favor to outline the best ways to look after any young swiftlets that are abandoned or falls from their nests. Very important to those in Sarawak whose BHs are being harassed by those so called "The Protectors of Endangered Species".
This was what he mailed to me:
Save the chicks
Dear Harry,
So shocking to hear those in authorities can do such cruel thing. Instead to protect those birds, they are mercilessly murdering them.
To save those chicks the following are my sharing to feed and care for them.
Step 1. Those young chicks should be protected from cold and wind. It means put them in a box so that no moving current to reduce the temperature. Light up a low wattage bulb (5 w) with a variable resistance control to regulate the temperature. Temperature should be controlled at around 30˚C .
Step 2 Make a nest for 1 to 3 chicks. Use small plastic containers lay them with tissue paper, with crumpled one at the bottom and flat double layer at the the top. On top of the paper put a small piece of plastic mosquito netting. ( for the claws to hold to enable comfortable feeding)
Step 3 Feeding need too be done at least 4 times a day.
Step 4 Preparation of food : Steam the insects first unless you can ensure they are free from bacteria. Cut the insects into fine pieces using a small scissor. Mix the various insect pieces well and use hard boiled egg yolk as a binder.
Step 5 Food can be used should be suitable and easily available. Recommended food : cricket, breadworms , bloodworm, dry earthworm and egg yolk. ( can buy from pet shop). Breadworms can be used as main ingredient.
Step 6 Feeding spoon can be modified from a small rubber tubing, slice one end at an angle and taper off the sharp point.
Step 7 During feeding it should be done within the box, even to transfer chicks from box to another box close them up to protect them from air movement.
Step 8 All food after sterilization should be handled by clean equipment.
Step 9 Newly hatched can take 1 or 2 spoon feed. Later 3 to 5 spoons are required.
Hope my recommendation can be helpful to Dr Khoo and other swiftlets lover.
Things can look simple but it take efforts to practice.
If you have any doubt or things which my words did not accurately describe, please contact me (Rocky Loo ) at 016-4512025
Thank you very much Rocky.
1 comment:
What Rocky said seem reasonable to me. The problem is what happens after these young swiftlets flew away.
Firstly, do they have their parent birds to guide them to hunt for food in mid-air? if not, they will surely die of hunger. Secondly, are their immune system as strong as the natural-parent-fed birds?
I wonder if anyone knows about these things at these stage. Therefore plenty has to be done before we can call the project viable.
Hope the best intention survive.
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