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With the Coronavirus, my local bird store is closing to the public. They called to ask if I would take my baby green cheek conure home early. He was due to come home at the end of March/beginning of April, so it's not crazy early, but still earlier than expected. His hatch date was 1/26. We're scheduled to pick him up this Saturday.
Since selecting him on March 1, I've been going in every day they're open to hand feed and spend time with him. I'm not terribly nervous about handfeeding as they've given me great training. They do abundance weaning, so he's already been eating chop for over a week, and is losing interest in formula. I wanted to know how to feed formula 1. to help with bonding and 2. in case he regressed upon coming home and needed formula again.
But he will be coming home pre-weaned. What should I be expecting/planning for? I will be offering him chop every day, and plan to still handfeed 2x per day unless he decides he's done with formula and is full on chop. Is this the right way to go?
Since selecting him on March 1, I've been going in every day they're open to hand feed and spend time with him. I'm not terribly nervous about handfeeding as they've given me great training. They do abundance weaning, so he's already been eating chop for over a week, and is losing interest in formula. I wanted to know how to feed formula 1. to help with bonding and 2. in case he regressed upon coming home and needed formula again.
But he will be coming home pre-weaned. What should I be expecting/planning for? I will be offering him chop every day, and plan to still handfeed 2x per day unless he decides he's done with formula and is full on chop. Is this the right way to go?