chicoshuman
Regular Member
Hey guys I'm back again because I trust your judgement more than other parrot/bird groups out there on social media...
After Rhaegars incident with the match shift training perch, which has been eradicated from existence. he has been fine. However today he seems to be off his food...
He didn't eat his breakfast and hasn't wanted his dinner either. normally a mixture of pellets and fresh veg with a little pasta.
Its really concerning me however in hopes of tempting him to eat i did allow him a piece of plan pizza crust (I know this is terrible but i just needed to see if he would eat something) he gobbled it up very happily... I then just made him some boiled sweet potato and normal potatoes which he did eat some of, not much. He will also eat his training treats of pine nuts.
Am I dealing with a baby bird becoming fussy about his food or should I worry? His behaviour seems very normal for him, destructive, energetic, playful and loving. He has become a little hyper and loud this evening... I feel its because he's hungry but he's telling me he doesn't want his normal food? just threw it all out of his bowl, he's also maybe slightly on the more chewy bit everything he can side to normal...
Normally I'd just take him to the vet in an instant but just this Wednesday we lost our oldest beloved golden retriever of 12 years after a very short and sudden battle with cancer ( we couldn't see her suffer any longer ) and in the last week I've spent £560 on treatment for her and my younger retriever came down with an acute but common skin infection which obviously also needed treating by the vet. I still have an outstanding bill of £300 or so and not a penny left right now which is why I'm hesitant with taking him to my avian vet as i know his consultation alone will be around £70 before he's even in the door... Obviously I will take him if I really need to as i can't bare to risk the health of another one of my babies we are devastated as a family at the loss of Holleigh its a pain I've not felt in my entire life.
I will just add he does want to eat, he keeps checking out his food bowl but finds nothing he wants... He's currently trying to open his food bowl door from the outside ( i just opened it for him and he had a look and wasn't impressed still.
After Rhaegars incident with the match shift training perch, which has been eradicated from existence. he has been fine. However today he seems to be off his food...
He didn't eat his breakfast and hasn't wanted his dinner either. normally a mixture of pellets and fresh veg with a little pasta.
Its really concerning me however in hopes of tempting him to eat i did allow him a piece of plan pizza crust (I know this is terrible but i just needed to see if he would eat something) he gobbled it up very happily... I then just made him some boiled sweet potato and normal potatoes which he did eat some of, not much. He will also eat his training treats of pine nuts.
Am I dealing with a baby bird becoming fussy about his food or should I worry? His behaviour seems very normal for him, destructive, energetic, playful and loving. He has become a little hyper and loud this evening... I feel its because he's hungry but he's telling me he doesn't want his normal food? just threw it all out of his bowl, he's also maybe slightly on the more chewy bit everything he can side to normal...
Normally I'd just take him to the vet in an instant but just this Wednesday we lost our oldest beloved golden retriever of 12 years after a very short and sudden battle with cancer ( we couldn't see her suffer any longer ) and in the last week I've spent £560 on treatment for her and my younger retriever came down with an acute but common skin infection which obviously also needed treating by the vet. I still have an outstanding bill of £300 or so and not a penny left right now which is why I'm hesitant with taking him to my avian vet as i know his consultation alone will be around £70 before he's even in the door... Obviously I will take him if I really need to as i can't bare to risk the health of another one of my babies we are devastated as a family at the loss of Holleigh its a pain I've not felt in my entire life.
I will just add he does want to eat, he keeps checking out his food bowl but finds nothing he wants... He's currently trying to open his food bowl door from the outside ( i just opened it for him and he had a look and wasn't impressed still.