Tag Weaning

[LADY_DEBRA]

I have a 4month old Cag named Misty she is not totally weaned, she refuses formula so now she eats organic baby food and some fruits and veggies for breakfast, pellets and her goldenfeast madagascar delite for lunch,usually around 4pm she gets a more veggies and fruits for dinner then at 8:30 or 9 her last feeding of baby food I tried to mix the baby food in with the formula and that idea didn't work, no matter what u put in the formula she does not want it in any way shape or form , she can have all the baby food she wants, I plan on keep feeding it to her until she refuses it which maybe a long time cause she loves it she is also trying to fly which she can fly about 8 feet now so I really have to keep an eye on her

[Lori~D]

Weaning also depends on the situation at the aviary. When I have just one or two babies it takes a ton longer for them to wean because they have no birds to "teach" them what is "to eat". If there are young but already almost weaned babies to put them in with they wean WAYYYY faster because they see and try the foods they older babies are eating thus learning how to eat like a big birdie. This last clutch of Parrotlets I put the flight cage I wean them in right up against my gentle grass keets cage.I feed the grass keets in a flat tray on the floor due to there foraging nature. Watching the grass keets made this last clutch wean super fast and they are totally refusing formula from a syringe and will only take a few bites from a spoon at barley six weeks! Two have gone to new homes already. They also learn to use the water bottle this way.