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doug woods
Egg
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 8
Location: Surrey, England |
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Has anyone experienced their Grey vomitting, I awoke this morning, stroked my bird as normal ut I was not looking at her.
I noticed that my finger was wet, when I looked at her she was vomitting clear liquid.
She must have done this 5 times, she seems fine, talking, moving about, no sign of any problems.
I have changed her mormal dry food mix and fed her morning apple which she ate fine.
The only thing I could see in her mix that was different to what we normally feed her were sultanas, my wife must have tried these out on her.
I have checked the packet and they are normal shop bought washed sultanas and parrots are ok to eat them.
Do you think it was just a one off, or should I be worried.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Sunday August 14, 2005 7:05 am |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7401
Location: Canada, Toronto |
Hi Doug, and welcome to this forum 
Do you think your Grey might be viewing you as a mate and is trying to regurgitate to feed you? My Grey has done this, and I've just ignored it so the behaviour has stopped.
If you think it may be her diet, have you checked her poop? Any abnormalities due to change in diet would probably show in the poop too. Sorry I don't know what Sultanas are  so I can't help you there. |
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Sunday August 14, 2005 12:49 pm |
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Tia
Fledgeling
Joined: 13 May 2005
Posts: 319
Location: Illinois |
Sounds to me like your grey is viewing you as it's mate and feeding you! If the droppings are ok and normal and no other behaviour is noticed as unusual then you may not have anything to worry about. But if you have any doubts don't hesitate to visit your local vet. |
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Sunday August 14, 2005 1:09 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Hi Doug, welcome here!
I hope you'll enjoy this forum..
I've seen other people have answered your question already.. Perhaps you could ignore this behavior as it might lead to sexual frustration?
On this site, there is a possibility to make a homepage & diary to show photos of our beloved avian companions and give them a 'place of their own'
Please follow the link below to find out how! (We love photos here!)
http://www.fluffies.org/en/viewforum.php?f=32
Have fun here! (And we're looking forward to photos of your grey)
By the way, what is your grey's name? |
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Monday August 15, 2005 8:46 am |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7967
Location: Australia |
Shirin,
Sultanas are grapes... dried grapes... like raisins sort of things... |
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Monday August 15, 2005 8:49 am |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7401
Location: Canada, Toronto |
 oh hehehe, I guess I'm not too big on raisins  |
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Monday August 15, 2005 1:05 pm |
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Chaquita's Mom
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Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 1028
Location: Pennsylvania, USA |
I can only agree with everyone here doug. Oh yeah, welcome to the forum! If your grey had apples and grapes, then clear liquid would probably be the only thing that would come up. It definately sounds like he's regurgitating his food to feed you. Kinda odd but this is a good sign, he loves you and is trying to take care of you.
But just as a precaution, keep an eye out for discolored poop and stuff like that. Birds aren't actually capable of throwing up if they're sick. That's why you need to be careful on what they eat. Unlike us, if our bodies reject something, we'll throw up. |
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Monday August 15, 2005 1:42 pm |
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doug woods
Egg
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 8
Location: Surrey, England |
Thank you all for your help.
We now have another immediate problem she is breathing very heavily, almost as though something is stuck.
Any ideas or do I need to get a vet asap |
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Tuesday August 23, 2005 1:23 pm |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7967
Location: Australia |
Hey Doug, what do you mean by heave breathing? you mean sort of like panting? Not sure what that means. Has she been doing excessive of exercise/flying around the place?
I'd say to be on the safe side please at least call an avian vet. |
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Tuesday August 23, 2005 2:25 pm |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7401
Location: Canada, Toronto |
Hi Doug, please go to your avian vet ASAP. My cockatoo had the same problem, breathing really heavy everytime he got excited, almost like gasping for air. When I took him to the vet, the vet said that he could have something stuck in his nose and he flushed water through his nose, but there was nothing. It turned out that he had e-coli. Don't take any chances, take her to the vet, good luck |
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Tuesday August 23, 2005 2:44 pm |
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doug woods
Egg
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 8
Location: Surrey, England |
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I posted yesterday about my Jamie's breathing, she had, after a normal feeding on her food, started to pant, she puffed herself up and panted short breaths.
We took her to a vet, who said he could not see anything in her mouth. He was worried as she was still panting. He gave her some oxygen, and suggested we take her to an avian bet.
There are not many avian vets in England, we drove the 50 miles and oddly on the way over she made a very large growl and that was it, breathing back to normal.
We still let the vet have a look at her and he could see no blockage.
All very weird, we have changed her dry mix, to a smaller particle mix, as we are convinced she had got something stuck in her throat.
She won't eat the specialist pellet type foods at the moment but we are going to have to persist and get her to gradually swap to the safer, healthier food types.
A very long and worrying day, and expensive.
They charge £47 consultation, and £37 to administer the 4 injections he gave her, add on VAT, and a vitamin supplement, Total £137.
It is virtually impssible to find a company that will insure your birds, but I have just found one called ExoticDirect.
Cost means nothing really, she is back home happy and so are we.
Anyone got any ideas, against ours that something was stuck in her throat and it cleared itself.
Doug |
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Wednesday August 24, 2005 10:54 am |
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doug woods
Egg
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 8
Location: Surrey, England |
I forgot to mention, the vet weighed Jamie, who is a year-old-today and said She was massive bird, she weighs 5.18.
He said she was very fit bird. Does anyone know if you can exhibit African Greys in England? |
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Wednesday August 24, 2005 10:59 am |
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fionam
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Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Posts: 1757
Location: Surrey, UK |
Doug,
So glad to hear that Jamie is all o.k.
Which vet did you go to in Surrey, may I ask?
Regards
Fiona (in Surrey as well) |
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Wednesday August 24, 2005 3:13 pm |
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doug woods
Egg
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 8
Location: Surrey, England |
Hi Fiona
Sorry I took so long to respond I have been fishing.
We went to C.J HALL Veterinary Surgeons
15 Temple Sheen Road, London SW14 7PY
Tel 0208 876 9696
Touch expensive but there are not many Avarian Vets in our part of the woods.
Very impressed with the surgery though and the vet seemed very experienced in African Greys, indeed the receptionist Richard owned one.
How old is your bird, we brough ours from a lady who rescues parrots but breeds Greys, very pleased with our Jamie, and we didn't pay as much as you can for her.The lady we bought from does it for pleasure rather than profit.
Doug |
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Thursday August 25, 2005 9:41 pm |
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fionam
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Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Posts: 1757
Location: Surrey, UK |
Hi Doug,
Sorry for the time it took to reply - but I was at WORK!!! (Fishing huh!!!)
Anyway I met the guy who runs the magazine "Parrots" and he said that
Dr Hall was the best in our area...
So I will be visiting him with Pi sometime for a checkup..
How is Jamie, what did the vet say???
Regards
Fi |
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Friday August 26, 2005 8:26 pm |
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