April 4
Rain hasn’t clued in that she can feed herself yet and Flower’s feedings are few and far between after 10 days. She was peeping all day so I decided to give her a break and show her the glass flower feeder and see what she does. She hasn’t made the connection yet about food coming from anywhere except Mom. Once the flower is within reach, she gets it immediately and has a good drink. http://youtu.be/A0AaE1wSBI8 Perhaps this will help and she will fly over to the real feeder which is only about 10 ft away. I placed the flower feeder close to her so she could get to it. Here she is happily sucking up a snootful of sugar juice. http://youtu.be/kv1vVax6M-Y I have seen Flower flying back and forth from feeder to Rain to show her where food comes from. Rain just hasn’t made the connection. I was very relieved when I came home from work to discover Rain gorging herself at the regular feeder. Here she is just finishing up. She has figured out how to feed herself and she’s going to be OK. http://youtu.be/i7u-7Wmtie8