Can anyone give me a guide???

[Dj tweet]

Hi all
im hoping to pick up my baby this weekend or early next week
he is 5 weeks on Wednesday
I have hand raised in past but only smaller birds
can anyone give me a ruff guide to amounts and frequency of feeds for an alexandrine parrot ( or a bird weighing ruffly 450g at adulthood )
thanks a bunch
Cheers Jesse

 

[antoinette]

Hey there Jesse, such an exciting time for you
I hand reared Mishka from 6 weeks old, such a pleasant experience

Came across this very interesting link, pertaining to alexandrine parrot from hand rearing onwards

Alexandrine Parrots, Alexandrian Parrot, Psittacula Eupatria, Parakeet

Good luck

 

[Bobby34231]

Hey Jesse, I would think the breeder could give you all that info, maybe even a lesson or two on the techniques their using in handfeeding your baby now, if you don't feel 100% comfortable in doing it you might consider allowing them to continue handfeeding till the bird is weaned, good luck whichever way you decide.

 

[Dj tweet]

Thanx ant I shall have a look at the link in
morn
yes Bobby the breeder is giving me all the info
I'm
comfortable in doing it and I'm sure I will work it out as I go when it comes to my baby being a bigger bird just like to have some resources as back up
hense why I ask
thanks heaps

 

[JawzX]

wooo! 450 grams? Hoping for the large end of the Alexandrine size scale?
Hehe!

My Ms. Prissy Beak is small for an Alex, (I think she may be the Siamensis sub-species, which is the smallest of them all) and she weighs in at about 185-190 grams.

 

[HRH Di]

wooo! 450 grams? Hoping for the large end of the Alexandrine size scale?
Hehe!

My Ms. Prissy Beak is small for an Alex, (I think she may be the Siamensis sub-species, which is the smallest of them all) and she weighs in at about 185-190 grams.

450 gr sounds big to me too, that's the size of our RFM. I thought they only got to be about 200 gr. That's how big my Max is.

 

[Dj tweet]

Sorry yes it appears I was wrong in my weights ( that's what happens when you go off top of head and not facts lol )
I'm so super excited about it all I can't wait

 

[JawzX]

the data I've seen puts a quite wide weight range out there for Alexandines, from 200 to 400 grams, but that takes into account all the subspecies, from the petite Siamensis to the big Nepalese... Average is 200 to under 300 as far as I can tell.

My vet, who keeps Derbyans and IRNs said Baby was on the small side for an Alex, but even at under 200 grams she was a little pudgy

 

[Dj tweet]

Thanks jawx

 

[JawzX]

the excitement is pefectly normal we look forwad to pictures and perhaps video of messy feedings