Michael wrote:The hand feeding stuff came in and Truman had a fantastic feeding! Took him up from 308g-320g in one shot. I spoke to Jean after and she suggested feeding him in smaller amounts but more frequently to avoid crop stretching.
Great news, and sounds like he enjoys it off the spoon so phew, no crop tube required
I agree with Jean, the last thing you need is an overfilled crop to add to your problem list...a bird of Truman's size should manage 5-8mls quite comfortably per feed. Offer it to him multiple times a day, as long as his crop is clearing as you obviously would know
Again, great great news...my birds and me are sending lots of well wishes!!
(PS: I have a soft spot for Capes, I'm South African and have bred and hand reared them when I still lived in SA...AWESOME parrots!!!)