cheryl
07-02-2006, 07:45 PM
When i got daisy may she was just over a year old, i only had her 5 or 6 months, she shead some feathers everyday but never did a molt.
As far as i can tell sweetypie is not 2 1/2 months old, for one thing no black on her beak, for another her forhead looks like a pic i saw that showed a 4 or 5 month old lovie described as 'first molt looking like measles'. is there anything special other than a bath that i can do to help her feel better, do i need to keep her warmer during the molt? also should i use a hair dryer on low to dry her (remember i'm the one who has to keep the home temp at 68 degrees year round).
anyway the other question i have is about the paper tearing, daisy may already seemed to be doing the tearing correctly but she couldnt tuck to save her life the second she let go the paper would slide out.
sweetypie just tears v shapes out of the edge of paper and makes spitballs, does this mean she is a he? or does she just need more practice, or do i ! :omg: have to figure out a way to teach her to tear and roll the paper the way daisy may did it?
the progress is sweetypie will come out of her cage and jump to my shoulder:happy: , will walk down my arm and stand on arm or hand -hands are ok as long as they dont have fingers.
fingers :( are to be chomped on at every oppertunity, even fingers that are being helpful and holding food or paper to be torn.
i read the 'wont eat millet' thread with great interest because i had the same problem, sweetypie acted like it was something from another planet:eek: ! just today i got her to try it by giving it to her in a clear spoon with saflower seeds which she loves best, she still dosent seem to think the millet, {bought yesterday (experation date in 08?) so it should not be stale} is all that great.
as long as i was on a roll i gave her coconut on the spoon, she tried it and the broccoli i tried next :whistle:, i then quit while i was ahead.
i think ill try carrots tommrow, and maybe corn
nother question, if she dosent take to any other vegies is it ok to use the cornbread every day to get veggies into her, she does eat that, but i was unsure from what i read if it was ok for it to be an everyday thing.
last ones >o, for now i may have been doing daisy's food wrong.
is it ok to give her just veggies first thing in the morning and then put in the seed an hour or so later or would that be considered starving her?
fresh fruit needs to be tossed in 3 hours, what about veggies and the bread?
thanks to whoever answers all these questions:grouphug: .
As far as i can tell sweetypie is not 2 1/2 months old, for one thing no black on her beak, for another her forhead looks like a pic i saw that showed a 4 or 5 month old lovie described as 'first molt looking like measles'. is there anything special other than a bath that i can do to help her feel better, do i need to keep her warmer during the molt? also should i use a hair dryer on low to dry her (remember i'm the one who has to keep the home temp at 68 degrees year round).
anyway the other question i have is about the paper tearing, daisy may already seemed to be doing the tearing correctly but she couldnt tuck to save her life the second she let go the paper would slide out.
sweetypie just tears v shapes out of the edge of paper and makes spitballs, does this mean she is a he? or does she just need more practice, or do i ! :omg: have to figure out a way to teach her to tear and roll the paper the way daisy may did it?
the progress is sweetypie will come out of her cage and jump to my shoulder:happy: , will walk down my arm and stand on arm or hand -hands are ok as long as they dont have fingers.
fingers :( are to be chomped on at every oppertunity, even fingers that are being helpful and holding food or paper to be torn.
i read the 'wont eat millet' thread with great interest because i had the same problem, sweetypie acted like it was something from another planet:eek: ! just today i got her to try it by giving it to her in a clear spoon with saflower seeds which she loves best, she still dosent seem to think the millet, {bought yesterday (experation date in 08?) so it should not be stale} is all that great.
as long as i was on a roll i gave her coconut on the spoon, she tried it and the broccoli i tried next :whistle:, i then quit while i was ahead.
i think ill try carrots tommrow, and maybe corn
nother question, if she dosent take to any other vegies is it ok to use the cornbread every day to get veggies into her, she does eat that, but i was unsure from what i read if it was ok for it to be an everyday thing.
last ones >o, for now i may have been doing daisy's food wrong.
is it ok to give her just veggies first thing in the morning and then put in the seed an hour or so later or would that be considered starving her?
fresh fruit needs to be tossed in 3 hours, what about veggies and the bread?
thanks to whoever answers all these questions:grouphug: .