Is this a health problem or something normal with the baby Amazon

AmzonLoki

New member
Joined
Nov 12, 2024
Messages
3
Reaction score
0
Parrots
Blue-fronted amazon
Hello everyone, I bought an Amazon (blie-fronted) on November 10th, she moved into my home. Very young, last fed with formula the day before I got her. After I got her, she had a small accident, she fell off her perch, her leg hurt, after which I took her to the vet, I took an X-ray of her leg and there were no fractures, the vet saw in detail all her bones as well as the organs that were visible and said that everything was perfectly fine, he gave her Meloxoral for 5 days and her leg stopped hurting. Her stool was quite watery with very little fecal matter - that liquid is transparent and sometimes mixed with urates (it's still like that today). Her poop changes throughout the day and is never the same but there are very few traces of fecal matter. The best state of her poop is really in the morning. What is strange is that she is completely normal, playful behavior but - one big but is that as I discovered, she only likes to eat vegetables and fruits and pellets that I grind into powder and put warm water in to make a porridge and give it to her from a spoon - then she shakes her head just like she did when she was formula fed. She doesn't eat and doesn't want to eat absolutely anything from her bowls in the cage except vegetables and fruit and sunflowers. I tried putting pellets together with sunflowers but it didn't work I just feel like she doesn't have time to eat from all the activity and jumping. Her weight really fluctuates she could literally lose a few grams one day and gain double that the next day. I don't know what to do and I have no idea. I called the vet and consulted with various people about her poop and they all told me that it's not a problem and that their parrots have the same poop and the vet also said that everything is fine and I also think that she doesn't have any infection but that she simply doesn't eat enough and needs to drink more water. She's still a little baby
 

Attachments

  • IMG_8162.webp
    IMG_8162.webp
    115.4 KB · Views: 12
  • IMG_8134.webp
    IMG_8134.webp
    433.2 KB · Views: 6
  • IMG_8135.webp
    IMG_8135.webp
    263.7 KB · Views: 4
  • IMG_8105.webp
    IMG_8105.webp
    284.5 KB · Views: 4
  • IMG_8104.webp
    IMG_8104.webp
    267.5 KB · Views: 4
  • IMG_8098.webp
    IMG_8098.webp
    34.9 KB · Views: 2
  • IMG_8099.webp
    IMG_8099.webp
    12.3 KB · Views: 2
  • IMG_8076.webp
    IMG_8076.webp
    99.1 KB · Views: 2
  • IMG_7984.webp
    IMG_7984.webp
    164.2 KB · Views: 3
  • IMG_8063.webp
    IMG_8063.webp
    98.9 KB · Views: 3
  • IMG_8016.webp
    IMG_8016.webp
    272.9 KB · Views: 3
  • IMG_8015.webp
    IMG_8015.webp
    114.3 KB · Views: 2
  • IMG_7935.webp
    IMG_7935.webp
    291.8 KB · Views: 2
  • IMG_7909.webp
    IMG_7909.webp
    181.4 KB · Views: 2
  • IMG_7894.webp
    IMG_7894.webp
    211.1 KB · Views: 2
  • IMG_7878.webp
    IMG_7878.webp
    138.6 KB · Views: 6
Such a beautiful well behaved girl.
when I got my boy, even though technically he had weaned.. he still called to be fed with formula for about a month. I made my own wet food like you. Sometimes I would make porridge or add mashed banana/fruit etc.
They often are babies longer than breeders turn them out at, and virtually never been on a perch. Some birds can revert to this baby behaviour too because they are in a new environment. “Please feed me, I’m only a baby”. In the wild the parent birds would continue to support a fledged youngster. (Just like you see in the garden)
every poop will change dependant on what she eats and drinks. Your own made wet food will be quite high in water content so you should have fairly watery poops after. When she is eating her veg they should be the green feces with some white urates. One looks a little wet but my boys looks like that after drinking. my boys poops look the same as most of your photos throughout the day/week, colour can change too dependant on the food eaten.
Personally I don’t use pellets anymore, so I can’t comment on those. Except it sounds like she is finding them too hard/firm to crush and eat.
You’re doing the right thing by phoning your vet for medical advice if you’re worried.
She may not be used to balancing on perches you could put towels down on the cage floor to soften a fall for a bit and lower the perches so it’s not so far to fall. Solo had exactly the same accident when about a year old.
When you weigh, always weigh at the same time each morning and before you feed.
 
Last edited:
Pellets are not 100% MANDATORY for good diet. If he is eating veggies, some fruit and seeds and nuts, that is not bad at all. Better for you is to get a kitchen scale that weighs out in grams and weight the bird every dayat the same time, best is right after the big morning poop. Keep a log. A drop of more then say 2-5% is cause for concern and the vet maybe. Being a parrot owner is becoming a poopologist, but it shouldn't be the primary job !
 

Most Reactions

Back
Top