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Im no expert, but you've had reply from an expert IMO already. You should take his advise, or just use your keen common sense? I hope you have good luck with PINGU anyways cause hes the one that matters.

Thank yo both, I will follow your advice. Judy I have some pictures of Aristotle inside our home on my daughters pink escalade that you are going to love. Shes not outside ALL the time, but its where I take most pics. I will definatly look into a flight suit too.

hes beautiful regardless.

My baby has been so sweet lately, I open the cage and she rushes to get out, When Im inside, we communicate by whisltes, and she learned how to do a "water drop" sound effect I know how to make. I LOVE MY BIRD! We do step ups with no problems, I just havent heard any human words, but a lot of diffrent sounds and whistles.

Super nice cage, but whats his "disability"? His foot?

Thanks popsicle, Im so happy with that cage, the lories cage is Aristotles old cage that she came with.

Im glad PINGU is eating good....

I can get the red palm oil, i cant find a post where it says what to pour it on? Pour on pellets? Fresh veggies? Both? hahaha

You have such an artistic photo of Zen with the bouganvilia in the background. And a smart baby at that.

RUBY is a beautiful name!!!

So funny, jealous little fid!

I can only send you all the positive vibrations that I can, but I have been reading here a lot and found this useful info from a smart man named Dave007,. he knows what hes talking about. I get that you cant take back the baby bird, so I pray that you can make it work... Good luck and please keep us updated on PINGU... Again these were copied from other posts and I thought that this advice might be able to help you and Pingu: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. The item you're thinking about is absolutely wrong for any african grey be it very young, adolescent, adult or mature and old. The main reason is that the product is a dairy item. No african grey can eat dairy products, especially white dairy products. That product contains milk. It will make any grey very sick and if given enough, it will kill the bird. This is a basic formula to use. It doesn't have all the things in it that it should but for the short amount of time you'll be handfeeding, it should do the trick 1---cook some peas until they're very soft or buy some at the store. They should be the kind that says sweet peas which are bigger than early peas 2---get a package of small carrots in the store. Overcook them until they're extremely soft. 3---get some white rice and cook it until it'very soft. That usually means that it will be softer than a person likes it. Put all the items together and mash them thoroughly until it's very lumpy and gooey. Make some oatmeal--any kind. use 3 tablespoons of oatmeal and add 3 tablespoons of the above mixture all together and stir. Make sure that the mixture is warm. At this age, syringe feeding isn't necessary because any type of soft formula type food that you give has to be lumpy, not creamy and lumpy soft food doesn't go thru a syringe very well. Fill a teaspoon with the mixture and let him scoop it out with his own mouth. Do that 2x a day, maybe 3x if he'll accept it. When the evening comes, dump whats left over. Each day make the same amount of fresh mixture and repeat. ***i only feel bones, there is no meat on him, is this normal?**** I can't answer that. He may be undernourished and actually I'm not surprised. Right now, it's important to focus on getting him to eat a variety of different things. Fill a teaspoon with the mixture and let him scoop it out with his own mouth. Do that 2x a day, maybe 3x if he'll accept it. When the evening comes, dump whats left over. Each day make the same amount of fresh mixture and repeat. Make sure he has solid food there all day. *****One last thing, he stayes the whole day on a perch, should i remove it and put a towel in the bottom of his cage. Thank you for all the help. ***** If your bird is perching and going to the perch by himself, it shouldn't be removed. If he's constantly falling off the perch, you just need to lower the perch and yes, you can also put a towel across the bottom. Always have the perch in the cage if your bird is always on it PS---one other thing, after feeding that type of mixture, expect his droppings to be extremely soft. PS---Keep that bird out of cold drafts. Dave 1. Oh boy, I'm glad that you posted that picture. That bird is no more than 3 1/2 mts old. That's the reason that your bird is falling on the floor. It doesn't know how to fly yet. When the actual age of a baby bird isn't positively known, the only other way to see the approx age is by the color of the eyes. Your bird's eyes are completely black. At that age, a bird is very frighted of everything which will cause a bird to nip. **** He might be a baby that isn't wild caught. And I am afraid that he is not weaned well. *** You're absolutely right. Yes, it's probably necessary to hand feed that bird but the bird should be also having other types of solid food in the cage. The problem is that the item you wanna use is for women who are breast feeding. It's not for birds. If you can get to a pet shop, they should have different brands of instant bird formula. Another home made mixture is 3 tsp smooth peanut butter 3 tsp Gerber oatmeal cereal 1 Banana 3 tsp apple sause 3 tsp Gerber Baby creamed corn 3 tsp Gerber Mixed Vegetables 3 tsp plain Yogart Mix it all together thoroughly You can get any kind that's available. They're mixed with water. There's many brands. If you can't get those items, you'll need to get the thickest baby formula available. Even try to get one that's lumpy. If you're gonna give feeding, you'll need a bent tea spoon to do it. Don't try a syringe if you've never used one before. The formula should be slightly warm. Stop feeding fruit, because they're acidic. Just vegetables and you should expect your bird to not like all of them. They should be the hardest you can find such as carrots. The vegetables you get should be as dark green as you can find them. Again, I don't know what's available in your country but if you can find some parrot mix, get it. He'll need some solid food. Maybe parrot mix isn't availablle near you and you may have to travel a large distance to find a pet store. Pet stores have parrot mix and other things for birds. Luckily, your bird won't need many formula feedings during the day. Maybe 2. Than as time goes on, maybe 1. Basically, the ideas I'm giving you are because I don't know what's available in your country

Very nice!!! Can you take more pics of Eva on it please?

I concur. please post up a pic so we can see your baby too.

Any new pictures of Gilbert?

Welcome, is he the fifth egg?

Welcome and read read read!!!

me too. so sad.

Welcome, nice pics

Welcome TODD. Good to have you here!

Cool stand for Eva, did you make it or buy it made?

You have a happy smart bird!

Sorry for the triple posts, I dont knwo why my computer did that? anyway, any word on Pingu?

GOOD LUCK I HOPE ALL TURNS OUT WELL, AND DONT LEAVE, KEEP US UPDATED PLEASE....... We love PINGU!

Anything new? ? ?