Hand feeding help!

[zeta]

HEY grey friends,

 

Hope everyone's New Years was awesome!

Brody is home for good now, he is still on 1 feeding, and I'm the who is going to wean him. I have a few questions. So, he gets baby food at 6 P.M. and I weigh him every morning. He weighs 150 grames. Sometimes he wants the food and sometimes he will take only one 12 CC. He eats all his dry and cooked foods. How will I know he is starting to wean?

Also, Brody, and all the other Grey's do this wired twitch. My boss told me its a Grey thing, but I just want to know if its normel?

 

Thanks!

Lisa

[nevjoe]

Here is a post I made a short time ago. Please read it, it works.

Are you sure about the weight of the bird.

The baby food is MORE IMPORTANT THEN ANY OTHER FOOD RIGHT NOW.

HOW OLD IS THE BIRD.

He should weight much more then that. My bird weighted 410cc before started to wean him.

This is the link

http://www.greyforums.net/forums/bird-food/36364-hand-feeding-a-baby-grey.html

 

Joe

[lovemyGreys]

Joe heres lisa'a post on Broody That was at the end of October so im guessing at around 4 months now from the picture ! So im sure the weight is wrong, Lisa can you weigh him again for us ?

 

 

http://www.greyforums.net/forums/african-grey/42561-meet-the-baby.html#42561

[zeta]

LOL... I'm so imbarist. I meant 450 grames. Gosh... :blush: He is a little over 4 months. And he still wants baby food. He's on one feeding at 6 P.M.. How will I know when he is weaning? He eats all his dry foods, and cooked fresh food. Please let me know.

 

Lis

[chapala]

I'm not a hand-feeder, but have read that the bird will begin to refuse the last feeding. At that point, when he no longer wants the formula, he is weaned. Just continue to introduce lots of chopped fresh vegetables (raw), a little fruit, a soaked grain mix and soaked and cooked legumes. Thay way, he will be a great little eater!

Reta

[lovemyGreys]

Lisa a lot of greys love to have a warm night time feed As long as he eats everything else throughout the day thats fine.My greys still have a few spoonfulls of baby food at night & there a year old.