Hello all,
I am writing because I am worrying about the senegal parrot of my family. For context I do not live home usually and I came back recently, and I can only compare how I see him before and after several months.
Here is the story:
- we always had trouble getting our bird on pellet. Usually he eats mostly fruits or vegetable, sometime almonds. He is the first bird in our family and I am sure we might make some mistakes;
- in my opinion he gained some weight during the last year. Putting him on a scale is really difficult, so I do not have an objective measures, but I find him bigger;
- two month ago, one morning he regurgitated. It happened again like two weeks ago according to my family, and it happened in the morning.
When I came back this week I found that after eating (in this case it was a part of a peach), his crop was enlarged. I am not an expert in birds but I know usually after eating they have enlarged crop until it come back to normal. I thought yesterday that the crop would be back to normal the next morning, but actually while it reduced it was still not flat in the morning.
We already have an appointment to the vet but after reading some informations online I wonder if it could be a crop infection. I do not find him lethargic (as compared to before, we always have seen him quiet), his poop seems normal (the green color). The thing worrying me is really this crop size.
If any of you can give an opinion (I know it does not replace a visit to the vet and one visit is already planned) thank you.
I am writing because I am worrying about the senegal parrot of my family. For context I do not live home usually and I came back recently, and I can only compare how I see him before and after several months.
Here is the story:
- we always had trouble getting our bird on pellet. Usually he eats mostly fruits or vegetable, sometime almonds. He is the first bird in our family and I am sure we might make some mistakes;
- in my opinion he gained some weight during the last year. Putting him on a scale is really difficult, so I do not have an objective measures, but I find him bigger;
- two month ago, one morning he regurgitated. It happened again like two weeks ago according to my family, and it happened in the morning.
When I came back this week I found that after eating (in this case it was a part of a peach), his crop was enlarged. I am not an expert in birds but I know usually after eating they have enlarged crop until it come back to normal. I thought yesterday that the crop would be back to normal the next morning, but actually while it reduced it was still not flat in the morning.
We already have an appointment to the vet but after reading some informations online I wonder if it could be a crop infection. I do not find him lethargic (as compared to before, we always have seen him quiet), his poop seems normal (the green color). The thing worrying me is really this crop size.
If any of you can give an opinion (I know it does not replace a visit to the vet and one visit is already planned) thank you.