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sour crop

  1. H

    911 Help! 2 week lovebird chick's crop hasn't emptied for 9 hours.

    The chick has been fed warm eggfood for 2 days since It had to be taken for spoon handfeeding after an emergency (Eggs hatched and mother did not feed chicks so a chick died). I expected the formula to arrive today but delivery has been delayed and should be getting formula tomorrow. I check the...
  2. LiefDuivel

    Budgie smells like... soap???

    Hey y'all! Got something weird going on here and don't know what to make of it! I turned my head to give Genji kisses today and noticed a weird smell. He's smells really strongly of like... soap. Or cilantro. Idk what the "sour smell" sour crop gives off, but it's not a repulsive odor like i'd...
  3. E

    Urgent Possible Yeast Infection

    Hi There! First time poster and newbie here, thanks for having me! My birds had babies (first time for them and me) which I didn't think would happen. The parents have been feeding the one chick but they have been overfeeding the past few days and the crop is pretty massive tonight and I've...
  4. cocotiel

    URGENT!!! 2 week old cockatiel with sour crop (Sad Update #8)

    Hi, hope you all are doing well with all your feathered friends. Mine on the other hand is extremely sick. I got a 2 week old cockatiel, Mini, which already had a severe case of sour crop. The vet asked me to mix the handfeed with gripe water and prescribed Nystatin along with cephalexin twice a...
  5. J

    Urgent Sour crop/air filled

    I recently had to take care of unweaned baby cockatiel, about 21 days old. I fed it Harrison’s formula and made sure the temperature was correct and everything. The chick’s crop hasn’t fully emptied in about 15 hours, even though it’s droppings are normal. I just gave it three drops of acv in...
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