Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 10:25:27 GMT -5
Hi!
Apologies for a second time about not being around much lately.
Things have been quite hectic lately.
Gomez is looking beautiful with his winter coat. It looks nice and silky, he must be quite soft and a pleasure to cuddle~
Gomez has been doing quite well with his switch so far, so its only natural that he would give you little challenge.
It's no ones fault that a difficult stage has popped up. It does happen. In fact I had those happen as well at the most random times.
They would go well for a while then out of no where spring up a rebellious attitude. Continue to be persistent with him and never give in when he tries to be difficult. Sometimes tough love is the only way, so never be afraid to give little stubborn in return. The fact that Gomez is nawing at the wing tip is a very good start. He needs to practice and build his jaw strength up so he can handle larger bones. Try hand feeding the wing tip to gomez and don't put him down until he finishes it all or at least half of it.
Gomez will eat on his own eventually. Since he's only just started his switch, you will need to work with him until he's fully eating chunks or bone in meats.
When he's fully eating something, try having him eat in your lap without you holding onto the food. Hold him until he starts eating, then when he's focused on the food, let him sit there and finish it by himself. If he tries to run to stash, hold him firmly in your lap until he gets focused again then release your hand while he eats in your lap.
I noticed that my guys aren't very fond of the wing tips. If you want, you can try the wingette part of the wing and sit down and hand feed him.
What I did with my little girl, Haru, was sit down with her and hold half of a wingette to the side of her jaw, then rub against her gum, then gently push in when she opened her mouth. I would then hold it until she would begin to chew at the end of it. Eventually she gave in and stopped resisting. I kind of did that persistently every chance I could even in between meal times for a minute or so. Eventually she ate the bone straight from my lap.
You could also try the hand feeding using the tough love approach with the chunks. If he becomes stubborn, become stubborn in return until he finishes a piece.
I'll share my photo with you. I used duck wing in it, but it can apply for any bird wings.
Do you have an exact time for feeding?
Sometimes a good idea would to arrange a certain time for feeding.
For example, I only feed my guys at 6 to 9AM for morning meal and leave it in all day. For their night time meal, (by then they would completely finished their morning meal) I only ever feed them around 8PM, after their play time. I noticed that they become more hungry after a long play and are more willing to eat their meals then go to sleep.
Apologies for a second time about not being around much lately.
Things have been quite hectic lately.
Gomez is looking beautiful with his winter coat. It looks nice and silky, he must be quite soft and a pleasure to cuddle~
Gomez has been doing quite well with his switch so far, so its only natural that he would give you little challenge.
It's no ones fault that a difficult stage has popped up. It does happen. In fact I had those happen as well at the most random times.
They would go well for a while then out of no where spring up a rebellious attitude. Continue to be persistent with him and never give in when he tries to be difficult. Sometimes tough love is the only way, so never be afraid to give little stubborn in return. The fact that Gomez is nawing at the wing tip is a very good start. He needs to practice and build his jaw strength up so he can handle larger bones. Try hand feeding the wing tip to gomez and don't put him down until he finishes it all or at least half of it.
Gomez will eat on his own eventually. Since he's only just started his switch, you will need to work with him until he's fully eating chunks or bone in meats.
When he's fully eating something, try having him eat in your lap without you holding onto the food. Hold him until he starts eating, then when he's focused on the food, let him sit there and finish it by himself. If he tries to run to stash, hold him firmly in your lap until he gets focused again then release your hand while he eats in your lap.
I noticed that my guys aren't very fond of the wing tips. If you want, you can try the wingette part of the wing and sit down and hand feed him.
What I did with my little girl, Haru, was sit down with her and hold half of a wingette to the side of her jaw, then rub against her gum, then gently push in when she opened her mouth. I would then hold it until she would begin to chew at the end of it. Eventually she gave in and stopped resisting. I kind of did that persistently every chance I could even in between meal times for a minute or so. Eventually she ate the bone straight from my lap.
You could also try the hand feeding using the tough love approach with the chunks. If he becomes stubborn, become stubborn in return until he finishes a piece.
I'll share my photo with you. I used duck wing in it, but it can apply for any bird wings.
Do you have an exact time for feeding?
Sometimes a good idea would to arrange a certain time for feeding.
For example, I only feed my guys at 6 to 9AM for morning meal and leave it in all day. For their night time meal, (by then they would completely finished their morning meal) I only ever feed them around 8PM, after their play time. I noticed that they become more hungry after a long play and are more willing to eat their meals then go to sleep.