Quito is Home

[Quito's Qage]

Yesterday I brought Quito the GCC home from the breeders, and she seems to be settling in nicely. This afternoon she decided to step up and come out of the cage on her own (well, with a little grape bribery). She's very sweet, and is also beginning to find her voice, after not making a sound up until this afternoon, now she's doing some chirping. Her appetite has been great. She's eating millet, pellets, banana, as well as the grapes.

So far, grapes have proven to be the treat she will "work for". I've been cutting them up into little pieces of say, 12 pieces per grape. How much is too much grapes for a Green Cheek anyway? I don't want to overdo it, although it seems like they're mostly water anyway. Would two or three grapes a day be reasonable?

[n8wb]

I would usually keep an eye on their droppings. With Rayne, I would try to limit the number of grapes to just two. If I gave her more than that with all of the other goodies she would eat, things would get rather messy in no time. I would cut them in half and she would scarf them down, then lightly beak my fingers to get all of the juice.