bananasmom
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Our umbrella cockatoo was born June 14th, 2022. He still VERY MUCH prefers formula over any sort of food. He always has a bowl full of parrot food (nuts, seeds, banana chips, peppers, etc) as well as commercial pellets. We offer him many varieties of our food as well. He barely ever tries anything. We were told when we got him in October to wean him off formula over the course of a couple weeks, and that he would start eating more solids, but all he did was cry, beg, and lose weight. We quickly went back to hand/syringe feeding.
In February, I successfully switched from syringe feeding to bowl feeding his formula. He gets his bowl twice a day and seems fine with it. I have since read up on abundance weaning and realize we are on his schedule as far as a weaning age, and that's ok! But I have two questions:
#1 Should I be concerned that he has very little interest in ANY solids at this point? (9.5 months) He will eat his almonds and peppers and dump the rest.
#2 Is using a bowl for his formula against abundance weaning guidelines? In other words, am I psychologically harming him by not hand feeding and instead offering him his formula in a bowl?
Thank you for any guidance. He's our first cockatoo but not our first large parrot. He's quite different!
In February, I successfully switched from syringe feeding to bowl feeding his formula. He gets his bowl twice a day and seems fine with it. I have since read up on abundance weaning and realize we are on his schedule as far as a weaning age, and that's ok! But I have two questions:
#1 Should I be concerned that he has very little interest in ANY solids at this point? (9.5 months) He will eat his almonds and peppers and dump the rest.
#2 Is using a bowl for his formula against abundance weaning guidelines? In other words, am I psychologically harming him by not hand feeding and instead offering him his formula in a bowl?
Thank you for any guidance. He's our first cockatoo but not our first large parrot. He's quite different!