Is my Brotogeris over eating?

[echoskybound]

I just brought home a sweet little White-winged parakeet (brotogeris) about four days ago. He is just over 4 months old.

He eats like crazy! He chows down on everything I offer him. Every day he's been almost completely devouring his lunchtime bowl of fruits and veggies, and then he stuffs his face with pellets for dinner. He spend a LOT of time eating. I haven't really been restricting food, since I want to make sure he's eating enough. However, just a few minutes ago, I looked over and saw his absolutely gigantic crop... I actually panicked and thought there was something wrong! He really stuffed himself.

I haven't started tracking his daily weight yet, but now that he's getting a little more comfortable, I'm going to start tracking it. I've read that the adult weight is around 70g, but I'm not sure what the weight of a 4 month old should be, since I have no idea when his species would be considered adult.

Is the big appetite to be expected for a young bird? Thanks for reading! :]

 

[thekarens]

I'm not familiar with the eating habits of your species, but I know with my linnies they graze all day. If he's eating healthy stuff I'm inclined to think you should let him eat and monitor his weight.

 

[jugoya]

For the first year or so, Brotos will stuff themselves.
Not sure why. Porter can still polish off a fruit bowel and pellets.

But look below on the floor... they are also really really really messy eaters xP