You need a more complete diet than millet. Millet is essentially candy for a Quaker, and we all know that a baby cannot survive by just eating candy!
Provide him with lots of fruits and veggies. they can be fresh, canned, or dried.
Small amounts of lean meat would be good at this stage to give him extra protein. Scrambled eggs, with the shells crushed finely and added, would be great too!
Cooked warm ( NOT hot) pasta, rice, oatmeal or mashed potatoes would be great as well. Macaroni and cheese are a favorite, as well as warm pasta soups. My Quaker is in heaven when he gets to share my clam chowder!!
Just be sure to not give avocado, caffeine, chocolate, alcohol, or the seeds of apples or apricots or peaches. Limit the salt and sugar.
Do you let the Quaker eat with you? Eating is a social activities for Quakers, and if you are seen eating then he will want to eat with you. As you see from the listings above, just about all human food is OK for a Quaker, so if you think he is not eating enough then try sharing your meal with him! Get him a small dish and maybe even a small glass( like a shot glass). For drinks he can have pure apple juice, or water with lemon juice. Be sure to mix the lemon juice into a 20 ounce bottle at a rate of about one half teaspoon of juice to 20 ounces of water. he should love it, and it will give him extra vitamin C!
The clucking is normal, and the flapping is just him exercising his wings. When he starts to gain the ability to fly , you should consider taking him to have his wings clipped .
Good Luck!
2007-10-20 06:49:34
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answered by John P 6
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Are you currently hand feeding him? Weighing the bird daily is the best way to tell if he is gaining weight. At 3 months, he should be just about weaned. The flapping is his way of exercising his wings for flight--normal behavior. Birds will lose some weight during weaning, so it is vital to monitor them closely. Offer a variety of pellets, seeds, fruits and vegies. Here is a good website (designed mainly for cockatiels but works well with other birds too) that can help with weaning/feeding.
http://www.cockatielcottage.net/main.html
2007-10-19 16:22:19
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answered by KimbeeJ 7
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what number ozof technique does she get in an afternoon? what number ozof water? Has she been sick? ======== 32oz in accordance to day of technique is likely one of the most a teenager can must have, more suitable than that would reason pressure to their kidneys and diverse subject matters including useful lactase deficiency. 8-10 ozof water is a lot, usually 4 or a lot less is inspired. Being sick will make a teenager free weight, specifically in the adventure that they are vomiting. If she has diverse alerts of an hypersensitive reaction that could want to provide an reason in the back of plenty too, and hypersensitive reactions do worsen with publicity. toddlers can regardless of the truth that be allergic to hypoallergenic technique
2016-10-21 10:50:07
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answered by ? 4
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Body condition! Feel his keel (aka breast bone) if it is really bony he is too skinny. If it's not sticking out too much he may be fine. What are you feeding him? When was he weaned? Has he seen a vet?
2007-10-19 16:19:41
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answered by DogAddict 5
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an instruction manual
2007-10-19 16:17:04
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answered by madelynjohnson97 2
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