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Post by embracethefall on Jun 19, 2015 11:05:44 GMT -5
Ok, so everything I've read/experienced has dictated that babies almost always drop the afternoon hand feeding first, after they've been on 3/day for a while. For the last few days, Darwin has only been taking 1-2cc in the morning before he turns it down. Should I drop the morning feed?? I want to make sure he's getting enough nutrition, and it seems like he'd be very hungry after a long night. He eats and drinks on his own, but when I uncover him in the mornings, he's almost always asleep.
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Post by easttex on Jun 19, 2015 13:38:48 GMT -5
I have never weaned a parrot, but you might be interested in this from the main site: www.quakerparrots.com/?s=WeaningI especially like the one on abundance weaning, and think it comes closest to recreating a natural weaning process. Just offer him lots of variety and follow his lead on dropping feelings. You might do as is suggested there and offer the morning formula via another means. |
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Post by quakerfriend on Jun 20, 2015 20:31:34 GMT -5
I've only weaned parakeets, so I wouldn't be of much use either. I just sort of let them wean themselves - I put lots of different foods, cooked, soft foods, pellets etc. in their cage. They could eat as much as they wanted of the formula until they stopped wanting to be fed at a particular time all together. As far as I know, that doesn't happen often with other birds so..
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Post by embracethefall on Jun 21, 2015 16:16:48 GMT -5
I've already read everything I can find, and of course I am abundance weaning him.  As far as I'm concerned, that's the only acceptable method. I am just wondering at what level of disinterest I should cut a feeding when they don't fall into the norm. Right now he has started to accept only 1-2cc of food in the morning and afternoon before he wanders off to play, and eats between 6-12cc at night, depending on his mood. I don't see him eat a lot during the day. He may go to the dish once or twice. His weightis on target at 110g, so he's definitely not starving. |
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Post by biteybird on Jun 22, 2015 4:40:50 GMT -5
Whoa, 110g is really good. Bonnie only weighs 105g as a 1.5 yr-old. When we got her at 8 weeks old she weighed 89g (although I understand that the Blue quakers can sometimes be smaller than the Greens). It seems like you are doing very well with him.
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Post by quakerfriend on Jun 22, 2015 14:52:22 GMT -5
He probably still has some baby fat on him When he starts weaning, don't be alarmed if his weight decreases. |
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As far as I'm concerned, that's the only acceptable method. I am just wondering at what level of disinterest I should cut a feeding when they don't fall into the norm. Right now he has started to accept only 1-2cc of food in the morning and afternoon before he wanders off to play, and eats between 6-12cc at night, depending on his mood. I don't see him eat a lot during the day. He may go to the dish once or twice. His weightis on target at 110g, so he's definitely not starving. 