CharliePickles
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- Feb 2, 2015
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Can a parrot be "hand fed tame" if I start hand feeding formula at weaning stage?
I've read that there are two stages to hand feeding parrots:
1) newborn hand feeding - which is separating them after certain number of days and feeding them formula.
2) weaning hand feeding - After they start growing feathers and are able to eat on their own, they are continued to be hand fed (at much longer intervals) until they are able to fly.
I'm curious what will happen if I remove the clutch as soon as they enter the "weaning stage", place each chick in separate containers, and I start hand feeding them formula while, at the same time, they're learning to eat on their own.
Will there be any consequences to the parents' or the chicks' psyche? (Like certain rule of chicks being always attached to their clutch or parents if they were parent fed until weaning stage.) Will their cognitive abilities be advanced to a point that they will recognize the difference between their own kind and humans, and refuse to eat hand feeding formula?
I've read that there are two stages to hand feeding parrots:
1) newborn hand feeding - which is separating them after certain number of days and feeding them formula.
2) weaning hand feeding - After they start growing feathers and are able to eat on their own, they are continued to be hand fed (at much longer intervals) until they are able to fly.
I'm curious what will happen if I remove the clutch as soon as they enter the "weaning stage", place each chick in separate containers, and I start hand feeding them formula while, at the same time, they're learning to eat on their own.
Will there be any consequences to the parents' or the chicks' psyche? (Like certain rule of chicks being always attached to their clutch or parents if they were parent fed until weaning stage.) Will their cognitive abilities be advanced to a point that they will recognize the difference between their own kind and humans, and refuse to eat hand feeding formula?