Snuggles Mom
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Hello! I am Snuggles Mom. He is an 11 year old African Gray, male, and about 2-3 months ago he started to slowly interject a squawk in with his whistling, mimicing, and talking. Now he is 100% squawking, no more do I hear any of his beautiful whistling (he would make up his own songs), no more mimicing every sound he hears, no more talking (never a great talker, just words), nothing. I took him to an avian vet and she diagnosed him with liver disease, difinitely beyond the medium range but in the definite liver disease stage. She put him on a supplement with milk thistle and he has been taking it the last month. His diet was one of Zupreem pellets which he loves and some regular birdseed including some sunflower and nuts, almonds, peanuts, walnuts. He would usually get two walnuts and 2 almonds and sometimes a couple of peanuts a day. But his main diet was the Zupreem pellets. He has become more introverted like a baby and no aggression at all, which he would be sometimes if he didn't like something. Is the loss of his mimicing and talking a result of the liver disease. The vet never really said it was or wasn't, but I thought someone who has an Afrcian Grey might have experienced this as well. Any info in this area would be helpful. Also any knowledge on whether this is a short term condition and how long he may live with this condition.
Thanks, Snuggles Mom
Thanks, Snuggles Mom