HeatherD
Meeting neighbors
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- 7/10/18
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Hi,
A bird shop that I trust, which has bred birds for a long time, is trying to wean the first red belly they have worked with. I put a deposit on the bird. It is taking a very unusually long time to start eating solid foods, to the point that the bird apparently seems a bit weak and they were concerned enough to take him to the vet.
They have a very good vet, who ran all testing (disease, cbc, chem) and it came back fine.
The bird apparently will sometimes pick up solid food and put it in his mouth, but they said that they check his crop and it's empty, and it seems that he's not actually eating any solid food. He started fledging over a month ago.
These are people who have many years of experience weaning birds successfully, including other poicephalus like capes and senegals. So, it's very puzzling. I was wondering if maybe you guys are aware of anything special for weaning a red bellied parrot, a condition that might cause this to happen, or have any advice.
A bird shop that I trust, which has bred birds for a long time, is trying to wean the first red belly they have worked with. I put a deposit on the bird. It is taking a very unusually long time to start eating solid foods, to the point that the bird apparently seems a bit weak and they were concerned enough to take him to the vet.
They have a very good vet, who ran all testing (disease, cbc, chem) and it came back fine.
The bird apparently will sometimes pick up solid food and put it in his mouth, but they said that they check his crop and it's empty, and it seems that he's not actually eating any solid food. He started fledging over a month ago.
These are people who have many years of experience weaning birds successfully, including other poicephalus like capes and senegals. So, it's very puzzling. I was wondering if maybe you guys are aware of anything special for weaning a red bellied parrot, a condition that might cause this to happen, or have any advice.