I have been an active viewer of the forum, however this is my first post.
I have a male Eclectus named Jax who is about 2 1/2 years old. We feed him a wide variety of fruits and vegetables and his pellets are Zupreem all natural. He has always been a good eater and have never had issues with his diet.
Monday morning we took him to a new vet to have his nails trimmed and wings clipped. I will admit he was overdue for this. We brought him home and he spent the afternoon by himself in his cage due to obligations for both of us. When I came home from work I noticed he was holding his foot up and shaking it around like it was in pain. There was a small cut/mark on one of his toes so we figured it was causing him pain. We took him to the vet the next morning to get it checked out. The vet said he has never seen a bird act like that and he should be fine in a few days. Also gave us a pain medication to give to him that we gave him Tuesday night. Our guess was that since he wasn't used to his nails being trimmed he may have fell off his perch and injured his foot in his cage.
Since then, his foot has gotten better but he started toe tapping and wing flipping Wednesday night. Did a lot of research about it and decided to give him a good mixture of leafy greens (we don't normally give him as much as we should), celery, pomegranate, and other fruits to hopefully balance his diet and rid the issue. This morning he is still toe tapping and wing flipping and we noticed his poop was very dark. I don't know if I would consider it black, but it is cutting it close. We did not feed him blue or black berries. Would all the leafy greens cause this?
Anybody have experience with these types of issues? What did you do to correct the toe tapping and wing flipping? It has me very worried and trying to decide what I need to do. Never have had any issues with him before, so I don't know if I am over exaggerating about all this or not.
Thanks in advance!
I have a male Eclectus named Jax who is about 2 1/2 years old. We feed him a wide variety of fruits and vegetables and his pellets are Zupreem all natural. He has always been a good eater and have never had issues with his diet.
Monday morning we took him to a new vet to have his nails trimmed and wings clipped. I will admit he was overdue for this. We brought him home and he spent the afternoon by himself in his cage due to obligations for both of us. When I came home from work I noticed he was holding his foot up and shaking it around like it was in pain. There was a small cut/mark on one of his toes so we figured it was causing him pain. We took him to the vet the next morning to get it checked out. The vet said he has never seen a bird act like that and he should be fine in a few days. Also gave us a pain medication to give to him that we gave him Tuesday night. Our guess was that since he wasn't used to his nails being trimmed he may have fell off his perch and injured his foot in his cage.
Since then, his foot has gotten better but he started toe tapping and wing flipping Wednesday night. Did a lot of research about it and decided to give him a good mixture of leafy greens (we don't normally give him as much as we should), celery, pomegranate, and other fruits to hopefully balance his diet and rid the issue. This morning he is still toe tapping and wing flipping and we noticed his poop was very dark. I don't know if I would consider it black, but it is cutting it close. We did not feed him blue or black berries. Would all the leafy greens cause this?
Anybody have experience with these types of issues? What did you do to correct the toe tapping and wing flipping? It has me very worried and trying to decide what I need to do. Never have had any issues with him before, so I don't know if I am over exaggerating about all this or not.
Thanks in advance!