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This is Takito and Pedro, when they were both pretty young,
They were babies when I got them, Takito just barely had any feathures, Pedro
was a little older, but both needed to be fed with a dropper(syringe),...
Here where I live, their are not any fancy pet stores, where one can get
special "formulas", etc.... We use a mixture using "maseca" which is a
corn flour used in making tortillas.
When they were a little bigger, and the liquid was not enough, I started feeding them
corn tortillas, and by mouth, after I had chewed the tortilla up enough, ..when they started eating more solid foods, seeds, and some fruit, etc,... well they really were not hard to ween at all, they seemed to enjoy eating on their own, and preferred the food that was on a dish, ...
They were babies when I got them, Takito just barely had any feathures, Pedro
was a little older, but both needed to be fed with a dropper(syringe),...
Here where I live, their are not any fancy pet stores, where one can get
special "formulas", etc.... We use a mixture using "maseca" which is a
corn flour used in making tortillas.
When they were a little bigger, and the liquid was not enough, I started feeding them
corn tortillas, and by mouth, after I had chewed the tortilla up enough, ..when they started eating more solid foods, seeds, and some fruit, etc,... well they really were not hard to ween at all, they seemed to enjoy eating on their own, and preferred the food that was on a dish, ...
One detail stood out to me about you chewing up the tortilla for the baby birds. Do you mean in your mouth? Human saliva harbors tons of bacteria that can make parrots sick. I suggest using other means to mush up the tortilla. I suggest using a ziplock bag, put inside a bit of tortilla, a bit of warm, clean water, seal then from the outside of the bag, pound it. I'm sure there are other ways (like a personal blender).
