DWL
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Hello, my wife and I are relatively new bird parents. We adopted a Severe Macaw about a year ago and he has been doing very well.
We have just added a new baby to our flock, an Congo African Grey we call Chilee. We acquired him from a local breeder who has loads of excellent reviews, fives stars everywhere we looked. We were told he was weaned and eating pellets. But, when we got him home he didn't seem to be eating anything. We have news paper the bottom of the cage and theres no sign of him eating anything in the morning. After the first 24 hours of this I went out and bought Exacts baby bird formula. once he saw that food he dove at it and devoured it. I called the breeder and told him about our situation. He told me "I was going to spoil him... not to do that." But, I continued anyway 2x a day morning and night for about 10 days now. We offer Chilee fresh cut veggies, cooked beans and sw potato, and a couple grapes everyday.
His cage has 4 cups (1 water, 1 seed, 1pellet, 1 fresh veggies) and still the same thing he won't eat anything and is just waiting for the formula. He may just take a bite and throw the rest by shaking his head.
I forgot to mention that on the paperwork it states that his hatch date is July 18,2018 so he's 13 weeks old.
We have just added a new baby to our flock, an Congo African Grey we call Chilee. We acquired him from a local breeder who has loads of excellent reviews, fives stars everywhere we looked. We were told he was weaned and eating pellets. But, when we got him home he didn't seem to be eating anything. We have news paper the bottom of the cage and theres no sign of him eating anything in the morning. After the first 24 hours of this I went out and bought Exacts baby bird formula. once he saw that food he dove at it and devoured it. I called the breeder and told him about our situation. He told me "I was going to spoil him... not to do that." But, I continued anyway 2x a day morning and night for about 10 days now. We offer Chilee fresh cut veggies, cooked beans and sw potato, and a couple grapes everyday.
His cage has 4 cups (1 water, 1 seed, 1pellet, 1 fresh veggies) and still the same thing he won't eat anything and is just waiting for the formula. He may just take a bite and throw the rest by shaking his head.
I forgot to mention that on the paperwork it states that his hatch date is July 18,2018 so he's 13 weeks old.