i have a 4 week cockateil what is the best food to raise him on and how much can he eat each time i

This makes me mad. Who's the idiot selling babies at 4 weeks old without hand feeding instructions and to someone who's never done it before?? **Headdesks several times** UGH! I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at the person breeding and not knowing what they're doing >.< !

Sorry for the venting. Babies that are 4 weeks old still need another 4-5 weeks of hand feeding and it's important that they be fed by a person because they still don't know how to eat on their own. It means mixing special food every so many hours, checking the temperature and feeding with a spoon or eyedropper. I strongly suggest you talk to someone in a local parrot club as you're going to need someone to speak to if there's any problems. I'll post a web site that will give you detailed instructions on what to feed, how to feed and how much.

There's three rules you need to know when hand feeding:

1- ALWAYS mix new food at every feeding time.

2- Always use a Thermometer when testing formula temperature. If it's too hot the baby can literally burn a hole in their crop (a special food holding sack at the base of their throat). If it's too cold the food can't move into the stomach and the food rots, causing a serious infection.

3- Always disinfect your hand feeding tools! Some people dip their tools in bleach then wash it off with antibacterial soap. I wash mine off with antibacterial soap and rinse with water that's just been boiled.

Baby cockatiels at 4 weeks old are still being fed every 4-5 hours. The web site I'm giving you will give you the times and methods you need :-) .