MrSquak
New member
Hi everybody,
Some questions about my new alexandrine. My girlfriend (who's owned parrots before, but never this young) and I bought a baby alexandrine parrot of about 6-8 weeks. Hes very active and fed readily at the pet shop, but since we've had him home for about 16 hours he hasn't been feeding and when he's not sleeping always keeps making a low plaintive chirpy cry.
Is he just lonely and having some adjustment issues or is that a sign of a more serious problem? He doesn't seem to like the brand of food we bought for him, which is better than what he was eating before but I can understand the adjustment shock could make it hard for him to switch.
Any advice? At what point should we panic and take him back to the store?
Thanks!
Some questions about my new alexandrine. My girlfriend (who's owned parrots before, but never this young) and I bought a baby alexandrine parrot of about 6-8 weeks. Hes very active and fed readily at the pet shop, but since we've had him home for about 16 hours he hasn't been feeding and when he's not sleeping always keeps making a low plaintive chirpy cry.
Is he just lonely and having some adjustment issues or is that a sign of a more serious problem? He doesn't seem to like the brand of food we bought for him, which is better than what he was eating before but I can understand the adjustment shock could make it hard for him to switch.
Any advice? At what point should we panic and take him back to the store?
Thanks!
