Problem with parrot's leg

[ledale]

Hello!

We noticed something on our parrot's leg. She doesn't feel well these days and we noticed this things on both legs.
Could someone help us what are these and how we could help her?

Thank you!
Adél and Sarolta

 

[Mizzely]

My guess would be gout. It can be very painful.

 

[ledale]

My guess would be gout. It can be very painful.

Thank you so much!

 

[Pixiebeak]

My guess would be gout. It can be very painful.

Agree

 

[Pixiebeak]

how old is your sweetheart? What has been fed to her?
There is big connection with diet abd development of this .

 

[ledale]

how old is your sweetheart? What has been fed to her?
There is big connection with diet abd development of this .

She always gets some millet, sunflower seed, a kind of seed mix for small parrots. We always cut them fresh apple and carrot too. And also give them some chickweed. And we hang a millet thing up and a kind of fruity and seeds hanger for parrots. And she also has fresh water. And sometimes we put vitamins in her water too.
We unfornatelly don't know exactly how old she is, but we think she's around two years old.

 

[Kiwi's Dad]

I found this article in a thread about this
Gout
I would definitely schedule a vet visit

 

[Cockatoo-Dust]

it looks like your lil baby definitely needs a diet switch! i would definitely cut the sunflower seeds and millet from the regular diet, only use those for training as they are very high in fat and can and do cause liver problems and things such as gout. do your birds fly? what type of perches are in the cage?

 

[Pixiebeak]

What they were fed as babies is also important. For such young ones to have issues , I wouldn't be surprised if an improper formula or feeding was used

 

[ledale]

I found this article in a thread about this
Gout
I would definitely schedule a vet visit

Thank you, I'll read that. And we are planning a visit to the vet too

 

[ledale]

What they were fed as babies is also important. For such young ones to have issues , I wouldn't be surprised if an improper formula or feeding was used

We unfortunately don't know what she got as a baby. We received her a year ago, so that's why we don't know more and exact informations. :/

 

[ledale]

it looks like your lil baby definitely needs a diet switch! i would definitely cut the sunflower seeds and millet from the regular diet, only use those for training as they are very high in fat and can and do cause liver problems and things such as gout. do your birds fly? what type of perches are in the cage?

Thank you! And what would you recommend instead of those? We also have other parrots too, and they're doing fine. So we'd like to change in this case to be sure everyone will stay fine.
They have space to fly and also kind of wooden sticks to sit. This girl just doesn't really move and we started to get worried so we placed her in an other smaller cage, if its something infectious.
The others are flying and running around a lot too.

 

[Cockatoo-Dust]

if you mean wooden sticks like dowels, i would switch those out with natural branches to avoid what's known as bumblefoot, it can look similar to what your gal has happening.

as for food i reccomend fresh fruit and veg daily and pellets as well! pellets contain a lot more nutrients and a lot less fat than seed. its good they have room to fly! definitely keep an eye on the others and possibly take a look at their feet if you can

 

[ledale]

if you mean wooden sticks like dowels, i would switch those out with natural branches to avoid what's known as bumblefoot, it can look similar to what your gal has happening.

as for food i reccomend fresh fruit and veg daily and pellets as well! pellets contain a lot more nutrients and a lot less fat than seed. its good they have room to fly! definitely keep an eye on the others and possibly take a look at their feet if you can

Alright, thank you so much!

 

[Cockatoo-Dust]

Alright, thank you so much!

of course please feel free to message me anytime if you need help!