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My baby sun conure is having some difficulty weaning. He eats solid food on his own out of the bowl I see him do it several times a day so I know he is eating. Problem is he still VERY willingly will take and often beg for the syringe even though at this point its room temperature baby rice cereal with some formula (vet recommended). He is only on two feedings a day which are small, my question is should I discontinue the hand feedings all together since he seems to be eating on his own? Or should I wait till he is no longer interested in the syringe?


(Yes, this is my first time hand feeding and weaning a baby bird. I have had him since he was two weeks old and he has been to vet visits during the process in which the vet has given me nothing but good feedback. So if you have anything to say about me getting the bird before it was weaned please save your words cause I really don’t care about your negative comments :/ )

Thanks for the advice! I'll keep on going then.