Therainbowfamily
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- May 16, 2020
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I am here to report back from over a year ago on our new cockatiel death after a few weeks in our home. We ended up having a necropsy done because we were so freaked out about it and didn't want to make the same mistake going forward. What we learned was that the bird starved to death. The bird appeared to be eating just fine. The vet said that the bird could have been sick and just pretended to eat to cover its sickness. But, I have realized that it also could have been that we didn't change her food out often enough and she had eaten out all of the things she recognized as food.
Over a year later, different breeder and different mix of food, we now have a cockatiel and a green cheek conure. Both eat the same mix of food. We had just been throwing out a lot of the leftover food now for fear of the same thing happening, making sure their bowls always had new food. After a tip from someone, I took out their bowls one day and poured them each onto a paper plate. I was absolutely amazed by the difference in what I saw. One eats entirely different things from the mix than the other does. We started mixing these together at their communal hang-out spot where they also now get lots of fresh veggies and fruits, etc, and now regularly refill their separate bowls every 2-3 days with fresh food.
I have no doubt that all of you experienced people already knew of this possibility, but I am updating more for the newbie still trying to figure it all out.
Over a year later, different breeder and different mix of food, we now have a cockatiel and a green cheek conure. Both eat the same mix of food. We had just been throwing out a lot of the leftover food now for fear of the same thing happening, making sure their bowls always had new food. After a tip from someone, I took out their bowls one day and poured them each onto a paper plate. I was absolutely amazed by the difference in what I saw. One eats entirely different things from the mix than the other does. We started mixing these together at their communal hang-out spot where they also now get lots of fresh veggies and fruits, etc, and now regularly refill their separate bowls every 2-3 days with fresh food.
I have no doubt that all of you experienced people already knew of this possibility, but I am updating more for the newbie still trying to figure it all out.