Alicia B
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Hi all!!
I recently healed my sick Lorikeet. It took a little more than a week.
I healed him with Manuka Honey, Bee Pollin, Coconut Flower Nectar, a high quality, low sugar Lorikeet feed, and a meticulously clean cage/water.
My story below:
I first noticed him not vocalising, sitting fluffed up on his branch and closing his eyes. He wasn’t eating. Slowly he got worse, I found his sitting on flatter serface, he had laboured breathing when he moved too much, with his chest heaving up and down after mild exertion. Finally, he started loosing his balance, having unsure steps, what I suspected was the onset ataxia. He had a black poo, which another bird owner told me may be caused by the bird essentially starving. Which seemed likey, as he wasn’t eating at all.
I picked some bottle brush for him, and held it up to him, and he did eat that. So there was still hope.
Lorikeets are nectar and pollin eaters primarily, so that’s where I focused for healing. My main goal was to get him to eat. He is an aviary bird, not an inside bird, so catching was not an option. And he has a mate, who is well, and if I wasn’t careful, would eat everything before he had a chance.
I bought the highest grade Manuka honey I could find (MGO 263, NPA 10+, higher exists, they just don’t sell it where I live). I figured I could make a nectar and it would be antimicrobial/antibacterial—essentially a natural antibiotic. Since he would only eat from flowers at first, I mixed a dollop of honey to a small amount of filtered water to make a nectar. I then droppered it into the flowers. I didn’t do this until day three or four (he had been in decline up until this point). He hungrily ate the flowers I fed to him. I put them in three or four places in the cage, so he could at least get 1 before the other bird ate the rest.
The next day, he looked more alert. I then decided to cut up apple and pear—1/2 a fruit between two birds, cut into 4 pieces. I then scored all sides of the pear (and left on the skin—this helps me wedge it into the cage and hold t in place), I then rubbed the Manuka honey over the score marks and pushed it into the cuts in the fruit. I used a very scant bit of honey on each piece, and used a butter knife/my finger to rub it in.
I noticed my sick bird wasn’t eating the apple, he was just brushing his tongue over all the fruit—but I didn’t care, because at least he was getting calories and started rapidly improving, becoming more alert and steady on his feet. I placed the apple/pear in four places throughout the cage. He would hop around and lick all the honey and the other bird would hop around eating the fruit after him.
I did this two times a day. Morning and late afternoon.
I would leave the food for an hour or two, before sweeping it ALL up and hosing down the cage, and changing all the water. I also did this two to three times a day.
After three days of this he was nearly back to his full self. I finally introduced the Bee Pollin (which I had to drive to another town to get). I have heard good things about Bee Pollin for honeyeaters—and that it helps their feathers be brightly coloured.
I also purchased some Coconut Flower Nectar—they went CRAZY for this!
I did the same thing, I scored the fruit, and then I stuffed 5-8 granules into each apple. The Pollin is soft, so no need to worry about beak breakage. I then used a butter knife to get a TINY bit of the nectar and rubbed it over the fruit. They went crazy for it. He was already looking about 70%. Still resting, but not as much. He had started to vocalise again too.
The first feed of the Bee Pollin and nectar was a PM feed. The next morning he was bouncing around chatterin calling for me to hurry up with his food!!! At the front of the cage, chatting loudly and FLYING!!! I was blown away.
Like all medicine, I will continue to feed him the honey in the AM and the nectar in the PM, both with the Pollin. Gradually, I will limit the fruit to one time daily, and reintroduce the fresh greens & veggies back, as he wasn’t eating them when he was sick.
The Bee Pollin will be a perminant addition to their diet. As will the nectar. I will save the Manuka Honey as an antibiotic, should I need it in the future.
The Coconut Flower Nectar is naturally high in vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
Bee Pollin is a wholefood meaning it contains everything necessary to sustain life. It is the best multi-vitamin and mineral supplements. Animals that are recovering from an illness or suffering from a stressful situation often benefit from the addition of Bee Pollen in their diet.
It is also highly beneficial to birds that are prone to feather plucking (which both my rescue birds were before me). They are both now starting to grow back feathers!!! Win!
I recently healed my sick Lorikeet. It took a little more than a week.
I healed him with Manuka Honey, Bee Pollin, Coconut Flower Nectar, a high quality, low sugar Lorikeet feed, and a meticulously clean cage/water.
My story below:
I first noticed him not vocalising, sitting fluffed up on his branch and closing his eyes. He wasn’t eating. Slowly he got worse, I found his sitting on flatter serface, he had laboured breathing when he moved too much, with his chest heaving up and down after mild exertion. Finally, he started loosing his balance, having unsure steps, what I suspected was the onset ataxia. He had a black poo, which another bird owner told me may be caused by the bird essentially starving. Which seemed likey, as he wasn’t eating at all.
I picked some bottle brush for him, and held it up to him, and he did eat that. So there was still hope.
Lorikeets are nectar and pollin eaters primarily, so that’s where I focused for healing. My main goal was to get him to eat. He is an aviary bird, not an inside bird, so catching was not an option. And he has a mate, who is well, and if I wasn’t careful, would eat everything before he had a chance.
I bought the highest grade Manuka honey I could find (MGO 263, NPA 10+, higher exists, they just don’t sell it where I live). I figured I could make a nectar and it would be antimicrobial/antibacterial—essentially a natural antibiotic. Since he would only eat from flowers at first, I mixed a dollop of honey to a small amount of filtered water to make a nectar. I then droppered it into the flowers. I didn’t do this until day three or four (he had been in decline up until this point). He hungrily ate the flowers I fed to him. I put them in three or four places in the cage, so he could at least get 1 before the other bird ate the rest.
The next day, he looked more alert. I then decided to cut up apple and pear—1/2 a fruit between two birds, cut into 4 pieces. I then scored all sides of the pear (and left on the skin—this helps me wedge it into the cage and hold t in place), I then rubbed the Manuka honey over the score marks and pushed it into the cuts in the fruit. I used a very scant bit of honey on each piece, and used a butter knife/my finger to rub it in.
I noticed my sick bird wasn’t eating the apple, he was just brushing his tongue over all the fruit—but I didn’t care, because at least he was getting calories and started rapidly improving, becoming more alert and steady on his feet. I placed the apple/pear in four places throughout the cage. He would hop around and lick all the honey and the other bird would hop around eating the fruit after him.
I did this two times a day. Morning and late afternoon.
I would leave the food for an hour or two, before sweeping it ALL up and hosing down the cage, and changing all the water. I also did this two to three times a day.
After three days of this he was nearly back to his full self. I finally introduced the Bee Pollin (which I had to drive to another town to get). I have heard good things about Bee Pollin for honeyeaters—and that it helps their feathers be brightly coloured.
I also purchased some Coconut Flower Nectar—they went CRAZY for this!
I did the same thing, I scored the fruit, and then I stuffed 5-8 granules into each apple. The Pollin is soft, so no need to worry about beak breakage. I then used a butter knife to get a TINY bit of the nectar and rubbed it over the fruit. They went crazy for it. He was already looking about 70%. Still resting, but not as much. He had started to vocalise again too.
The first feed of the Bee Pollin and nectar was a PM feed. The next morning he was bouncing around chatterin calling for me to hurry up with his food!!! At the front of the cage, chatting loudly and FLYING!!! I was blown away.
Like all medicine, I will continue to feed him the honey in the AM and the nectar in the PM, both with the Pollin. Gradually, I will limit the fruit to one time daily, and reintroduce the fresh greens & veggies back, as he wasn’t eating them when he was sick.
The Bee Pollin will be a perminant addition to their diet. As will the nectar. I will save the Manuka Honey as an antibiotic, should I need it in the future.
The Coconut Flower Nectar is naturally high in vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
Bee Pollin is a wholefood meaning it contains everything necessary to sustain life. It is the best multi-vitamin and mineral supplements. Animals that are recovering from an illness or suffering from a stressful situation often benefit from the addition of Bee Pollen in their diet.
It is also highly beneficial to birds that are prone to feather plucking (which both my rescue birds were before me). They are both now starting to grow back feathers!!! Win!
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