DEBBIE, FROM PARROT RESCUE, CONTACTED ME WHEN A FRIEND OF HERS HAD A HATCHLING PIONUS THAT HE THOUGHT THE PARENTS WEREN'T FEEDING. I WAS HAPPY TO TAKE THIS LITTLE GUY IN TO HANDFEED AND TRY TO WEAN HIM. HE TOOK IN 13CCS AT HIS FIRST MEAL. HE CHATTERS LIKE A BABY RACCOON WHEN HE IS HUNGRY, BUT RARELY TAKES IN MORE THAN 10 CC'S AT A TIME. HE WEIGHED IN AT 195 GRAMS, BUT EVENTUALLY DROPPED DOWN TO 175 AS HIS STEADY WEIGHT. HOBBLES, SO NAMED FOR HIS LIMP, SINCE HE WAS BORN SPLAY LEGGED IS SUCH A GREAT BIRD. NEVER MESSES ON YOU AND IS SO QUIET. WHEN HE'S DONE WITH HIS FEEDING, HE FLUTTERS TO THE FLOOR AND MAKES HIS WAY TO THE COUCH. SUCH AN INTELLIGENT BIRD. DEBBIE TOOK HIM BACK TO DAD, AS HE'S LEARNED TO EAT ON HIS OWN, WITH THE ADVICE OF WEIGHING DAILY TO MAKE SURE HE MAINTAINS HIS WEIGHT. NO, HOBBLES IS NOT UP FOR ADOPTION.

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