Hi All,
I recently purchased my baby Senegal from a breeder a couple of months ago. She will be 5 months old on the 15th of the month. I had been hand feeding regularly for a month and a half per the breeder's instructions. I was feeding twice a day for a month and then began to only do nightly feedings. Moved to every other day nightly feedings for a couple weeks until I pulled her off of the formula completely a couple of weeks ago. When I would feed every other night, she would take approx. 3ccs- sometimes more, sometimes less.
She is all about fresh foods, pellets and the occasional seeds. She is always in her bowl eating. I weigh her everyday and she sits around 115-117 grams. (Which seems to be a tad less than average)
I don't know if its her baby antics that she still has or what; but every morning when I get her out of her cage she head bobs with her mouth open like she is begging for formula. When I feed her her morning veggies (I warm them) she takes the produce in her mouth and bobs like she would on a syringe.
My question is- did I wean her too soon? I think she would still have interest in the formula if I presented it to her (a few ccs at least). I've read some conflicting articles online, some say handfeed until the bird shows absolutely no interest, and then the breeder I purchased her from gave me instructions on how I am to wean. (Feeding twice a day for 2 weeks, then nightly feedings and every other morning feeding for a week, to then every night feeding for a week, to then every other night feeding for a week)
Bottom line is I just want a healthy, happy baby bird and I want to make sure I do everything in my power to see that happen.
Thank you!