patdbunny wrote:Finger feeding right now might be a good idea as a transition so when it gets to your home it's familiar with you finger feeding and you can easily introduce new foods by finger feeding when you get the baby home.
I've been finger feeding him/her (how long does it take to get DNA results back, anyway?) small bits of dry pellets and "hash" for a while now. He'll take little bits from me, but wont eat out of the bowl (that I've seen anyway).
patdbunny wrote: I know that's going to be hard for you to tell if you haven't heard a bunch of babies crying.
OH MY GOODNESS! He begs, fusses, and cries like nobody's business! As a matter of fact, we almost didn't get him because he was SO noisy. If Karen hadn't told us it was baby begging and he'd eventually stop, we'd have passed on this great little bird. Never mind the rest of the babies currently in the nursery and the playpen - between the mess of them, it's a cacophony of baby begging at dinner time! Thanks again for all your help. I'm glad to know where to turn if things get hairy when he comes home!