Friday, April 15, 2011

8 weeks

Today Fig is 8 weeks old and completely weaned.  He has not asked for his formula for several days now but loves his millet and will sit in his bowl to eat his seed and pellet mixture.  He gets a variety of fruits and vegetables every day (recipe below), but he doesn't seem very interested yet.  He does like wheat grass, fresh dandelion greens, basil, and romaine lettuce, especially when I mist them with water.
He now has lots of rope perches in his cage, which he seems to appreciate since his climbing skills are much better than his flying skills.  He particularly likes his boing, but he's too impatient to walk up then entire length, so he skips from one coil to the next using his beak.  He would ride endlessly on our shoulders and seems to particularly like hiding under hair (maybe it reminds him of being under the feather duster).
I typically leave for work before Fig is awake, but John says when he takes him in the shower that he has been making some human-sounding noises.

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Fig's Frozen Veggie / Fruit Mix:
cucumber
mustard greens
corn
broccoli
carrots
peas
green beans
apple
banana
mango
quinoa, cooked
All ingredients are diced very small, mixed in equal proportions, frozen into serving-sized cubes using ice trays or mini-muffin tins, and thawed before serving in the refrigerator or using cool water.
There is also a great Daily Fresh Food Mix recipe in Sandee Molenda's The Parrotlet Handbook.

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