| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
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| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
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Hello.
I have a question for any Amazon breeders/hand-feeders.
About 4 weeks ago, I purchased a 5-week old
Double Yellowhead Amazon, (Stormy).
Saturday, she will be 9 weeks old. Stormy had a rough beginning
with me. I had never hand-fed a baby bird that young before she came
along and, through inexperience, I went for a short time not feeding
her enough.
Boy did I feel absolutely horrible when I figured out what was wrong.
I got confirmation
from my sister-in-law who is also feeding a Double Yellowhead baby.
Fortunately I
found out in time and I am feeding her properly now and she is doing
fine.
What I wondered is, when should Amazons begin weaning.
I am getting conflicting information. One person says 8 to 10 weeks
and another person says 14 59 16 weeks. Does anyone know the real
story?
I love Stormy dearly and don't want to make a mistake again.
I've learned my lessons, the hard way, about feeding a baby bird and I
think I feel more comfortable
doing it. Maybe I'll get another one in the future.
Any suggestions/advice/helpful hints would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.
Laurie
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| 571.1 | Another opinion! | MR4DEC::CWHITE | Thu Jun 27 1991 14:07 | 13 | |
Laurie,
It's been my experience that the bird will tell you when
it's weaned.......but it's usually 10 weeks or so.....should
start cracking seed on it's own about 7 weeks........
You may get other conflicting reports.....but it's a judgement call
on your part! A hand fed baby parrot will (if allowed) NEVER wean!
they just love the attention. But after ten weeks or so it should be
well on it's way to eating by it's one-sies!
chet
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| 571.2 | my comments | ESGWST::MOEHLENPAH | Thu Jun 27 1991 21:08 | 9 | |
I don't know about an amazon, but normally the squab will start refusing the food when it's starting to begin the weaning process (e.g. 2 feedings to 1). Make sure that the feeding it refuses is the morning one! I've had to force feed in the evening to ensure that the squab had enough for the night (you want to ensure the crop is full). Make plenty of slop (vegetables, pellets, etc) available during the day (but not over an hour for food that spoils) for them to learn on their own. I personally won't feed my birds seeds, so they have never seen one. Your mileage may vary. | |||||
| 571.3 | Re: .1 and .2 | AIMTEC::SIMPSON_L | Mon Jul 01 1991 10:53 | 16 | |
Thanks very much for the comments!
I really appreciate the info. Stormy appears to be doing quite well
in spite of her
rough beginning. My sister-in-law, who has Stormy's sister,
came down yesterday and weighed Stormy. She was amazed but Stormy
has come back to where she should be quite rapidly. She did refuse
some of the morning feeding
this morning. Since she refused after only 1 or 2 spoons, I did make
her eat a little more.
I left her sampling fruit, vegies, and pellets. Boy am I relieved.
Maybe I can cut her to 2 feedings very soon.
Thganks again.
Laurie
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