Baby African Grey Hand Rearing

Hand rearing a baby African Grey Parrot or any other baby parrot for that matter, is a dangerous thing to do if you don't know what you're doing, don't just go and buy a baby parrot. It takes a great deal of perseverance and it can be time-consuming to hand rear a African Grey baby parrot.

 

If you don't have the experience of feeding, a baby parrot you should not attempt to purchase a parrot or any other bird. You could injure the baby parrot or even kill it. I would advice most people to buy a baby parrot that has already been weaned.

You might pay less to get a week old baby but the added expenses of the extra things you will have to buy, will probably be a lot more than you bargained for. The formula, brooder and syringes are to name a few things you have to buy.

Then there is the possibility that the new baby parrot will not make it. You will have to keep record of each feeding, weigh the baby on a continual basis and keep everything very sanitized. You have to buy the right formula for an African Grey baby parrot when hand rearing a baby parrot. The formula has to be the right temperature and of the right consistency, to cold and thick can lead to meals staying in the crop and causing harmful bacteria to grow. To hot might lead to crop burn, to runny will cause malnutrition.

You must know how to open the African Grey baby parrots beak, if you don't, you could damage the beak and cause abnormalities. It may seem that a parrot has a strong beak, and adult parrots do but babies do not. Then there is ensuring that African Grey Parrot baby does not get to hot or too cold, both is disastrous and can have lethal outcomes.

If you cannot afford a brooder you will have to buy a heating mat. The baby cannot check his body temperature so you need to do that for him. That means a constant check must be done, and you also have to know the symptoms of being too hot or cold. You will need to know how much formula to give the baby African Grey parrot, and when to introduce solid foods.

You will need to know what to give the baby parrot to ensure that he gets enough vitamins and minerals. As too little or too much could lead to many different health problems later. Hand rearing does not take a couple of days, but rather weeks. It will demand a lot of your time and you need to patient, very patient. Never the less, should you decide to hand rear a baby African Grey Parrot; all of this will certainly be worth it.

I would advice that you get an African Grey Parrot baby parrot from two weeks, you still will hand rear the baby parrot but the hardest part is done. Follow the instructions of the breeder and your avian specialist. When planning to buy a baby parrot no matter how young or old there are a few things you need to look at.

Most important is make sure that it is a reliable African Grey Parrot breeder. The cages really needs to be clean and the other African Grey Parrots should be in a good condition. Ask the breeder what is the baby parrot eating and keep to that diet plan for a week or two and slowly introduce other foods.

Ask questions about the parents, ask to see them. Do not accept an African Grey Parrot if he shows any symptoms of sickness, faeces on the tail or anal area if it is a baby parrot, if they seem to be lethargic, have fluffed up feathers, if they scream when any one approaches them. If they are not fully alert and are clumsy.

African Grey Parrots have an instinctive need to conceal their illness but there are a few things like the above that give us an indication that everything is not fine.

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