Rylie's Mom (Cindy)

don't know I missed that video, I have been to that site looking at the flight harnesses. That is what I was looking for.....thank you!!

thanks, he is doing great... he has taken a liking to soft corn and pea's, he will taste test sweet potatoes but hasn't quite developed a taste for them...

no suggestions anyone?

lol.. no problem. I have mements like that myself....

This is Adrian. I started hand feeding him at 2 weeks. He was a tough one, eclectus babies eat very slow and litteraly think they have to taste every drop before swallowing. He came home the same time as Gremlin Adrain as a baby

this is Gremlin and my granddaughter. I handfed him from 8 days till weaning. He came home spring 2010 gremlin as a baby

here I have started putting Rylie in his cage for a few minutes at a time. He actually loves it with the freedom to walk around and can really see what is going on

here he is exploring. I spread 2 blankets out and lay out his toys to play with. He does okay not straying to far (no worries on the cat, Kozmoh knows about the beak already having grown up with birds and he is declawed) besides the fact that Rylie is never left unsupervised.

taken last weekend. He loves his toys so much and does real well with them being switched out.....

here he is doing what we call "turkey stretching"

So here are a few photo's of Rylie few days after he came home

I picked up a dvd player for Rylie to help keep him occupied but I have not had much luck on finding "movies" or video's designed to entertain parrots. I know I could just leave the tv on but there needs to be a compromise agreed to between myself and the other half :rolleyes: I want to avoid ones that show parrots screaming and squaking excessivly or uncontrolably as that would not be something I would want him to learn as a favorite. I thought about childrens cartoons since that is what I have on the tv most of the time anyways due to having the granddaughter here everyday but would like to entertain other options....... Any suggestions? thanks in advance!!

wow, think you could have smoothed it over a little....

Thank you Judy I do consider myself fortunate but owning a small business these days definately has its drawbacks. The CAG has been the "ONE" bird I have always wanted (not taking away my love and commitment from Adrian and Gremlin) and am so excited about having him as part of the family. I thought he weighed a little more than average but he is a little pigglet. He would eat from the syringe non stop in one feeding if I were to let him. I don't weigh him both before and after his feeding, just once and it was usually after the feeding. I just started to wonder if I should do it before but never really worried about it since I was seeing a progressive gain in weight. As for photos, I already have tons of them. I will load them up soon! thanks

thank you, Ray! I have seen many parrots that are not well socialize and it is heart wrenching to see them not achieve their full potential. Rylie will not be one of them. I also have a male Solomon Island Eclectus (Adrian Beaky) and a Sun Condure (Gremlin) that I hand fed and they are both very well adjusted while maintaining their individual personality traits.

thank you for responding. If you dont mind, please clarify "at risk birds". again, thanks

Hello, Great forum!! I have been through most of the sections reading through the threads..... this is an incredible forum with so much information. The purpose of my thread is that I am curious to know when do you weigh your CAG while it is still being hand fed. Before the first feed of the day or right after? I usually weigh him (actually do not know if Rylie is a him or a her yet) everyday in the morning after the first hand feeding. Today at his am feed, he weighed 467 grams before and 507 grams after the feeding. But I got to thinking about it and realized that when I weigh myself, I do it first thing in the morning before I eat to get a true weight. :confused: I have hand fed for years and have always done it this way. A little about Rylie. Rylie is 6 weeks yesterday and currently is on 4 hand feeds a day. I just started to put in a varying selection of soft foods a few days ago and he is playing with them. He enjoys the oats and mashed sweet potato but more like how a 1 year old loves finger painting and food flinging than eating;) He actually made it on the erch for the first time yesterday. It didnt last long as he lost focus and went to the next toy. I have had him since he was 4 weeks and he will be staying with me. I plan on "abundance weening" Rylie so he will be making the decision of when its time to grow up. I have an extremely flexable schedule so we can take our time (within reason of course). He spends all day with me, going back and forth between home and work and anywhere else I go. I own and manage a local small saltwater fish store so Rylie gets a lot of attention from trusted customers and is constantly entertained with all of the fish swimming around. The goal is to have a well adjusted family member. Thanks for reading Cindy