8 week old African Grey

[Shaun777]

Morning all

My African Grey is 8 weeks old now - from 5 weeeks old.

Feeding her 3 times a day, and I have placed fruit around the cage. She does not seem to be eating as much as 2 weeks ago (hand feeding). She has already climbed onto the 3rd rung of her ladder, exploring everything. She looks like a fully grown african Grey where 2 weeks ago she could not even climb out of her box.

The pet shop owner gave me a bag of food for hand rearing parrots, he did say it would last 2 months. It has only lasted me 2 weeks. My baby Nikita has grown sooo much.

[ziggy]

Shaun777,

Hello and welcome to the family. At 8 weeks your baby should decrease a little on the hand fed food. His crop will shrink as time goes by. You have about 4 to 8 weeks before he is fully weaned. His appitite for hand fed food will decrease as time goes by.

Good luck with your new baby!!!!!

[danmcq]

Thanks for the update on your baby grey shaun.

 

She sounds like she is progressing normally and is starting to become more bold in her exploration and coordination building efforts. :-)

 

We'll look forward to hearing more of her progress and seeing some photos when you get a chance.

[judygram]

They do grow so fast in the first weeks, it is amazing to see, thanks for updating us on Nikita, and we look forward to seeing a picture soon.

[Guest]

shaun welcome here Do you have photos of Nikita? I am crazy about babies :blush:

[lovemyGreys]

Hi Shaun777 &