shinyuankuo
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- May 9, 2019
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- Winston å±ę, the Eclectus. å±ę (pi-nian) came from Pinion (Psalms 64, meaning flight feather, typifying God's soaring power.)
Hi lovely fellow parronts,
Winston is doing very well now after the rehome transition. Bites are not much of a problem anymore, and he is spoiled by us. However, I donāt know if he is doing a little...too well.
I have a hard time determining if he is fat. We donāt have a CAV in the area, so he saw an exotic vet (whoās quite capable for the basics and is conservative to my liking). However, our vet obviously canāt really tell us whether Winston is a pure SI or some mutt SI, and how much he should weight according to his body size. He did say Winston is right around the normal range in his opinion. (460 g ish)
Well, that was during his transition to chop, so he didnāt eat that much. Now he is doing fine on chop, my GOD, this bird can eat!
He eats 2 meals a day. Usually one meal is chop, another is fresh vegetable + TOP pellets. He at least trains twice a day, probably 10-15 mins each time. Treat size varies, but smaller than half of my pinkie nail.
Nowadays, he weights 468-471g in the morning. I wonder if I should limit his food amount. He is a very lazy bird. He does nothing but sits all day. He flies only when thereās treats (nuts). I struggle to get him play toys or move around. At the same time, we are trying to train harness before Spring comes, so we can take him outside when the weather warms up. So...thereās a lot of nuts investment there.
Can you help me see if he is a true SI body (which probably should only weight 370-380g), or is he bigger in scale? Am I giving him too much food? Thanks for the guidance!
Size comparison to small bottles
Size comparison to me, btw, this is Winstonās definition of birdsit.
Open wing
His bird butt
Winston is doing very well now after the rehome transition. Bites are not much of a problem anymore, and he is spoiled by us. However, I donāt know if he is doing a little...too well.
I have a hard time determining if he is fat. We donāt have a CAV in the area, so he saw an exotic vet (whoās quite capable for the basics and is conservative to my liking). However, our vet obviously canāt really tell us whether Winston is a pure SI or some mutt SI, and how much he should weight according to his body size. He did say Winston is right around the normal range in his opinion. (460 g ish)
Well, that was during his transition to chop, so he didnāt eat that much. Now he is doing fine on chop, my GOD, this bird can eat!
He eats 2 meals a day. Usually one meal is chop, another is fresh vegetable + TOP pellets. He at least trains twice a day, probably 10-15 mins each time. Treat size varies, but smaller than half of my pinkie nail.
Nowadays, he weights 468-471g in the morning. I wonder if I should limit his food amount. He is a very lazy bird. He does nothing but sits all day. He flies only when thereās treats (nuts). I struggle to get him play toys or move around. At the same time, we are trying to train harness before Spring comes, so we can take him outside when the weather warms up. So...thereās a lot of nuts investment there.
Can you help me see if he is a true SI body (which probably should only weight 370-380g), or is he bigger in scale? Am I giving him too much food? Thanks for the guidance!
Size comparison to small bottles
Size comparison to me, btw, this is Winstonās definition of birdsit.
Open wing
His bird butt
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