[atvchick95]

What to do with 3 babies who'd rather fly around the room then eat?

The 3 I'm hand feeding Cry to be fed But When i start feeding them they take a bite or two then they're off zooming around the room and Won't eat

they're all almost 2 months old

they're eating a little bit of Pellets,Millet and fresh veggies but not enough to fill them up

The other 2 i hand fed last month Wasn't like this, They got their bellies full then they'd want to fly around the room

 

[xxxSpikexxx]

I would still give them some handfeedings and still have food out for them to eat all the time. I would worry about them not getting enough nutrition.

 

[atvchick95]

The pellets, are there for them 24/7

Im still hand feeding them they're just making it a bit more complicated when one starts flying around I put that one up get another one, feed it til it starts flying around Put it back get the 3rd, and do it all over again until they're full

but It was much easier when they'd eat until they got their bellies full then start do their wondering around lol

 

[xxxSpikexxx]

Well than if thats the case don't forget to have something to eat yourself afterwards, all that work must make you hungry

 

[Renae]

My 3 are just over a month and they do the same.

I leave millet out for them, plus seed, veggies (but not for long they go all yucky) and they get hand fed still, but they do the same as yours, they will have a bit of the formula and then they aren't interested after it and prefer to fly around rather then have some food and have a full belly before wanting to go exploring.

Maybe they don't want the formula anymore, and they want to go onto the pellets and etc, a lady I know who breeds 'tiels said around that age some 'tiels can/will go off the formula. I guess as long as they have food out and they know it's there for them then it'll be alright.

- What about feeding them in a completely different room?

 

[tielfan]

That's normal behavior for their age. From http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww65e.htm :

"Cockatiel chicks who are fledging will diet to make themselves more areodynamic and often eat very little. It is at this time that the handfeeder must make certain that the chicks are receiving adequate nutrition. A cockatiel chick between three and six weeks needs about 20-30cc/ml of formula a day. I find it best to divide this into five or six small feedings of 5cc/ml. Although this may be considered a lot of feedings, the chicks seem to do well with this schedule.

Once the chicks are six weeks old, their appetite returns and they want more to eat in each feeding. It is only 2 to 4 weeks till the chicks are weaned and eating as independent adult cockatiels. "

You could try offering them soft warm food on a spoon. My chicks reached a point where they were impatient with the handfeeding syringe but would eagerly eat from a spoon. There was still a lot of head-bobbing, but it was a more grown-up style of eating.

 

[atvchick95]

I hand feed them with a spoon

I prefer the spoon so once they'll start taking their formula off the spoon I don't bring the syringe with me any more

its so much easier to feed them off a spoon