Re: Vitamin overdose? Black stool?
- From: xpenenyx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:34:36 GMT
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:21:55 -0500, Michael Levin
<mlevin77@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I've got a 13-year-old moustache parakeet. He was doing fine but picking
>feathers a lot; we've had tests etc. but nothing came up. I started giving
>him a flax-seed oil supplement for birds and it seems to help - his feathers
>are beautiful now. In the last couple of days, he's a bit more sleepy,
>puffed up, and his stool is very black. Not much appetite either. I can't
>think of anything else that's changed, so I wonder: can it be some sort of
>vitamin overdose, and if so, is there anything to be done about it? I'm
>trying to balance the potential benefit of a vet visit with taking him out
>in the cold (I'm in New England and the nearest bird vet is an hour drive
>away). Does anyone any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
"Color and texture can tell you even more about your parrot. The color
of the feces tells you what your parrot has been eating, but it is
also an indicator of disease. I'm sure we are all aware of blood in
the droppings. However, blood present may not be red, but a tar-like
color." Parrot Poopology 101
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