your English is fine!
Whenever you are in trouble you can ask me in Spanish (I happen to be a Spaniard too). But I will reply in English so everybody understands.
A weaned kakariki if kept with the parents will keep on begging for food, but around a week after jumping out of the nest (i.e. when they are 6-7 weeks old) they are weaned, although it's advisable to keep them a week or two more with the parents, or place them with other adults that "baby-sit" them.
I handfed 3 kakariki around 4 yrs ago and I can tell you as soon as they learned to fly they became really naughty. As soon as they had a couple of licks of baby formula they were off to explore the world, they are absolutely fearless when they are 4-5 weeks old, they are an amazing bird.
And the aviary raised birds, at least in my case, they are not shy to come play with my shoelaces.
is he very lethargic, or he simply ruffles up the feathers and takes a nap during the day?
If you said he was already interacting, etc... I woulnd't suspect that he is sick. When birds are sick they are not willing to play, investigate, nibble your fingers, etc...
About the water... what kind of bowl/system do you use for the drinking water. Mine use the rabbit bottles as a shower, since very young. The little bastards have good fun with that. And a water bowl... they are going to empty when they take a bath.
The color of the droppings may change if they eat different stuff, and when they eat more veggies they are more watery, but that doesn't mean they have diarrhea.
Unless the bird becomes lethargic I woulnd't worry too much, but that's just me (I'm a bit laid back now, I used to be a drama queen when I started keeping birds )
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