🦜 I was looking for a current pic of the parrotlet babies- This pic is 6 days old, so they look different now!
They change sooo fast!
Parrotlet 🦜 babies start getting their feathers at about 2 weeks, fledge at around 6 weeks, and wean at about the same time (meaning they eat on their own). Ours have weaned earlier, which was why Lizza got to take her babies home already (the green and blue babies in the pic). She’s re-named them: Mr Green Jeans (MGJ) (the green one) and Levi (blue one). She got the two most colorful, handsome boys! She also got some instructions on offering them a little baby food because it’s fun to give them a little and bond, plus MGJ was still hand-feeding some.
My experience with hand-feeding is that all of my babies wean. Some say this is a concern, you want to make sure they wean – but I don’t know any adult parrots who still need to be hand-fed. If they are provided with the love, caring, clean environment, social environment and food needed, they all become strong, happy and healthy birds that eat on their own.
The trick is to provide the what they need. The correct amount of food/formula, the correct mixture, temperature and frequency for the babies. Then they outgrow the need (humans are like this too – I’ve worked with helping people for nearly 20 years as a spiritual/personal developmental guide and helped them improve their lives or heal from their issues).
Extending to another person or animal is very healing and fulfilling. It grows a bond, of course, and creates another vibrant being in the world. I love it! I also love seeing it in my parrots: look at how they all huddle together and keep each other warm. They also feed each other – they may think that there is a bigger bird there to feed them, but they are open and giving. One for all and all for the feathers.
I hand-feed and wean every one of these babies myself. If you would like one, our available Pacific parrotlets are here.
I had a baby parrotlet born today should I let the parents feed them? Thank you.
Of course!
What about drafts? During summer mos the air is on! How do you keep this from new little ones? I haven’t had a baby for several years now. Hoping to get one next week. But want to be careful of the air conditioner and any drafts!
Babies MUST be kept warm. No drafts and warm. Either via an incubator, appropriate source of heat or in their box they with their parents stay warm enough. Go and see a breeder for them to show this to you correctly to avoid illness or death due to improper temp. Very important 🙂
The draft is greatest at the vent outlets. The cage should be on a different side of the room. You can also cover the cage with fabric to create a “roof” just be careful they don’t eat the fabric.
I have a baby parrollet that has come out of the nest. Looks like a male but I see the parents are biting it. Can I take it out and feed it myself and with what food. Will egg food do
No, the egg food is for the parents to feed the babies; get baby parrot formula to make for the baby. Placing it back into the nest may solve the problem, it may not.