Adding water...

[Izzy]

Hi all! Been a busy few days, but Mel and Misty are doing really well! Mel has been gaining weight and growing, woohoo! I'm absolutely thrilled with how he's been growing these past few days. He's not caught up with Misty, but he's sure trying, lol! They are both 16 days old today, btw.

I have a question about Misty's diet. I started adding soaked seeds to her diet the other day. Basically, I soak some small seeds in water for like 5 hours, drain, mix the soaked seeds with some Exact, probiotics, a pinch of prime and cuttlebone. Since this mixture is pretty dry, should I now be adding a drinking water supply for Misty? I realize the seeds are soaked, so they are damp, but still, I'm worried she might get dehydrated or something.

I'm planning on starting Mel on this diet also, but just wanted to wait a few extra days. I think it's almost time though because he still seems hungry, even after his crop is pretty full of formula. Misty is quiet after her eating her 'seed' diet now.

Can anyone please tell me what to expect in the coming week or two? I mean, what sort of development or behaviorial thingies are going to be happening? Misty is flapping her wings ALOT, I get a good breeze from them, lol! Mel moves his wings, but he doesn't have nearly as many feathers as Misty has.

Oh, I took the sponge thingie off Mel's legs today, just to get an idea of how he was doing. He actually walked and sat down with BOTH legs under him, wheee! I was thrilled to see that! Then when I started to feed him, he got all excited and legs were sticking out everywhere, so I thought it would be best to put the sponge back on him for a little longer. I'm thinking a week should hopefully do it.

Ok, if anyone can give me a heads up on what I can expect from these two in the next week or so, I would so appreciate that.

Thank you,
Izzy