Baby Parrot Handfeeding Time

I just wanted to make a video of the differences in how baby parrots eat.

Each type of parrot seems to have a different way they eat, and as they grow up the feeding technique changes also. People often ask me how hard is it to handfeed and they want to hand feed their own baby bird. The actual act of putting food in a baby's mouth is not really that difficult. However the things that can go wrong and knowing what to look for if things do go wrong takes experience. I still learn new things and I have been raising baby parrots since 1993.

The little caique babies are fairly easy to feed at the stage they are at in this video. They do need frequent feedings though.

The meyers I find difficult to feed. All three of them do not really want the syringe in their mouths. They push it out with their little tongues. So I squirt the food out at the base of their beaks and they eat half of each squirt and spit the other half out. It is a messy feeding, but to be honest, it is kind of fun. The mess can be cleaned up and as long as their crops get full, then I have accomplished a feeding.

The younger jenday conures are eager eaters and are easy to feed. The two older babies at the end of the video are pretty much weaned and weren't really interested in being fed.

The green cheek conures in this video are also pretty much weaned and were not that interested in eating.

This video was made earlier this past weekend, all of the babies are a bit older now and I will have individual videos of them all in about a week.

Thank you for watching my videos!! For more info about our baby birds please visit our web page...

[Greyandgreenfeathers]

I agree entirely that its harder than it looks. Everybody jumping into buying and feeding their own poor birds after seeing and reading about it online scares me... It's something that cannot be taught second-hand. You must have a mentor and its HARDER than it looks.

Great job. Healthy looking setup with great social babies :)

[marcycovault]

I love to watch baby parrots being handfed by experienced people. I've raised small parrots for over 20 years, and I get ready for the next season by watching these and wanting to handfeed the next group of babies! So glad these are on YouTube, and I reinforce what Rita says about handfeeding--looks easy, but problems can arise. One tip I have for washing the fronts off is to use a 20cc syringe of warm water, rinse them off, then pat dry--then you don't smear any formula into beginning feathers.

[gerryjohnson]

The love you have for these birds comes shining through your videos. Awwww!

[theresnothingon]

I couldn't stop watching this, the babies are too sweet, Their just so precious!!

[mercifamisuke]

Wow, you seem to really know what your doing. Your birds are beautiful! I loved your video. :')

[ARiddle]

I would love to spend my life tending to baby animals. :3  Such a sweet video, thank you for sharing!

[AnnessaR]

Such care is given to these beautiful creatures! So nice!

[nejiki]

i love birds so much. i have had the opportunity to raise 9 cockatiels and one beautiful budgie. my budgie passed away recently and i miss her :(

[Loveofpets]

Great video, the babies are so cute, I love when they bob their head up and down.

[tarinvernon]

I wish I could learn more about the whole process. This looks like a dream job. You have so much love for the birdies. I love to watch your videos. Look at dem cuties!

[amydee]

I just smiled the WHOLE time watching this <3

[aqilafiaz]

the cutest soft bird I've ever seen. Wish I had one too.

[molineritadelrio]

Esto es amor por los pájaros, algo extraordinario felicidades por ser así.

[charlieglover]

You are one lucky lady I love those birds more than I love myself. And I'm hoping to get one in a couple of years. Great video. I'm Charlie.

[momkat]

Your energy always astounds me - caring for all these sweet babies!

[patrose]

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think of raising baby birds! Your an amazing lady! Do you sell them? Are they expensive? Wow! You have a lot of patients! Good luck with your baby's, They sure are cute.

[rishipragg]

They seem really excited to get the food..good job.

[thetoxicfoxtv]

Hi I just subscribed to you, when I get back to America in August my mom is going to buy me a baby green cheek conure what should I feed it

[shujjomukhi]

You are both very busy with your family🤩🤪😜

[kathleenmonsegue]

Hi Rita I love your videos and feather babies :) anyways I'm considering and raising a pair of lovebirds...my best friend has the wild parents at her place...their three eggs hasn't hatched yet though... I sense its going to be a full time job raising these cuties. But should I quit my job since the feeding schedules will conflict with my work schedules. I won't have the parents with me. Oh by the way how do you retrieve baby parrots if their parents are aggressive and overly protective?