Hi everyone.
I'm hoping to find some answer on how to help my 12 year old Sun Conure, Mango. He has always over-regurgitate, in my opinion anyways, since he was about 9 which is when my other Conure Claire started laying eggs ( she was also about 9 so it was a surprise to us). It would be on and with everything too, his perches, all his toys, the side of the cage, less likely but still sometimes on t-shirts and clothing. We tired everything to calm it down but even when Claire stopped laying, he would continue. Talked to the vet about it and they thought he was just an over hormonal bird. We aren't able to really "touch" or pet him either as he is a rescue and is quite afraid of hands (although he has gotten much better over the years to were we can sometimes help with pin feathers). I weight them daily and would always see his weight fluctuate massively but it never dip too low to be scary. Sadly his friend Claire pass away February this year and we have all been struggling. While they weren't a really close bonded pair I do believe they still "loved" each other and of course enjoyed spending time together. We've done everything we can to help him up till getting another buddy because we haven't found another suitable rescue for our family/ we have been really missing my baby so it's been hard. The problem now is his regurgitation seems to have multiplied x10 since her passing and I honestly worry about his health. I'll hear him in the middle of the night doing it, before I can get him breakfast he's doing it, during the day he does it multiple times, on anything he can get to as well. There is only a little time during the day were he does normal activities like plays, naps, eats, etc. Even when he does come to sit with me he starts right away so I try to put him back to play somewhere else as I thought at first it was just me making him do it. I know it's normal to regurgitate but isn't this much too much? Can it be causes by stress? If so, has anyone experienced this before and have anyways to help him.
A little about his current routine to help:
.He gets 12 hours of sleep (8:30 am to 8:30 pm) with black out blinds so it's dark that whole time
.Healthy diet we've had them on since we got them (veggies through out the day with the odd specials snack here and there, training snacks and pellets for dinner)
.He's outside his home almost the whole time during the day (expect for maybe the odd day were I have to go to town)
. Has tons of toys to destroy and play with
. Doesn't like to spend to much time with people including me expect for flying over to me to sit with me/chew on my clothes every once and awhile but does enjoy sitting next to people and doing training.
. Gets exercise like flying around the house
. As mentioned before doesn't let me pet him much so I've never touched him anywhere but his head and of course feet.
I worry he is not only going to get sick but possibly drop too much weight. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
I'm hoping to find some answer on how to help my 12 year old Sun Conure, Mango. He has always over-regurgitate, in my opinion anyways, since he was about 9 which is when my other Conure Claire started laying eggs ( she was also about 9 so it was a surprise to us). It would be on and with everything too, his perches, all his toys, the side of the cage, less likely but still sometimes on t-shirts and clothing. We tired everything to calm it down but even when Claire stopped laying, he would continue. Talked to the vet about it and they thought he was just an over hormonal bird. We aren't able to really "touch" or pet him either as he is a rescue and is quite afraid of hands (although he has gotten much better over the years to were we can sometimes help with pin feathers). I weight them daily and would always see his weight fluctuate massively but it never dip too low to be scary. Sadly his friend Claire pass away February this year and we have all been struggling. While they weren't a really close bonded pair I do believe they still "loved" each other and of course enjoyed spending time together. We've done everything we can to help him up till getting another buddy because we haven't found another suitable rescue for our family/ we have been really missing my baby so it's been hard. The problem now is his regurgitation seems to have multiplied x10 since her passing and I honestly worry about his health. I'll hear him in the middle of the night doing it, before I can get him breakfast he's doing it, during the day he does it multiple times, on anything he can get to as well. There is only a little time during the day were he does normal activities like plays, naps, eats, etc. Even when he does come to sit with me he starts right away so I try to put him back to play somewhere else as I thought at first it was just me making him do it. I know it's normal to regurgitate but isn't this much too much? Can it be causes by stress? If so, has anyone experienced this before and have anyways to help him.
A little about his current routine to help:
.He gets 12 hours of sleep (8:30 am to 8:30 pm) with black out blinds so it's dark that whole time
.Healthy diet we've had them on since we got them (veggies through out the day with the odd specials snack here and there, training snacks and pellets for dinner)
.He's outside his home almost the whole time during the day (expect for maybe the odd day were I have to go to town)
. Has tons of toys to destroy and play with
. Doesn't like to spend to much time with people including me expect for flying over to me to sit with me/chew on my clothes every once and awhile but does enjoy sitting next to people and doing training.
. Gets exercise like flying around the house
. As mentioned before doesn't let me pet him much so I've never touched him anywhere but his head and of course feet.
I worry he is not only going to get sick but possibly drop too much weight. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
