Yeah they are indeed...especially at such a young age. Once they get to about 3 weeks they are a LOT easier to feed and you will start to see a personality shining through.

Its very hard hand rearing small parrots like budgies and cockatiels although very rewarding. I have hand reared many small and larger parrots and believe me it's knackering but worth it in the end.

Please feel free to contact me if you would like any advice. I have kept and bred parrots (although don't breed at the moment due to lack of space and only have a cockatiel and 4 budgies lol and ironically enough am looking for a hr cockatiel for a mate for mine) for over 15 years.

Kelly