Before July/August 09', my birds were on (this is a guestimate ratio) 10% harrisons(in foraging toys), 10% TOPs, 50% fruit/veggies, 20% dried fruit/seed/nuts(in foraging toys), and the last 10% was birdie bread, cooked food, etc.
I never had "issues" until I moved out in the beginning of July/August. I thought the that perhaps I should feed mainly pellets for a time being, as they settled down. So I gave more like 10-15% fresh veggies/fruits, 0-5% cooked foods, and the rest Harrisons (I stopped giving TOPs for a while, not sure why).
Due to personal reasons, I moved out of my other housing arrangements with some friends (it was great but there were a few issues arising (not bird related) which made me decide to move back into my moms).
Well Ive noticed since keeping my birds on a mainly harrison's diet (adult formula, not high potency coarse, after downing the amount of fresh, and after Gra's passing, feeding such a high protein diet wasnt working, so Bokka(and the rest of the fids) has been on adult) Bokka has been throwing them up. He is 100% fine on TOPs, and he is fine on any other pellet, but not Harrisons. Not lately anyway. Ive also noticed Opa doing this too. Before, I thought it was just normal throat movements, to help digestion. But then Bokka started to throw up the harrison pellets. He only throws them up after he gobbles them down so quickly. He likes them soaked in warm water, and then fed to him. So he literally gobbles them down. However, he also did these throat movements (with no vomitting) when he ate them normally (non-gobbling). He is also known to gobble down just boiled (but not too hot) carrots and sweet potatoe slices, and if I feed him just the carrots, he is also known to sometimes throw them up, he eats them way too fast.
But Opa gets both warmed pellets and eats them dry, and he is also showing some signs of wanting to throw them up sometimes. And Opa doesnt have the tendency to gobble food down(unless its just warmed food like birdie mash, oatmeal or cooked veggies.
Beeba my mom's Mollucan has no problem on mainly a Harrison's pellet diet(my mom keeps her birds on a different diet than mine. Mine are now back to normal with mainly fresh and less pellets, my mom's is on mainly pellet with some fresh and cooked foods to about 30% of daily intake).
So Ive been feeding my guys Tops/Harrisons/Roudybush and Zupreem to see how my fids do on other pellets. My thought was maybe it wasnt the pellets but the vitamins in it? Maybe they were reacting to a vitamin toxicity? Opa and Bokka have taken more to the other pellets than to Harrisons.
Its only sometimes Bokka throws up, and only sometimes I see weird throat movements from either.
Im having a few concerns. Have the batches of Harrison's been "weird" lately? Or perhaps my birds are just used to the very varied diet they used to be on (they are now back onto the same diet as they were on before all the change started to happen). Or perhaps my birds are jsut eating their pellets too fast?
Bokka's weight has dropped since July(it slowly dropped over a period of months) from 610-630grams down to 586g on average.
Opa's weight has maintained normal consistency about 640-650grams.
Im thinking, for right now, I might just switch my birds to another pellet. Maybe to just TOPs, or Roudybush or something.
I never had "issues" until I moved out in the beginning of July/August. I thought the that perhaps I should feed mainly pellets for a time being, as they settled down. So I gave more like 10-15% fresh veggies/fruits, 0-5% cooked foods, and the rest Harrisons (I stopped giving TOPs for a while, not sure why).
Due to personal reasons, I moved out of my other housing arrangements with some friends (it was great but there were a few issues arising (not bird related) which made me decide to move back into my moms).
Well Ive noticed since keeping my birds on a mainly harrison's diet (adult formula, not high potency coarse, after downing the amount of fresh, and after Gra's passing, feeding such a high protein diet wasnt working, so Bokka(and the rest of the fids) has been on adult) Bokka has been throwing them up. He is 100% fine on TOPs, and he is fine on any other pellet, but not Harrisons. Not lately anyway. Ive also noticed Opa doing this too. Before, I thought it was just normal throat movements, to help digestion. But then Bokka started to throw up the harrison pellets. He only throws them up after he gobbles them down so quickly. He likes them soaked in warm water, and then fed to him. So he literally gobbles them down. However, he also did these throat movements (with no vomitting) when he ate them normally (non-gobbling). He is also known to gobble down just boiled (but not too hot) carrots and sweet potatoe slices, and if I feed him just the carrots, he is also known to sometimes throw them up, he eats them way too fast.
But Opa gets both warmed pellets and eats them dry, and he is also showing some signs of wanting to throw them up sometimes. And Opa doesnt have the tendency to gobble food down(unless its just warmed food like birdie mash, oatmeal or cooked veggies.
Beeba my mom's Mollucan has no problem on mainly a Harrison's pellet diet(my mom keeps her birds on a different diet than mine. Mine are now back to normal with mainly fresh and less pellets, my mom's is on mainly pellet with some fresh and cooked foods to about 30% of daily intake).
So Ive been feeding my guys Tops/Harrisons/Roudybush and Zupreem to see how my fids do on other pellets. My thought was maybe it wasnt the pellets but the vitamins in it? Maybe they were reacting to a vitamin toxicity? Opa and Bokka have taken more to the other pellets than to Harrisons.
Its only sometimes Bokka throws up, and only sometimes I see weird throat movements from either.
Im having a few concerns. Have the batches of Harrison's been "weird" lately? Or perhaps my birds are just used to the very varied diet they used to be on (they are now back onto the same diet as they were on before all the change started to happen). Or perhaps my birds are jsut eating their pellets too fast?
Bokka's weight has dropped since July(it slowly dropped over a period of months) from 610-630grams down to 586g on average.
Opa's weight has maintained normal consistency about 640-650grams.
Im thinking, for right now, I might just switch my birds to another pellet. Maybe to just TOPs, or Roudybush or something.
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They're doing better 
