Betrisher
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- Jun 3, 2013
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- Parrots
- Dominic: Galah(RIP: 1981-2018); The Lovies: Four Blue Masked Lovebirds; Barney and Madge (The Beaks): Alexandrines; Miss Rosetta Stone: Little Corella
Re: Can a parrot be "hand fed tame" if I start hand feeding formula at weaning stage?
No, as a matter of fact, Stephen.
We found out that, suffering from atopia as she does, Roxy is a victim of gluten intolerance. Once we put her on a fresh, meat-and-veg only diet, everything improved, especially her nocturnal gaseous emissions. Sadly, I haven't quite found a solution for her sensitive skin yet, but I've been washing her with baby shampoo and that's helping. My aim is to get her completely off her daily dose of cortisone.
PS. 'Atopia' is the condition of being sensitive to lots of stuff. I have it, my kids have it and now our dog has it! Buggerit! So, we all have eczema, asthma, varying degrees of gluten 'disagreement', chronically itchy ear canals and hayfever like you wouldn't believe. Poor Roxy hates walking on grass (it makes her sneeze) and when she goes out to do her duty, she actively tippytoes over the lawn to get where she needs to go. She even folds her ears up and back so they won't touch the long grass at the edges of the garden beds. Poor baby! Our previous girl, Alice, developed atopia toward the end of her (long) lifetime, but Roxanne's probably had it since she was born.
I can always tell if someone has sneakily given Rox something like a crust off their sandwich or the edge of their pizza crust: within an hour, the atmosphere in our house will have turned green and really poisonous! :22_yikes:
No, as a matter of fact, Stephen.
We found out that, suffering from atopia as she does, Roxy is a victim of gluten intolerance. Once we put her on a fresh, meat-and-veg only diet, everything improved, especially her nocturnal gaseous emissions. Sadly, I haven't quite found a solution for her sensitive skin yet, but I've been washing her with baby shampoo and that's helping. My aim is to get her completely off her daily dose of cortisone.
PS. 'Atopia' is the condition of being sensitive to lots of stuff. I have it, my kids have it and now our dog has it! Buggerit! So, we all have eczema, asthma, varying degrees of gluten 'disagreement', chronically itchy ear canals and hayfever like you wouldn't believe. Poor Roxy hates walking on grass (it makes her sneeze) and when she goes out to do her duty, she actively tippytoes over the lawn to get where she needs to go. She even folds her ears up and back so they won't touch the long grass at the edges of the garden beds. Poor baby! Our previous girl, Alice, developed atopia toward the end of her (long) lifetime, but Roxanne's probably had it since she was born.
I can always tell if someone has sneakily given Rox something like a crust off their sandwich or the edge of their pizza crust: within an hour, the atmosphere in our house will have turned green and really poisonous! :22_yikes:
