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Hi my name's Alison and we have a Blue Crowned Amazon, although I've been told it's a blue fronted!! He's called Alfie and he's 15. We've had him from 1 year of age. Today Alfie had a trip to the vet. For the last couple of weeks he doesn't seem to eat much and doesn't squawk about like he normally does. Most of the day he sits fluffed up with his head back in his wings, very unlike him. He used to come out of the cage and sit on my head and fly around but we've had a dog for the past 4 years and things have changed. Alfie loves my dog but my dog isn't keen on Alfie and I won't take chances so Alfie stays in his cage. On the odd occasion we've got him out, he'll sit on the cage and within a few minutes he's back inside. He has a nice big cage with toys and it sits at one end of our lounge/diner in about the only place we can put him, by the patio doors. The curtains are pulled at night and he has a cover for his cage. The vet said his body condition is good, I was surprised as hes eaten very little the last couple of days so I thought he'd have got skinny, but his feathers don't look wonderful, having a moult. He saw him poo and he said it's not right, quite runny. He's sent off poo samples for tests and wants those results before he thinks about blood tests. He said had we got a UV light. We've had two and they've gone wrong. He hasn't had one for years. Also he said we should get a heat lamp! I don't really want one, we have our heating on and he's covered at night. I, for one, won't go out for any length of time, out the home and leave one of them on I'm afraid. Tomorrow we are off to a place not many miles from us who are specialists in parrots, reptiles, etc. I'm unsure now of full spectrum lamps. If you go on YouTube - Mark Schack - Full Spectrum Lamp Myth Revealed. It's really put me off as it looks as though it's all completely untrue and we are wasting our money! Oh what to do. I'd love some feedback from any of you people about heat lamps and UV lamps also. Thank you.