Pchela

I'll agree with your meaning Siobhan... but how do you pronounce it?

Today was the first day we were able to skip the afternoon feeding! I've tried offering all kinds of other foods and all have been rejected. Well today we've discovered that the grey has a love for frozen carrot bits. Yay! He happily munched on those and skipped right through the feeding.

Hehe. I'm working on it! I have to get hubby to agree!

Ohhh... Errol Flin! I thought about Bailey.. I think it's very cute. Corbin also.

siobha9 wrote: How is it pronounced and what does it mean?

Hehe. I have seen Kalifornia. But maybe I could teach the grey to pick his toes with a fork? :sick: I was thinking of a character named Jubal Early from the show Firefly, but you're right... Early was pretty gross! Nicodemus is my husbands current favorite. But I don't know if it's a girl or boy so...

Doyle? Quinn? Lennon?

Really? Cool! It's back on the list1 My poophead of a husband just said he didn't like Jude!!! And it was looking like my favorite. No wonder I'm having so much trouble.

oh ouch. I cannot be laughed at in the shower. That would do some permanent damage I think. I'm a female american. I already have sever body image problems! Betty- don't worry! I don't call him/her noname to his face!

Oh...we already have an Edison then. I also like Harrison but we already have one of those as well. I guess it doesn't matter but I don't like to steal people's names!

I do hope noname doesn't start critiquing my body. I'm a big enough critic of it myself.

I also found Jude Desmond Edison (Maxwell Edison) Prudence I quite like Jude. Prudence said it was unisex... Edison sounds masculine to me. Not sure about Desmond.

Ohhhh... Rigby is good! I'm really trying! I just want it to be perfect you know! This grey is going to have this name for a long, long time!

Oh, I also quite like Maxwell as in Maxwells Silver Hammer but my friend's son is named Maxwell. Any other Beatles names anyone can think of?

Well, all of my other animals are named after favorite characters so I've decided to do that. I have Yoshimi the cat, Maeby the cat and Peregrin(pippin) the Senegal. Here are some of my favorite characters that have cool names. Gandalf the Grey Floyd - Grey Haired (Pink Floyd of course) Bard- Minstrel, singer, poet --- Killed Smaug Gwaihir – wind lord (eagle in LOTR) Ithilien – Moonland Ithil – moon Pellenor – fenced land Rune- Secret Lennon (John) Nicodemus – Secret of Nimh Ambrosios - Sir Didymus’s mount in Labyrinth Adelei – Noble kind. (Adelei Niska from Firefly Early (Jubal Early) from Firefly Simon – Firefly Atherton Wing - Firefly Krycek - X files Kenobi duh those are some of them. I really like Adelei and Nicodemus a lot. I don't know if Nicodemus could be unisex. Thoughts?<br><br>Post edited by: Pchela, at: 2008/06/12 22:54

I like Sterling. I didn't know that it meant little star! This poor bird is never going to get named.

Well, the applesauce was rejected. I gave him/her a spoonful and there was a second of hmmm... what's this? And then, applesauce was flung everywhere! After that, it was just refused. I tried giving veggies with my fingers... nope. He/she wanted formula and that's all. Nothing else would do. This was the afternoon feeding. My husband thinks I'm being manipulated.

Thanks for finding all of this out for me BMustee! I appreciate your effort. I think I will pick up some baby food tomorrow and try feeding it instead of formula at the afternoon feeding tomorrow. I will also try giving him the big bird food by hand and see if that helps. If he just wants me to baby him then maybe that will do the trick! Thanks again! I'll keep you updated.

It is appalling. Poachers suck IMHO. Why would somebody shoot an Eagle anyway? As a trophy? They don't get eaten do they? I just picture some asshole (pardon my language but that's what he certainly is) with a gun who sees this beautiful creature and can only think to destroy it. :angry:

I've had the bird about a month now. The breeder had him down to a nighttime feeding but he was begging for food when he got home so either they force weaned him or he regressed when he got to my house. But it's been a month and he's still wanting 3 feedings per day so I'd guess they force weaned on a schedule. He was less than 12 weeks old when I got him. It is good to hear about your bird Danmcq. I feed mine with a spoon and it's nice to bond with him that way. Like I said, I just want to make sure I'm not hurting him in some way.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1257161.ece

No blood work. Should he have? It was a new birdie visit.

BMustee- he eats his grown up food through out the day and eats most or all of his formula at all feedings. The vet said he was a very good weight which I took to mean that he was a big bird. Dave007- I guess it isn't a problem per se, I just don't know if it's normal. It seems to me that if he's eating his other foods all day that he should have a decreased desire for formula but I don't know much about it. That's why I'm asking. I want to do this correctly. I too have read that an birds allowed to wean naturally are much more calm and stable as adults.. less likely to develop problems such as feather plucking etc. I guess I assumed that he would eventually taper off on his own, but since he shows no signs of doing so, I wondered if I was doing something wrong. He only *begs* from me as well. He never asks my husband for a feeding. Also, the afternoon feedings feel like more a comfort thing for him as I know he is eating before them. When I bought him, the breeder had him down to one feeding but he wanted formula more often so I gave it to him. I hope that wasn't a mistake? I'm perfectly willing to go on hand feeding if it takes a year but I want to make sure I'm not hurting little noname in the meantime. Anyway, I appreciate the advice. I just want to make sure I'm not doing something wrong, like overfeeding him.

Well, he/she was hatched February 13 so he's just shy of 16 weeks... is that right? My math sucks. Anyway, he always has food available to him. There is a dish that always has pellets and dried fruits and veggies and seeds etc and a dish that has fresh fruits and veggies every morning and evening. The thing is, when he sees me first thing, he begs. I offer him other food, he doesn't want it. He wants his formula or nothing! Even if I know he's been eating his other food, he will still start begging around the same times every day. So, when I drop the morning feeding how do I do that? He won't take other food... do I just let him cry it out? Try to distract him with playing? Or maybe it's the types of food I'm offering. I'll try applesauce tomorrow. I hate to let him cry even though I know he's not starving I still feel bad.

So, I decided to go with the abundance weaning method after doing some research online. Basically, I hand feed the baby when he begs. Problem is, he isn't tapering off or slowing down at all. He wants three hand feedings a day even though he is eating his other foods well. I can't find information anywhere on what to do now? Do I start cutting back on the amount I give him at each feeding? Do I stop one of the feedings? If I do that, it's no longer abundance weaning right? Will he/she naturally stop wanting formula after a while or will he expect it from me forever? I don't know what to do!!! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!