I've always wanted a parrot I've read a book on African greys as I always wanted one as a child but after reading the book I decided it wasn't the right bird for me, that's why I was a little concerned about my conure sitting on my head.the pet shop told me to feed him twice a day with 7ml he is eating food to they told me he only really needs it once a day but twice will help him bond with me
I'll be honest I diddnt do a lot of research on the conure I go in the pet shop at least once a month but as soon as I seen him I knew he was for me he will defnitally get lots of love and attention think he is gonna be a right little chractor
Apologies if this comes off as harsh.
there is absolutely no benefit to hand-feeding them yourself, there is no evidence at all that they will bond with you. In fact it's more likely they won't bond with you because they will see you as their parent and when a bird weans and fledges they leave the nest. All it does is save the store money. He needs to go to someone experienced with hand-feeding until he will eat solid foods on his own. The reason they wanted you to take the bird now is because they want your money and if they didn't sell you the bird then, then you may have gone somewhere else losing them a sale. They don't care about the bird the second they're out the door all they care about is your wallet. Meanwhile I'm not getting anything out of this. All I care about is that little conure and that should be your worry too.
To give you an idea of how dangerous and irresponsible it is to give an unweaned baby bird to a first time owner here's a quick run-down. When hand-feeding you can easily be squirting food into his lungs which will KILL him. You can have the food too hot causing his crop to burn which will KILL him. You can have the food too cold which will make the food stay in his crop which will KILL him. You can have a brooder be too hot which will KILL him and you can not have a brooder which I'll guess you don't as they cost a lot which will make him freeze to death. If you need more convincing depending on where you live it is actually illegal to sell an unweaned animal, does that not tell you it's a crazy idea?
I'm not saying this to spoil your fun and to tell you you're not allowed a bird. I'm telling you this so you don't wake up tomorrow or the next day or 2 weeks and find your bird is dead! You like that conure, so call the store tell them he needs to be weaned by them before you take him then in however many weeks it takes you can go get him.
Now think really hard about the store, they got money from you today, got rid of an animal draining their resources and at the same time got you to buy extra expensive items like hand-feeding formula. They're laughing all the way to the bank right now and if your bird dies then they'll tell you it's your fault for not feeding them properly and give you the privilege of spending more money in their store on another bird
Once again apologies if I'm being harsh but we're talking about this innocent creature's life. Your happiness comes second
