Jessiejean1996
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- Dec 20, 2022
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- Parrotlets, Eclectus baby.
Hey there, just after some advice, I have a now 8 week old ekky parrot Iāve been raising since 5 weeks- Iāve done most other species and am a wildlife Carer generally as well. Never done an ekky. Anyways when he came in he had a yeast infection - treated with nilstat, was kept in unclean living quarters, humidity extremely high and so on. Heās now 8 weeks. Normal parrots Iād already have sent up Iām the weaning cage. But Mr ekky here no, I know ekkys are different from the norm and mature later, heās brooders been at around 30-31 degrees, he started panting today so I thought time to drop temp- Iāve tried last week but cropped slowed so put it back up. But I thoigh Iād try again and Dropped to 29 in the brooder- ambient temp and apperently that was to low. It does have a safety shutoff so give it take a degrees. Anyway heās almost fully feathers still some back down left. What temp should an ekky be on at his age? Heās had a tough start to life. And 100% different than any other bird Iāve done. Lol not sure if itās an ekky thing or just this special guy. lol never had this issue. Heās been trying to wean since 7 weeks.
And is eating solids pretty well and drinking, fruits and veg morning and night, and eclectus colour free pellets 24/7. Heās been on 4 feedings a day, but wanted maybe 2, I make him have the 4 only because he did loose a bit when he came in due to the yeast infection so I wanted to get him back up to a decent weight before the drop to weaning, today he had 3 feeds. As he is 8 weeks tomorrow. This mornings weigh in was 380grams. Heās on vetafarm neocare formula. I make it the same as the rest of the parrots. He was vet checked when he came in. - vets donāt know anything here. . itās humid and pretty warm here atm. If you have any questions for me Iām happy to answer Thankyou. Donāt mind the photo, harness training has started. And heās potty trained already. Lol
Questions-
But what temp for brooder for eclectus?
When can he come out of it?
When do I allow him to wean ?
And is eating solids pretty well and drinking, fruits and veg morning and night, and eclectus colour free pellets 24/7. Heās been on 4 feedings a day, but wanted maybe 2, I make him have the 4 only because he did loose a bit when he came in due to the yeast infection so I wanted to get him back up to a decent weight before the drop to weaning, today he had 3 feeds. As he is 8 weeks tomorrow. This mornings weigh in was 380grams. Heās on vetafarm neocare formula. I make it the same as the rest of the parrots. He was vet checked when he came in. - vets donāt know anything here. . itās humid and pretty warm here atm. If you have any questions for me Iām happy to answer Thankyou. Donāt mind the photo, harness training has started. And heās potty trained already. Lol
Questions-
But what temp for brooder for eclectus?
When can he come out of it?
When do I allow him to wean ?