Hello, I'm new to the forum and looking for some advice regarding my 13 week old African Grey, Parsley.
I picked her up from the breeder at the weekend 4 weeks earlier than I had intended. :eek: I got a phone call from the breeder on Friday evening saying there had been a death in the family and she needed to go to Manchester and make funeral arrangements. She has been hand rearing it (with teaspoon). She showed me how to do it and how hot it needed to be etc while I was there. (Parsley still has an evening feed before bed) I'm confident I have got the hang of it albeit I kinda feel like I have been chucked in the deep end a bit.
She told me to give him his formula feed at about 10:15pm before he goes to bed and that he usually wakes up at 5am.
I have never owned a Grey before but I have read a lot about them in order to prepare myself for bringing Parsley home and I thought they required about 12hrs sleep a night? 10:15 - 5pm is about 7 hours. Should I give her formula feed earlier earlier than 10:15pm or not??
I have tried to call the breeder to ask but she's not answering her phone. She had been also weaning her on sunflower hearts and peanuts which I've been told isn't good for AG's - I'm slowly introducing chop to her with some success, she's been enjoying eating the different types of AG friendly veggies. I've also been introducing ZuPreem Natural (crushed up small - kinda like 1/2 pea sized) in with her hearts with a view to getting her off them as a staple and on to the Zupreem instead.
I have no idea if I'm doing things right or not. I guess I could be worrying over nothing but I also think you can never be too careful when you have a whole living creature that's reliant on you. She's pooing regular, drinking regular and eating regular. I give her lots of love and attention - I work from home so that bit is a doddle, like I say I just feel a bit overwhelmed and need advice on the above.
I know I've rambled on a bit, I just wanted to give as much info as possible. Please, please tell me if I'm not doing something I should be. I don't mind that at all I need to know that I'm doing my level best for her.
Thank you!