TheSpoiledReckless
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- Apr 7, 2016
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- Parrots
- Bonnie-rescued orange-winged Amazon
Darwin-my baby girl, pineapple green cheek conure, also a rescue. RIP Darwin, dearly missed
Kiwi and Damon, the devilish lovebird twins
Charlie-Umbrella Cockatoo,
My baby umbrella cockatoo came home Saturday night and it's been exciting ever since. He is four months old, hatched June 29th and a DNA tested male. Such a little baby and I can already tell he is going to be SO MUCH TROUBLE. He's getting into everything, nothing is left unchewed or untested. He wants so badly to meet his older sister Bonnie, who would rather have nothing to do with him and his big scary crest. Bonnie is in a rage about having a baby brother (new baby syndrome, oh boy). She has quadrupled her already fairly impressive chewing and ripped about anything she can get to. Cardboard coin rolls, alphabet blocks, yucca wood, wooden bird toys, straws, ANYTHING. She spends most of her time running back and forth on her perches like a mad bird and tossing her head wildly while she chucks food out of her bowls. Gone is a simple bird who sat quietly on her perches and chewed her blocks happily throughout the day while she waited to get her next nut treat. I guess she loved her nuts so much she decided to become one, you know what they say, you are what you eat, haha.
Anyways, back to Charlie. He is handfeeding three times a day, eating zupreem baby formula. Turns out, I have absolutely no idea how to handfeed so I messed up pretty bad the first few times. He didn't get to eat his first night home because I botched his feeding so badly I nearly choked him! Thankfully, I stayed up the night researching and by morning I was able to successfully feed him 20mls of formula at the right temperature and everything. At 2 I fed him again and got 25mls in him. By that evening he was back at the full 35mls of formula and I had finally gotten the hang of feeding him. It's been a few days and I pretty much perfected the feeding. I taught my mom and a few friends how to feed him as well in case I couldn't for any reason, my mom feeds him once a day while I'm at work or in class. He is still being offered pellets and fresh foods (He seems to love apple and strawberries, he doesn't quite know how to eat by himself but he moves it around in his mouth and tries really hard). He needs a bigger cage (which I am already saving up for, should have one in a month of two) I thought my green cheek's old cage would work (when I say green cheek cage I don't mean a tiny cage, I bought my green cheek the same cage I have my amazon parrot in, my green cheek could fly around in her cage it was so huge) it turns out that it doesn't. Yes, he could live fairly comfortably in it but he won't because I spoil my birds and he will be receiving the biggest cage possible. Other then that he has soooooo many toys he doesn't know where to start (I have draws and baskets stuffed with toys, as well as every single cage and its playtop and multiple play gyms.)plenty of fresh foods and time out of his cage. He is a massive cuddle-bug and wants to be in someones arms at all times and he laughs hysterically when he gets in trouble.
Anyways, back to Charlie. He is handfeeding three times a day, eating zupreem baby formula. Turns out, I have absolutely no idea how to handfeed so I messed up pretty bad the first few times. He didn't get to eat his first night home because I botched his feeding so badly I nearly choked him! Thankfully, I stayed up the night researching and by morning I was able to successfully feed him 20mls of formula at the right temperature and everything. At 2 I fed him again and got 25mls in him. By that evening he was back at the full 35mls of formula and I had finally gotten the hang of feeding him. It's been a few days and I pretty much perfected the feeding. I taught my mom and a few friends how to feed him as well in case I couldn't for any reason, my mom feeds him once a day while I'm at work or in class. He is still being offered pellets and fresh foods (He seems to love apple and strawberries, he doesn't quite know how to eat by himself but he moves it around in his mouth and tries really hard). He needs a bigger cage (which I am already saving up for, should have one in a month of two) I thought my green cheek's old cage would work (when I say green cheek cage I don't mean a tiny cage, I bought my green cheek the same cage I have my amazon parrot in, my green cheek could fly around in her cage it was so huge) it turns out that it doesn't. Yes, he could live fairly comfortably in it but he won't because I spoil my birds and he will be receiving the biggest cage possible. Other then that he has soooooo many toys he doesn't know where to start (I have draws and baskets stuffed with toys, as well as every single cage and its playtop and multiple play gyms.)plenty of fresh foods and time out of his cage. He is a massive cuddle-bug and wants to be in someones arms at all times and he laughs hysterically when he gets in trouble.
