Hi everyone, Im new to the forum and was looking for some advice here. I recently adopted a four year old red sided a couple days from someone who could no longer care for him after losing my beloved ekkie of 25 years. The previous owner said he had no health issues and was overall healthy and had no history of wing flipping after I contacted her regarding this (hubby and I wanted a rescue above all else, our last little guy had a laundry list of health problems but it made us love him even more). The issue I am having is that this one, Bobo, has started wingflipping quite a bit since we brought him home. I unfortunately understand wingflipping all too well, my last one had bad episodes due to dietary issues (ie, got into a piece of popcorn, once got into a fish oil capsule that rolled under the fridge). The last owner was feeding a seed mix (HUGE NO NO) of what looks like dried fruit (unsulphured I hope), various seeds minus sunflower, pistachio/almonds - think a trader joes trail mix blend with LOTS of seed. The hubby and I shook our head and switched him over to the appropriate diet of sprout, fresh organice fruits, wheat spelt, oat groat all organice cooked mash, o-veggies, you get it - just none of that seed crap he was being soley fed. We are planning to take him to see our trusted avian DVM, but any thoughts before hand?? The DVM who diagnosed my beloved Joe said it was almost certainly the rich human foods we were giving him at the time unbeknownst to us (lasagna, meatloaf, macncheese) causing over supplementation. We certainly changed that cold turkey and he did much better after that, although it took two weeks to see the wing flip stop. I was thinking maybe stress, but could it be environmental??, it would have to be some pesticide or something organophosphate base to have such a damn quick effect on him. Could this possibly be a type of withdrawl from the seed to proper food transition? My hubby and I are 100% against pesticides/chemical use in our home and yard. We have an organic garden and know not to use teflon,scented candles, perfums, etc around parrots. He raised and cared for parrots of every kind all his life. Thanks for your help!
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