When to stop porridge?

[Tandi]

Jodi still eats porridge for breakfast and supper and i'm not sure for how much longer she should be getting this? She is just over 3 months old now. She does eat her other food during the day, but i'm not sure if she is eating enough to sustain herself without the porridge. When should i start cutting it down to one porridge feed a day, and then when should i stop feeding the porridge?

[captwest]

When ever your ready, I'm sure she is.do you have a set of scales to weigh her with? Keep trck of her weighand cut back on her formula and how often you give it to her.If you have any questions i;ll be glad to help. if need be PM me and i'll give you my number. Richard

[Tandi]

Thanks Richard! I have cut down on the amount she has for breakfast, and she really doesn't seem to eat a lot of porridge at breakfast time. She eats more porridge at dinner time, so I think I could probably cut out the morning feed. Also, after each feed she eats a fair amount of her cooked mix and then she will snack on her fruity pellets! During the day I have 2 bowls in her cage with her cooked mix and the pellets, then I also leave fresh fuit and veg on her skewer (which she seems to really be enjoying)...I'm just worried she doesn't get enough...

Also, can they eat tomatoes?

[captwest]

hey, tomatoes are ok, be careful abouy leaving cooked food out for too long and it might spoil Is jodi drinking water ? some babies depend on the formula for water. Is she dipping her pellets (very common) if she keeps dirting up her water you might try adding a bottleand only give her a dish to bathe in, i'm glad to hear that jodi eats different foods as that seems to be a large part of having a healthy/happy amazon .PS winter time is a good time to let her have a little extra fat, ie; a Tbl spoon of sunflower seeds or a few nuts , be careful not to over do it and have her depend on them everyday . the pellets should be the main stay of her diet. good luck Richard

[Tandi]

I'm not sure if she is drinking...but I assume she is! She doesn't dirty up her water at all! Maybe I should rather have a bottle for her water, and then leave her a bowl of water to bathe in like you say!? She seems to be starting to eat more by herself now, so I think it would be okay to start phasing out her porridge! I give her fresh cooked food every day, whatever she has left for the day I chuck out and then give her fresh food. I find that when it ks been out for a full day it goes hard...so that's when I replace it with a fresh batch!

How much should she be eating during a day of her cooked food and her pellets? Like how much in table spoon measures? I'd just like to have a rough idea to measure against? How much should she be eating to sustain herself?

[captwest]

Wow that's hard to say, if she was just on pellets you could weigh them and keep track, but the fresh stuff screws that up . the cooked stuff i'd only leave out for an hour or two, then give her the pellets the rest of the day, i have problems with fruit flies if i leave that out all day also. I'd put the water bottle near the pellets and leave the water bowl in until i was sure that she's using the bottle. Let me know how it goes.