chris-md
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- Feb 6, 2010
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Parker - male Eclectus
Aphrodite - red throated conure (RIP)
In light of Pickles recent guilt post: I haven’t really posted much about this on the forum, mostly suffering in silence mainly because I’ve been kinda lazy to address it*daily guilt*. but I’ve struggled off and on for a couple years with toe tapping to varying degrees with Parker.
My laziness in addressing it came from the perception that he’s on a phenomenal diet, what else can I possibly do? But I saw it again recently and put him on an elimination diet.
The culprit?
*DRUMROLL*
Freaking NUTRIBERRIES. The one thing I feed him that was enriched, I just never paid attention to just HOW enriched they were. I just accepted it was the one thing I gave him that had pellets that weren’t TOPs.
Those are being thrown out. But not before I learn a lesson. It has some specific stuff added: different types of B vitamins and vitamin D notably. I’m going to ID some fruits super rich in these, feed them to Parker and see what happens. (d I know comes from the sun, folks...i know, but there are some foods that are fortified with it, so can try those).
Huge relief! Not just for Parker and solving the mystery, but the guilt as well!
My laziness in addressing it came from the perception that he’s on a phenomenal diet, what else can I possibly do? But I saw it again recently and put him on an elimination diet.
The culprit?
*DRUMROLL*
Freaking NUTRIBERRIES. The one thing I feed him that was enriched, I just never paid attention to just HOW enriched they were. I just accepted it was the one thing I gave him that had pellets that weren’t TOPs.
Those are being thrown out. But not before I learn a lesson. It has some specific stuff added: different types of B vitamins and vitamin D notably. I’m going to ID some fruits super rich in these, feed them to Parker and see what happens. (d I know comes from the sun, folks...i know, but there are some foods that are fortified with it, so can try those).
Huge relief! Not just for Parker and solving the mystery, but the guilt as well!