Jayd

A big thank you to caitb2007, Lyric, Luvparrot and judygram for all your kind words and welcome. You have helped to put our minds at ease...:laugh: We uploaded some photos to the gallery but we don't know if we did it right because we can't find them...we put them under Jay & Maggie with Spock as the title. (boy, do I feel dumb :blush:) At 11 weeks, Spock weighed 490 grams and he now weighs 459 grams. We were told that his parents always produce large birds. Spock has cut his morning formula for the third day in a row, no matter how Jay doctors it so we are just keeping fresh veggies/seeds/pellets in there for him. He is still eating his afternoon and evening meals. He eats pretty hefty going to bed (30cc's of formula and sweet potato mash along with his warm water.) We don't have a large flight area for Spock but he has very good control and he flies now to ledges, counter tops, other cages (Including top and sides) our Min Pin's back...They get along great except when Spock tries to preen him. :laugh: We also breed conures, cockatiels, grass parakeets, budgies and he could care less about them because he knows he is the center of attention...Hand-feeding and raising the CAG is a whole new experience compared to our other fids and we love it! We keep all entrances to his cage locked because he knows how to open them. We have a shop vac that he is not afraid of and he has learned how to push the button to turn it on and off. We found out how to upload photos so we will send them and will have more questions later...

Maggie & Jay<br><br>Post edited by: Jayd, at: 2009/04/30 02:11

Greetings!

I am Maggie, Jay's wife. Our CAG is named Spock and he is 12 wks old. We have been hand-feeding him since he was 5 wks old. He weighs 459 grams and he is a dark gray bird. He flew yesterday for the first time one foot off the ground and two feet forward:laugh:

Our question is (first of many); Spock has been eating good, last night he ate his formula and sweet potato mash mixture. This morning, he ate 1/4 tsp of his formula and wanted to go play. Jay made him his sweet potato mash with formula and he ate one bite and wanted to play. He didn't eat any of his lunch-time bean mash, just a few veggies/seeds/pellets. He usually eats daily, 40cc's of formula, plus 1/2tsp of peanut butter then a 1/4 cup of assorted fresh veggies, a bite or two of fruit and then he eats his 1 to 2 tsp sweet potato mash puree for lunch, snacks on seeds/pellets, bean mash (1 to 2 tsp) for dinner and 30 to 40 cc's formula with peanut butter for bed time snack. He is not crazy about seeds or pellets and eats very little of them, preferring veggies. He has lost his butterball butt and he has trimmed down and I think he is weaning from the formula. Is he cutting his weight down for flight? His breeder said he looks very good. Is this normal? Our first CAG and we are very nervous about this.

Thanks for any input...

Maggie and Jay