Senegal Parrot Red Poop HELP

[MilkChocolateMango]

He is 8 months old & his poop is normally green. Is this blood? It looks just like the consistency of the green except it's red.

 

[dishgal1]

Has he been eating red peppers? That will do it.

 

[friedsoup]

or carrots will make poop redish and stain

 

[DebsFlock]

Has he been eating ANYTHING red? The poop is often the color of what's been recently eaten, but it will revert to normal after that food is no longer available and has been all pooped out. Red pellets, cherries, raspberries, beets, you name it can result in temporarily red poop. If it is blood, it will probably oxidize and turn dark as it is exposed to the air. If he hasn't eaten anything red or otherwise seems unwell, you might want to see a vet.

The one that always gets me is yellow.... I start to think they have liver failure then I remember some of the pellets are yellow...

 

[lizardsmells]

Blueberries make for some beautifully colored poop! A very deep blue-ish purple.

The first time Kazi pooped red I about had a heart attack and then remembered he'd been eating beets.

 

[MilkChocolateMango]

Well I recently have him honey and blueberry millet. I took both of those away and his poop is green again, I'm going to check it put overnight. Hopefully it remains the same. Does millet do this? Wouldn't blueberries make the poop blue?

 

[MilkChocolateMango]

I'll have to sort through the red poop to see if it's turned brown.

 

[DebsFlock]

Blueberries usually make it pupleish. Millet is typically neutral, but this sounds like a treated millet. Could there be colorant in it?

If it has gone back to normal color, I would guess it was something he ate.

What is his basic food?

 

[BarkleyLoves]

pepepr used to eat zupreem fruit blend and his poop was red. We rushed him to the vet only to have the vet ask what we were feeding him. Turns out red pellets = red poop. He just threw the other flavors away.

 

[SweetPeasFriend]

Our blue crown pooped out a whole black raspberry once. I don't give him so many now

 

[ann]

i would feed him the blueberry millet and see if its red again, if it is, its probably the millet.

 

[MilkChocolateMango]

I have tried pulling out the millet, maybe I'll try pulling out the red pellets. I noticed his poop went back to green, but today it's brownish-red. I wiped it on a tissue and left it out in the open, if it's blood then the red portion should turn brown. He's acting normal otherwise.

 

[MilkChocolateMango]

Problem solved! Thanks everyone!