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TexDot33

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OK, so I am home for about an hour between my two jobs this afternoon (I usually don't come home between them, but with Christy being away I had to come give the boys some out of cage time that they would normally get when she came home after work... ) and I let them onto their tree stand so they could do their business and Mac went without issue - but Hamlet, on the other hand, has me worried a touch ...

He pooed, with a lot of effort, poo colored liquid ... really watery and runny ... now my first reaction is "OH GOD WHAT'S WRONG" then I thought about it for a while .. he had a lot of fruit for breakfast (apples, papya, banannas) this morning, and he is acting 100% like himself, nothing out of the ordinary ... infact right now he is trying to chew the buttons off my shirt ...

So, I think that everything is alright, but I am going to monitor this one closely for the next two days while I am home so I hope this clears up before I have to leave ... HOPEFULLY it's just the fruit and everything will be, umm, back to normal in a few hours ...

Any advice from you guys out there?
 

Deanna

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No advice Tex ... just do what you are planning ... Give a close eye to the next 24-48 hours, have a sip of brandy (calm the nerves!!). ;) :D
 

Deanna

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Oops, tried to edit and messed up ...

On second thought ... can you comfortably isolate Hamlet from Mac? Just a thought? ...until it resolves.
 

pheobus

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I think it's probably the fruit as you said.
Phoebus does it sometimes when he has a lot of fruit.
Watch him closely as you said but I don't think it's something to worry.
I feed Phoebus boiled rice together with the fruit sometimes, as rice has this effect on humans, I mean when you are sick at your stomach..
try giving him some maybe..
 

birdcrazy

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probably the fruit I read somewhere that they can have really watery poo if they have ingested a lot of water during a bath or playing in their water dishes.
 
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TexDot33

Bird poop and baby poop
Dec 26, 2006
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Good news folks ... 5 hours later and all is "normal" again ... nice solid feces, white urates ... all is clear on the poop front!
 

Peta

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When I'm feeding fruit to my guys I always try to have some rice and chicken nearby, for that exact same reason, :eek: I'm glad that everything is back to normal, but yeah its very frightening when you see this.
 
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TexDot33

TexDot33

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I could answer that one, but, for once, I am going to behave
 

quakerxxoats

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On the subject of BIRD poops...

Our conures LOVE papaya...a little too much and sometimes it gives their poops a redish color and the first time I saw this I FLIPPED OUT.

But of course, everything checked out okay. :)
 
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TexDot33

TexDot33

Bird poop and baby poop
Dec 26, 2006
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:eek: Why what you up to? :D :D :D

Just because I am not making noise does not mean that I am up to no good ... it's just a pretty good indicator that I might be thinking about being up to no good! :p
 

karen

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I once done a bright blue poo. It was the sweeties I was eating had loads of colour in them.
 
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TexDot33

Bird poop and baby poop
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NOW THAT MIGHT BE too much info right there Karen, thanks!
 

karen

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Well I know some people who swear the have pood a famous person lookalike.

I think as an x nurse I probably have an unhealthy and over familiar attitude to bodily fluids etc. so Sorry ..
I ahve loads of poo..stories but I suppose I should look for a pooforum.com..gonna do that now.
 

karen

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OMG u really wouldnt cedit the crap good choice of adjective u can find on the web. DONT check out "rate my poo" oh yeh its for real
 

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