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Hints on the Rearing and Keeping of Birds — Part 2

Should young birds become droopy, a little diluted whiskey or paregoric put in their mouths with a medicine-dropper will generally restore them to normal condition.

Cage-fighting invariably takes place sooner or later; as a rule it only lasts a day or so, but if persisted in cover the cage with fine wire mosquito netting, so that the bird may not be able to get his beak through.

At night the cage should always be covered, otherwise the birds wake at amazingly early hours; this applies more particularly to fledglings, as their waking means they must be fed, and it is not always pleasant to have to get up at daylight to minister to their wants.