CLANCY

THANK YOU ALL FOR ANSWRS. CLANCY IS 16 WK TOMORROW, BY THE WAY, AND I THINK HE IS TRYING STUFF OUT. WHAT HE EATS: WEANING RINGS, AG MIX, A FEW SEEDS ARE OFFERED IN ONE BOWL; MIX OF DRIED FRUIT, CRACKERS, RICE CAKES IN ANOTHER. WITH ME HE HAS OATS/TOGHUT/CRANBERRY BREAKFAST OR SCRAMBLED EGG. I DO NOT SHARE UTENSILS! HE EATS FIRST. FOR LUNCH IT IS VEGGIES, RICE OR NOODLES. SUPPER SAME, PLUS POTATOES ARE A FAVORTE. HE HAS HAD ELK AND BUFFALO! IN PAST 3-4 DAYS HE HAS ONLY HAD ONE OR TWO BITESOF BIRD FOOD, EVEN THO I PUT HIM IN CAGE AND IGNORE. BUT TODAY I SCATTERED SELECT FOOD CHOICES ON LITTLE RUG IN MOTOR HOME I HAD NAP, HE PLAYED AROUND, CHECKED ON ME, THEN WENT TO EAT FOR HALF AN HOUR. HE ALSO ATE RAW VEGGIES WITH GUINEA PIGS. GUESS IT'LL BE FINE. HE ALSO LIKE A TINY BIT OF MIXD TROPICAL FRUIT---SLIGHTLY WARMED. I'M ASSUMING AS HE GETS OLDER HE WILL TAKE FRUIT RAW! SO FAR HE DOES NOT LIKE BREAD TYPE STUFF, EVEN MY HOMEMADE WITH SEEDS, NOR FLOUR-TYPE THINGS EXCEPT ONCE IN AWHILE A TASTE OF CRACKERS.

CLANCY IN PAST 5-6 DAYS WON'T EAT BIRD FOOD. HE WANTS TO EAT WITH ME. YOU DO SOMETHING ONCE, YA KNOW! I WORRY ABOUT HIM NOT GETTING ENOUGH AND/OR RIGHT NUTRIENTS. SUGGESTIONS? THANKS, THERESA

THANK YOU, JUDYGRAM. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 3 WEEKS SINCE DRIVING BACK AND FORTH. CLANCY OTHERWISE VERY BUSY. HE DOES WANT TO GO TO SLEEP----ON ME---RIGHT AFTER WE SHARE SUPPER! HE STAYS THERE UNTIL I PUT HIM IN CAGE, WHERE HE GOES TO SLEEP. HE MIGHT WAKE UP AND NIBBLE A BIT OF FOOD--HAS A HEAT LAMP STILL, OUR HOUSE IS COLD! I THINK HE'S FINE, JUST BUSY. THANKS AGAIN. I'LL SHARE PIX WHEN I FIGURE OUT HOW!

HI---HOPE SOMEONE ANSWERS THIS. 16 WK OLD CLANCY USED TO "TALK"---MUTTER, TRILL, WARBLE, MAKE BIRD SOUNDS, GUTTERAL SOUNDS---FOR HALF HOUR AT A TIME. USUALLY WHILE TRAVELING TO SEE MY DYING MOM IN REST HOME DAILY. HE'D DO THIS 1-4 TIMES A DAY. SINCE I NO LONGER GO THERE, HE DOESN'T DO THIS EXCEPT BRIEFLY IN CAGE IF HE DOESN'T KNOW I AM AROUND. NOT DAILY. IS HE JUST QUIET BECAUSE HE IS MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND ADVENTUROUS? I GOT HIM AT 8 WEEKS. HE RESPONDS TO FAMILIAR QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD, GOING OUT OF CAGEETC WITH 1-3 SYLLABLE NOISES, BUT OTHERWISE...??? IS THIS TYPICAL? THANKS. PLEASE SOMEONE LET ME KNOW IF THIS APPEARS ANYWHERE. I AM NEW TO SITE, CLUMSY ABOUT NAVIGATING!