So, I'm Emi (Imemi)
This is a long story with questions. I can TL;DR the end
Me and my housemate and his two kids made the "family" decision to get a male Eclectus.
Basically we found a male in early July, he was wonderfully gentle, tame and an absolute character. He barked like a dog, said "No" very clearly and mimicked the phone message tone of his owner (which we realised when we got him home.) He had no qualms about car travel and entranced my housemates kids, my housemate and myself. I told them we would do a lot of research and work out if one was for us.
I kept in contact with the other one (Roger One's) owner. They told me they'd had two boys in early June and would be thrilled if I took one. Having met the father and mother and seen the conditions they were kept and raised in. Knowing the birds were well cared for and loved and beautifully natured and that they'd sourced the birds from all over...I was keen.
He is about 10 weeks old (Or will be on Tuesday or Wednesday), Not weaned fully but he sure does try everything we give him. He was on about 30cc of Vetafarm Neocare per feed 3 - 5 times a day depending on what else he'd eaten.
He was hand reared, his brother came out of the egg and had the membrane still wrapped around his leg and needed extra care so they took both boys in and hand-reared them. The lady that did it had him sleeping in a cat bed in her bed, sleeping with a teddy bear wrapped in a blanket. If he needed to be contained she covered a bassinet.
So, the TL;DR bit:
1) He's never been contained but I feel we should be able to, will introducing a cage at this point cause him any distress?
2) Since being with us he's refusing most of his liquid feeds. I'm not sure if this is because he associated his previous carer with them, just the change of environment or something else. I'm creating it with the exact measurements his previous carer did, the same temperatures and everything. He'll take maybe 10cc of liquid off me (Even with the rest of it being kept heated to the right temperature.) Then all he does is attack the syringe, shake his head, refuse to take it and eventually give me a warning that he's unhappy.
3) Is there an average size for an Eckie of this age? They told me he was the biggest 9.5 week old one that they'd ever seen and quite frankly he's very nearly the size of his father.
He's filling himself up with food, I'm not overly worried, more concerned about dehydration if anything as we've been keeping it a balmy 24 degrees in here.
I have a vet check with my local avian vet on Tuesday next week. I speak to his old carer again tomorrow but any suggestions for any of the above is greatly appreciated.
This is a long story with questions. I can TL;DR the end
Me and my housemate and his two kids made the "family" decision to get a male Eclectus.
Basically we found a male in early July, he was wonderfully gentle, tame and an absolute character. He barked like a dog, said "No" very clearly and mimicked the phone message tone of his owner (which we realised when we got him home.) He had no qualms about car travel and entranced my housemates kids, my housemate and myself. I told them we would do a lot of research and work out if one was for us.
I kept in contact with the other one (Roger One's) owner. They told me they'd had two boys in early June and would be thrilled if I took one. Having met the father and mother and seen the conditions they were kept and raised in. Knowing the birds were well cared for and loved and beautifully natured and that they'd sourced the birds from all over...I was keen.
He is about 10 weeks old (Or will be on Tuesday or Wednesday), Not weaned fully but he sure does try everything we give him. He was on about 30cc of Vetafarm Neocare per feed 3 - 5 times a day depending on what else he'd eaten.
He was hand reared, his brother came out of the egg and had the membrane still wrapped around his leg and needed extra care so they took both boys in and hand-reared them. The lady that did it had him sleeping in a cat bed in her bed, sleeping with a teddy bear wrapped in a blanket. If he needed to be contained she covered a bassinet.
So, the TL;DR bit:
1) He's never been contained but I feel we should be able to, will introducing a cage at this point cause him any distress?
2) Since being with us he's refusing most of his liquid feeds. I'm not sure if this is because he associated his previous carer with them, just the change of environment or something else. I'm creating it with the exact measurements his previous carer did, the same temperatures and everything. He'll take maybe 10cc of liquid off me (Even with the rest of it being kept heated to the right temperature.) Then all he does is attack the syringe, shake his head, refuse to take it and eventually give me a warning that he's unhappy.
3) Is there an average size for an Eckie of this age? They told me he was the biggest 9.5 week old one that they'd ever seen and quite frankly he's very nearly the size of his father.
He's filling himself up with food, I'm not overly worried, more concerned about dehydration if anything as we've been keeping it a balmy 24 degrees in here.
I have a vet check with my local avian vet on Tuesday next week. I speak to his old carer again tomorrow but any suggestions for any of the above is greatly appreciated.
