Please help..Indiand ringneck

Valeriasoto

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I have a 3 month old Indian Ringneck when I first got him he was a little bit active but now all he does is just sleeps he's been eating right but his poop what needs to be liquid transfer it comes out green he's very puffed with his feathers should I be worried I really don't know much about birds my first time owning one and I need all the help I can get some guy told me to go and get him antibiotics but I don't know where should I do
 

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Only 3 months? He is weaned, or no?
In any event, I'm terrified... those are very, very serious signs of illness. I'm hoping you have a Certified Avian Veterinarian? If not, can you find one, fast? If not, can you get in touch with the breeder, or ANYBODY who can help you?
I just sent you the standard welcome PM, since you just arrived. Then I read your post. I'm glad you're here, but I'm sincerely very worried.
Good for you for reaching out...
 

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Do not just go and get him Antibiotics, as you have no way of knowing what is wrong with him, and if he happens to have a Fungal Infection, Antibiotics will only make it much, much worse...You need to take him to a Certified Avian Vet immediately, as all of the signs/symptoms that you are describing are indicative of him being sick, probably with either a Bacterial or a Fungal Infection, but the only way to know exactly what type of Infection he has and what medication will help him is by having a Fecal Culture and a Crop Culture taken by an Avian Vet, diagnosing what microbe is causing the infection, and figuring out exactly what medication will treat the specific infection that he has...

As Gail wisely asked you already, is your IRN fully weaned? Did you originally get him from a breeder or shop fully weaned, or did you have to hand-feed him formula? And if you did have to hand-feed him formula, or you STILL are feeding him hand-feeding formula, did you use a candy/cooking thermometer to make sure that the temperature of the formula you fed or are feeding him is between 104 and 110 degrees F?

You say he's 3 months old now, but how old was he when you got him? I'm going to guess that he was not weaned when you got him, and that you were hand-feeding him formula, and that you possibly still are...Did you keep him in either a proper Brooder or at least a homemade Brooder when you first got him, before all of his feathers grew-in? If you don't keep a baby bird who doesn't have all of his feathers yet and that you are hand-feeding formula to inside a Brooder that has an constant ambient temperature of around 95 degrees F before all of the down grows in, and then around 85 degrees F after that, then the baby bird will not be able to properly digest the formula you are feeding them, and it will spoil inside their crop, causing a very bad Fungal Infection. The same thing happens if you don't make sure that the temperature of the formula you are feeding them is no cooler than 104 degrees F (any cooler and it will just sit in their crop and spoil, causing a Fungal Infection), and no hotter than 110 degrees F (any hotter and it will burn their crop)...So if you didn't follow these guidelines for feeding him formula and you didn't keep him in a Brooder at the correct, constant temperature, chances are that your bird has a serious Fungal Infection and possibly also a Bacterial Infection throughout his Gastrointestinal Tract...

Again, DO NOT JUST GO AND BUY ANTIBIOTICS AND GIVE THEM TO HIM!!!! You must get him to an Avian Vet for both a Fecal Culture and a Crop Culture ASAP!!!!

Where do you live in the world friend? We can help you find a vet...
 

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Right now, you need to keep him warm, with either a heating pad or a hot water bottle wrapped inside of a towel...If he's eating and drinking normally (or just eating formula if you're still hand-feeding him) then that's good, but if you are still hand-feeding him formula you must start using a candy/cooking thermometer to ensure that the formula is between 104 and 110 degrees F from this point on...and if his crop is not almost empty between feedings or isn't emptying completely overnight, then do not just put more formula on top of the old formula, this will only make things worse, and he'll end-up in Crop-Stasis with an impaction...
 
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The guy that I bought him from he's a breeder he told me just to make sure that the water was warm he did have all his wings when I got him he was just missing a little bit from his chest I live in Bakersfield California
 

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Not comfortable with the age stated by the breeder. I would strongly recommend that you contact a Avian Vet, targeting a Certified Avian Vet. You time zone should still have many still open. So start calling now. What you are defining is a starving, cold, and possible sick young parrot. Act quickly!

Enter your city and state and search for Avian Vets near by.
 
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Thank you everyone for all your help... I took him to the vet and they told me he had a cough and that he need to stay warm. They also gaved him antibiotics..and i have to take him back next week for a check up. Thank you all again for your help...i will keep you guys updated on how he is doing.. By tge was his nake is lotus ❤
 
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So you know i how took lotua to the vet and they gaved him antibiotic .... Well my baby just past away...
 

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Our condolences. :(

Can you contact the people or place you got him from?
 

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I'm so, so sorry...

He didn't have a "cough", he died from a GI infection that started inside of his crop, because the breeder sold you an unweaned baby, and you didn't know that his formula had to be between 104-110 degrees F, nor did you know that he had to be kept inside a Brooder that needed to be around 85 degrees...If the vet you took him to didn't mention that to you, then he wasn't an Avian Vet, at least if you gave him all of the information...

Did that vet do a culture? As I said, he most-likely have a Fungal Infection, which is usually what happens, and also maybe a Bacterial Infection, but without a culture he wouldn't have known...and the Antibiotics would have only made a Fungal infection worse...I'm so sorry...This happens at least once a week on this forum to someone who buys an unweaned baby parrot but is given no information about formula temperature or ambient temperature the bird must be kept at...he died from an infection in his crop, which started because you can't feed a baby bird "warm" formula...it must be at least 104 degrees F and no hotter than 110, this is an extremely precise process and there is no room for error, obviously, so if you just fed him "warm" formula, as the breeder told you, the formula simply sat inside his crop and spoiled, causing a Fungal infection and possibly also a Bacterial infection...

****You need to call that breeder and tell them that he gave you horrible advice, that he didn't tell you that the formula had to be between 104-110 degrees F, that you didn't know he had to be kept in a Brooder/at 85 degrees , and now he has died from a GI infection due to spoiled formula in his crop...

***Also, please, please do not ever buy another unweaned baby bird that you have to feed formula to or have to keep in a Brooder, chances are it will only happen again...I bred parrots for over 20 years, and any breeder who is willing to sell unweaned baby birds, let alone not even give you this very basic information to which the baby's life depends upon, is a horrible, unscrupulous breeder who only cares about making money...

EDIT: By the way, also, don't take another bird back to that same vet either...birds don't get "coughs", coughing is only a symptom that birds will display when they have either a Bacterial or Fungal Infection, and a Culture/Swab must be taken to diagnose exactly what microbe is causing the infection, which will tell them exactly what medication is needed...If that Vet didn't take any type of Culture but simply just said "he has a cough" and gave him Baytril (Enrofloaxcin), the he's not a Certified Avian Vet, he may be an "exotics" vet, but that doesn't mean anything at all, and he doesn't know anything about birds...I can't believe he didn't explain the formula/ambient temperature problem to you like I did...that's awful too...I'm so sorry that you went through this...Just from now on, please only buy a totally weaned baby bird that doesn't require you to feed it formula or anything special...Hand-feeding a baby bird will NOT make the bird bond more-closely to you, that's a myth...All you need to do is find a responsible breeder who cares about their birds and not only about money, and who sells fully-weaned, hand-raised babies...that's it, never buy another unweaned baby bird, it's too dangerous and there are too many variables to what you have to do, and if you don't have prior education or experience then it's extremely difficult to finish successfully...But it's not your fault, it's that horrible, unethical breeder's fault...
 
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Very sorry - you have our condolences. THis is why it is so important to only take young parrots when they are fully weaned and fledged.
 

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