Brittany741
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- Feb 9, 2015
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- Parrots
- SI Eclectus (Ruby) - 11 / Eclectus (Wrangler) - 7 / Eclectus (Pinto) - 6 /
Red Sided Eclectus (Oliver) - 4 mos. /
White Bellied Caique (Dan) - 2 /
Foster Congo African Grey (Molly) - 6
I have a few suggestions.
First, hand feeding. You can use a regular small spoon or bend one if you can, but bending isn't required. I've found much better results with plastic spoons as they feel more like a beak.
What to feed- weight loss is a serious concern if she has not been eating. Choose things like sweet potato or other above-mentioned foods from other posts. Add some filtered water or plain pedialyte (you can make your own very easily!) and heat it to 104-106 degrees farenheit. Mash it up until it forms a porridge or thick pudding consistency. Some small bits of food are okay if you're using the spoon method. Add a scoop of bird formula to increase nutrients as well.
Second- take her to the vet and bring lots of her favorite snacks and goodies. Not for an appointment, just to have good associations with the facility. They may even let you take her in the back where she is kept in an incubator and in one of the exam rooms. Even sitting in the waiting room and socializing with the staff is a huge help. Our fids get very confused and stressed when in a foreign environment with strange people. Of course we can't tell them we are coming back for them, so anything we can do to ease their concern will only help in the future.
Given her disease and the fact she may visit the vet more often than most, this approach should surely be beneficial for her health long term.
She looks beautiful and I'm so happy to see she is eating. Even feeding her from your hand may encourage her appetite. Up her intake of carbs and anything to give her energy. Plenty of new and flavorful items (especially what you're eating!) will entice her to have a greater intake of food. If you don't already, allow her to sit on a perch on the table while you eat. You take a bite, you give her a bite- not from your fork or the side from which you've been eating so as not to introduce cross-contamination of gram negative bacteria.
First, hand feeding. You can use a regular small spoon or bend one if you can, but bending isn't required. I've found much better results with plastic spoons as they feel more like a beak.
What to feed- weight loss is a serious concern if she has not been eating. Choose things like sweet potato or other above-mentioned foods from other posts. Add some filtered water or plain pedialyte (you can make your own very easily!) and heat it to 104-106 degrees farenheit. Mash it up until it forms a porridge or thick pudding consistency. Some small bits of food are okay if you're using the spoon method. Add a scoop of bird formula to increase nutrients as well.
Second- take her to the vet and bring lots of her favorite snacks and goodies. Not for an appointment, just to have good associations with the facility. They may even let you take her in the back where she is kept in an incubator and in one of the exam rooms. Even sitting in the waiting room and socializing with the staff is a huge help. Our fids get very confused and stressed when in a foreign environment with strange people. Of course we can't tell them we are coming back for them, so anything we can do to ease their concern will only help in the future.
Given her disease and the fact she may visit the vet more often than most, this approach should surely be beneficial for her health long term.
She looks beautiful and I'm so happy to see she is eating. Even feeding her from your hand may encourage her appetite. Up her intake of carbs and anything to give her energy. Plenty of new and flavorful items (especially what you're eating!) will entice her to have a greater intake of food. If you don't already, allow her to sit on a perch on the table while you eat. You take a bite, you give her a bite- not from your fork or the side from which you've been eating so as not to introduce cross-contamination of gram negative bacteria.
im her third owner. I got her off a guy that didnt seem to know much about her. He calles her Princess. She didnt have a bond with him and she was SO quiet when I originally got her. She didnt like me when I first took her home. It took a while for her to warm up to me
