20brio19
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- Jul 9, 2019
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- Parrots
- Blueheaded Pionus-born May 2019
So my Pionus is 14 weeks old now, from what I've read it seems like this is around the time for them to start weaning. And he is actively eating pretty much everything I'm giving him now, fresh fruits, veggies, seeds, pellets and some nuts, he drinks water on his own and he eats from my hand now too.
So when I told the breeder that I was still feeding him the formula twice a day he told me I need to stop soon and distract him by giving him some snacks. Well it worked so far, last night he skipped the formula when I fed him seeds and nuts and this morning was the bigger test since he starts screaming as usual. I prepared fresh fruits and veggies for him as he watched me and he started chomping on it, once again forgetting about the formula and then I interacted with him a lot.
Some seem to advocate that you need to give them whenever they ask for it untill they stop. But since he doesn't need it and already eats everything and my tactic seems to work, should I continue this way..
So when I told the breeder that I was still feeding him the formula twice a day he told me I need to stop soon and distract him by giving him some snacks. Well it worked so far, last night he skipped the formula when I fed him seeds and nuts and this morning was the bigger test since he starts screaming as usual. I prepared fresh fruits and veggies for him as he watched me and he started chomping on it, once again forgetting about the formula and then I interacted with him a lot.
Some seem to advocate that you need to give them whenever they ask for it untill they stop. But since he doesn't need it and already eats everything and my tactic seems to work, should I continue this way..