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When to separate babies from parents?

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My cockatiels laid 8 eggs, 5 hatched and so far only two survived. The elder now is 15 days old and the other is about 12 days. Today I found both were on the base of the cage and they fell out of the box.
I wanna know when do I separate them from parents so that I hand feed them and teach them how to eat themselves.
Also, I wanna fully clean the cage and the box but I'm afraid that the parents don't recognise it anymore and stop feeding the babies inside.

What do I do?
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My cockatiels laid 8 eggs, 5 hatched and so far only two survived. The elder now is 15 days old and the other is about 12 days. Today I found both were on the base of the cage and they fell out of the box.
I wanna know when do I separate them from parents so that I hand feed them and teach them how to eat themselves.
Also, I wanna fully clean the cage and the box but I'm afraid that the parents don't recognise it anymore and stop feeding the babies inside.

What do I do?
Hello I feed mine about 3 to 3 in a half weeks old. Don't pull them too late it's harder to feed them. Hope that helps. 🙏 good luck
Hello I feed mine about 3 to 3 in a half weeks old. Don't pull them too late it's harder to feed them. Hope that helps. 🙏 good luck
I put my babies in fish tank until they get bigger then put them in a cage until they wean off the hand feeding formula but I'd just leave them be for now until you hand feed them
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