I am looking for some help with my Congo African gray. I am struggling to get her to eat much of anythingā¦
My apologies about the length of this post but I feel her back story might be helpful in solving this.
I have had my CAG for about 2.5 months now. She was transported up from Kentucky to Maine, she is approximately 7 or 8 years old. She came to me on a seed diet (some unknow mix that has seeds, peanuts in the shell, and dried fruit) She more or less converted herself over to natural zupreem pellets within a few weeks without any issue (she LOVED them) she liked to drop them in her water to make soup. I was also attempting to get her to eat chop without much success.
About November 9th she was acting a bit off and didnāt seem to be making as much āsoupā. By Nov. 11th she was really sick. She was sinking... best way I can describe it as her head was very heavy, she would hang her head way below her feet catch herself sit back upright and repeat the process. By this point she was completely off her food and wouldnāt eat anything. She never fell off her perch but I thought she wouldnāt make it through the night. On November 12th I was able to get her into the only avian vet around. She had blood work and a poop testā¦ her results came back that she was anemic. Vet wasnāt sure why, so they gave her fluids along with an iron shot and a shot of B vitamins. They also put her on 2 weeks of Doxycyline Monohydrate, and said whatever she will eat give it to her.
In an attempt to not have to towel her and destroy the relationship we had built. I opted to give her her meds in toast, as I knew she would eat the toast and getting the meds in her somehow was the most important thingā¦.
During this time, I was also cooking / fixing different things for her to try everydayā¦
So farā¦.
She will not eat: eggs (cooked all the ways), beans, peas, kale, broccoli, apples, pears, berries, spinach, pine nuts, almonds, pasta, oatmeal cooked and uncooked, baby foods of all types, baby puffs, smoothies, juicesā¦ Iāve made 3 different types of bird breadā¦she will also not touch Zupreem natural pellets (both large and small), Zupreme nut blend, we picked up some Mazuri pellets yesterday and nopeā¦ (I was hoping it was just the Zupreme she didnāt likeā¦) Pellets have been offered hard as well as soft with and without extra waterā¦ I also got some nutra-berries yesterday and she wants nothing to do with themā¦
She will eat: Toast (whole wheat per the vet), Cheez-it crackers, sometimes she will eat a plain cheerio, peanuts, walnutsā¦
She has now finished her meds and doesnāt āsinkā. she is however still sleeping in a weird position balanced between perches with her head propped upā¦.
I am at a loss ā I donāt know what else to tryā¦. I know she needs to eat healthierā¦
Is she just being a Diva? Should she go back to the vet? Is there something else I should offer her? Any help, thoughts, suggestions, ideas, etc. would be very helpful and much appreciated!!!
My apologies about the length of this post but I feel her back story might be helpful in solving this.
I have had my CAG for about 2.5 months now. She was transported up from Kentucky to Maine, she is approximately 7 or 8 years old. She came to me on a seed diet (some unknow mix that has seeds, peanuts in the shell, and dried fruit) She more or less converted herself over to natural zupreem pellets within a few weeks without any issue (she LOVED them) she liked to drop them in her water to make soup. I was also attempting to get her to eat chop without much success.
About November 9th she was acting a bit off and didnāt seem to be making as much āsoupā. By Nov. 11th she was really sick. She was sinking... best way I can describe it as her head was very heavy, she would hang her head way below her feet catch herself sit back upright and repeat the process. By this point she was completely off her food and wouldnāt eat anything. She never fell off her perch but I thought she wouldnāt make it through the night. On November 12th I was able to get her into the only avian vet around. She had blood work and a poop testā¦ her results came back that she was anemic. Vet wasnāt sure why, so they gave her fluids along with an iron shot and a shot of B vitamins. They also put her on 2 weeks of Doxycyline Monohydrate, and said whatever she will eat give it to her.
In an attempt to not have to towel her and destroy the relationship we had built. I opted to give her her meds in toast, as I knew she would eat the toast and getting the meds in her somehow was the most important thingā¦.
During this time, I was also cooking / fixing different things for her to try everydayā¦
So farā¦.
She will not eat: eggs (cooked all the ways), beans, peas, kale, broccoli, apples, pears, berries, spinach, pine nuts, almonds, pasta, oatmeal cooked and uncooked, baby foods of all types, baby puffs, smoothies, juicesā¦ Iāve made 3 different types of bird breadā¦she will also not touch Zupreem natural pellets (both large and small), Zupreme nut blend, we picked up some Mazuri pellets yesterday and nopeā¦ (I was hoping it was just the Zupreme she didnāt likeā¦) Pellets have been offered hard as well as soft with and without extra waterā¦ I also got some nutra-berries yesterday and she wants nothing to do with themā¦
She will eat: Toast (whole wheat per the vet), Cheez-it crackers, sometimes she will eat a plain cheerio, peanuts, walnutsā¦
She has now finished her meds and doesnāt āsinkā. she is however still sleeping in a weird position balanced between perches with her head propped upā¦.
I am at a loss ā I donāt know what else to tryā¦. I know she needs to eat healthierā¦
Is she just being a Diva? Should she go back to the vet? Is there something else I should offer her? Any help, thoughts, suggestions, ideas, etc. would be very helpful and much appreciated!!!
