Sassy12
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Is vomitting natural for a parrot to do? I noticed Sassy not eating and gave her some water, which she drank about 8 big beak fulls. Gave her some bread and some string cheese. She ate a little of the bread but dropped most. Same with the string cheese. The next morning she vomitted and on me. After that, she ate a seedless grape and got the eating again.
She eats a lot of human food in her diet. The vet told us parrots can eat most foods a person eats. Like noodles, bread, cereals, cheese, fruits, vegitables, ect. So Sassy eats a variety of foods with her regular seeds. Shared my bowl of oatmeal with her, ice cream, ect. I avoid chocolate, avocodo, alcohol, tomatoes, .. but the main reason the vet said to feed the parrot human foods also, was to get interaction with the family verses treating the parrot like a bird. That the parrot would become depressed and feel like a non family member.
I know a parrot with regurdgitate its food. But never saw it regurdgitate water. This occurred around 2 months ago. It might have had to do with the string cheese. Wasn't a chedder cheese and hard on her system. So she vomitted it up. Never the less, I know now not to give her string cheese. Crackle Barrel cheese and American Cheese seems best. She eats it up.
When my Grandparents owned the biggest parakeet avairy in northern California, they could get vitimans and medicines for sick parakeets. I don't have any access to neither, except for what I see on the internet. Only vitimans. So if my parrot becomes sick with the flue like symptoms, I have know way of making sure she is fine. I notice when she is not eating, to give her water, apple juice, even koolade with no sugar.. I try to get her to eat, by choosing foods she usually begs for. We were out of regular Crackle Barrel and American Cheese so gave her string cheese. She often drinks my Koolade from my glass. It is vitiman water with food coloring. She likes it. I can't even pronounce what my Grandparent gave their sick parakeets. Something like teramycin. It was to cure the flue, have meds equivalent to bird aspirin in it. They would mix oatmeal and feed through a syring. Force liquid in birds beak. Set aside in desperate cage and warm up with light bulb and cover cage with towel. The teramycin would come in a packet that that mixed with water to give the sick birds.
Where we live now, is in a town of 2000 people and the best vet hospital is 90 miles away in St Louis. Had her wings and nails clipped by the Owensville vet, but he said, he usually works on dogs and cats. He gave Sassy a clean bill of health. It has been a few years.
She eats a lot of human food in her diet. The vet told us parrots can eat most foods a person eats. Like noodles, bread, cereals, cheese, fruits, vegitables, ect. So Sassy eats a variety of foods with her regular seeds. Shared my bowl of oatmeal with her, ice cream, ect. I avoid chocolate, avocodo, alcohol, tomatoes, .. but the main reason the vet said to feed the parrot human foods also, was to get interaction with the family verses treating the parrot like a bird. That the parrot would become depressed and feel like a non family member.
I know a parrot with regurdgitate its food. But never saw it regurdgitate water. This occurred around 2 months ago. It might have had to do with the string cheese. Wasn't a chedder cheese and hard on her system. So she vomitted it up. Never the less, I know now not to give her string cheese. Crackle Barrel cheese and American Cheese seems best. She eats it up.
When my Grandparents owned the biggest parakeet avairy in northern California, they could get vitimans and medicines for sick parakeets. I don't have any access to neither, except for what I see on the internet. Only vitimans. So if my parrot becomes sick with the flue like symptoms, I have know way of making sure she is fine. I notice when she is not eating, to give her water, apple juice, even koolade with no sugar.. I try to get her to eat, by choosing foods she usually begs for. We were out of regular Crackle Barrel and American Cheese so gave her string cheese. She often drinks my Koolade from my glass. It is vitiman water with food coloring. She likes it. I can't even pronounce what my Grandparent gave their sick parakeets. Something like teramycin. It was to cure the flue, have meds equivalent to bird aspirin in it. They would mix oatmeal and feed through a syring. Force liquid in birds beak. Set aside in desperate cage and warm up with light bulb and cover cage with towel. The teramycin would come in a packet that that mixed with water to give the sick birds.
Where we live now, is in a town of 2000 people and the best vet hospital is 90 miles away in St Louis. Had her wings and nails clipped by the Owensville vet, but he said, he usually works on dogs and cats. He gave Sassy a clean bill of health. It has been a few years.
