A few health questions

[miaitza]

Hello!

I have a 5 week old indian ringneck parrot and I keep him at night in a tall box with sawdust from the pet store at the bottom of it.

I recently saw that he is nibbling the sawdust, maybe even swallowing small pieces of it in the process, and I wanted to ask you if this would affect him...

Other than that, I took him from a breeder a week ago which told me to feed him twice a day 30ml baby bird mix each time.

Yesterday I took him to a vet because he sneezed a few times (max 6 times in a day) and wanted to make sure that he isn't sick. The vet told me that he is fine (listened to his chest, which wasn't buzzing) and he put a small drop of deparasitation formula on the back of his neck and gave me some antibiotics "just to make sure" that he will be well in the following days. They need to be mixed with the formula as I understood, but I wanted to ask you first if any of you have had these experiences (with the sawdust eating, feeding twice a day those huge doses - instead of 3 or 4 smaller ones - sneezing without any apparent reason and antibiotics without him being actually sick).

Thanks for your time and hope to hear from you soon!

Miai

 

[SailBoat]

I am guessing that you are not located in North America, Yes/No/Maybe?

Get your parrot onto newspaper or like and off the sawdust. Sawdust is commonly used as a transport bed only.

I am guessing that you do not have a cage for your parrot. Like the sawdust, the cardboard box commonly is used for only transportation to your home. time to get a proper sized cage for your parrot.

Commonly, one would transition from manyfeeding over 24 hours to six and then onto Adult foods.

 

[Allee]

Hello and welcome, Mia!

As Sailboat mentioned, a cage lined with newspaper or plain paper is preferable to sawdust in a cardboard box.

Here is a link you may find helpful.

http://www.parrotforums.com/breeding-raising-parrots/19049-hazards-buying-unweaned-baby.html