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I am glad everything is OK now
Ducking in here again to ask how often should he be pooping? His crop looks good according to photos I've seen but his stomach seems very round as if he's constipated. I saw him poop yesterday and this morning but see nothing from today.Nah. She’s got it. Enjoy
It was definitely air. I felt the air release sort of like a burp. Then it corrected itself and the crop looks great again.You want to gently wipe his vent (butt/rectum) with the wet paper towel, not his stomach.
I have no experience with parrot chicks. I do have experience with Purple Martin chicks. It looks like your chick gulped in a lot of air during feeding. If this is a first chick for this pair it's possible they haven't learned how to properly feed yet. Let it go & see if it takes care of it's self. If after a day or two at best it's still full of air then you need to call a avian vet.
I know. I'm so used to zooming to the vet with a bird whenever an incident happens. I have TWO options within a block of each other.Good grief. These vets!
air in the crop is ok. Sour crop is when it’s enlarging between feedings due to yeast in it.
I don’t recommend pressing the air out.
If you think it’s sour crop go back to hand feeding and mix a bit of applesauce with the food.
Hopefully that won’t happen.
As long as he is eating and pooping and the crop looks good he will be fine.I know. I'm so used to zooming to the vet with a bird whenever an incident happens. I have TWO options within a block of each other.
And neither was available.
Lil stinker is eating his butt off now and still trembling and wheezy, but eating good.
He's eating again and sometimes begs for more even when it seems that his crop is full. His poop was a little paste like this morning but it's back to having water content now.As long as he is eating and pooping and the crop looks good he will be fine.
I would roll him over and put him next to his sock buddy if you see him on his back.Is it okay for him to sleep on his back? I read somewhere once that it was fine and sometimes birds do this, but I want to make sure.
I made the little dip in his corner a little bigger and also did that. Fixed the problem! I woke up early this morning to get him fed so I could return to sleep then got up for real about an hour ago to find him waiting on me.I would roll him over and put him next to his sock buddy if you see him on his back.