Lex, is already fully weaned in my opinion. He only eats 2 drops of the formula, tops.
This bird is not weaned.
A fully weaned bird is a bird that has not eaten formula for a week and is eating alone. In that week you could call the bird ¨weaned¨, but really they could regress at any day.
Going off of your profile picture, 44g is a good weight. Keep an eye on the other, 38.5 is quite low.
How often are you feeding the youngest, and how old are they exactly?
her weight has constantly decrease from 43 g to 38.5 g over the past week. I thought it’s normal because she’s weaning and fledging, but I’m still kind of worried. They don’t really like fruits and veggies. I’ve offered them some bananas, apples, corns, carrots, and now broccolis,
my lovebirds eat very little fruit. I usually only put in one type of fruit per fresh breakfast, sometimes kiwi, other times a blueberry or blackberry, strawberry. Try to offer more exotic fruits, mangos and papaya are good healthy fruits.
My little ones love greens, so romaine lettuce, canónigo, kale, green carrot tops, swiss chard, peas (those are a fave!), they also really enjoy red or orange peppers, red seems to be popular at our house. Broccoli and carrots are also good. I lightly steam the carrot, especially for younger birds.
Prepare some veggies, you can keep a small portion in the fridge for a couple of days, offering a spoonful in a small bowl at a time with some seed sprinkled on top. Offer this right after the formula feeding as that is when they will be most likely to try something new.
As they wean, you will want to wake up early, remove the seed bowl and offer the fresh foods as breakfast for your birds, they will wake with hunger and again, be more likely to try the veggies. If they eat, great, leave the bowl for an hour or so before removing it and replacing the seed bowl. If they don´t eat, swap the bowls back after 15 minutes as to not leave your little ones going hungry.
As they are still in the weaning stage, it is very important that there is always food around for them, seeds, pellets and offering veggies not only after feeding, but throughout the day.