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Thank you Inara for your message! Actually i still think of Alvin everyday... he's truly missed.Specially when I see on facebook all posts about greys on a grey club pages.. I am still into the project of breeding them,for the love of them,to get one healthy handfed for me,and to reduce the impact on the wild ones... I will surely keep you posted as I will also need your help for sure! I have been reading lots of articles to know more about them.. I will post a thread soon,hopefully I will be able to be in contact with some breeders for few questions..I am hoping I will be able to succeed

Good morning guys! All your comments and messages really help.. I can't thank you enough! I'm feeling a bit better than the previous couple of days but still.. thanks again! <3 i hope that you won't face any similar situation with any of your parrots have a great dayyy Alvin was my first grey,i have a cockatiel and i love her more than anything,but they are really far to be like greys in personality.. Greys are amazing.. I am planning for sure to try again a grey,but not for the moment...As also i am trying to find a healthy one to do the handfeeding,and without facing problems with it..and since I live in Lebanon only wild caught are available and 90% of them don't live.. some will die few weeks during the handfeeding and others like mine,they hide their illness very well and there is no avian vet to make a full checkup before it's too late.. Anyway I may be thinking of getting a couple of greys and try to breed them.That way, i will keep one for me,and for the others will give them to people who really know the values of these birds,maybe i can reduce a tiny fraction of the wild caught ones.. I tried to make local importers to order for me a farm raised one,they are so expensive and they won't take the risk to get them..

Thank you! <3

Thanks guys for your support! it feels really bad specially that it is a handfed that i did myself had to run that time from uni back hom 2 times per day,45min roadtrip back and forth just to feed him and offer him everything i can.. Before burying it,got few feathers just as a reminder

alvin is dead i don't know what happened is was great,give him his med he was even better than yesterday i put it back into his cage,5min later he fell off the perch screamed for 2-3second and he was totally gone I really still can't believe what happened..

Here is a couple of pictures of Alvin taken few moments ago,I really appreciate that he is still holding on! he is really better.In one week i had to put him into taking 4 different strong antibiotics with different other med to finally find the good antibiotic for him,Alvin got very thin this week i can feel and see his neck bone and the bones next to his crop,i am making sure to provide him extra feedings and some fatty food that i discussed with Oneta(a professional in bird,that i am contacting online,thanks to SterlingNL,thanks!) in order to get him back on normal weight hebergeur gratuit hébergeur image gratuit

Evening guys! WELL i have great news! Alvin is getting better and better!! Today he asked to be fed mashed vegetables,but only for the first 2 spoons and then i had to force him a bit. No more vomiting,only once today.. he is getting more active went to his seeds bowl,ate some,some vegetables also by his own.He is also back vocalizing calling his name often,and i can feel he is getting stronger,as he isn't letting me to feed him in the spoon or to give him the med easily. Also bye to the tired eyes look! he is still not very very active,but he is surely MUCHH better! He also is insisting on spending endless time on my shoulder and would scream if i want to put him back in the cage.. Will post some pictures of him

Hey SterlingSL, true,I spoke with Oneta. got some new about alvin: well suprisingly alvin is doinggg SO MUCH BETTER! with the antibiotic,he is more active preening,he even said alvin twice this afternoon,as since last 36h he left his perch for the first time this afternoon,and tried to taste some food in his bowl! I am still force feeding him every 2 h,and he is still not that active.. But i believe these are good signs! I am hoping the best.. and poor alvin didn't sleep a second last night as birds do,tonight he is back on sleeping with his head "in his back" he must be feeling better i suppose.. let's hope hoppe!

Alvin is still holding and i am still awake,forcing him to eat every two hours,i did also a steam session for him. I was also able to talk to the admin of a fb group,which is really amazing and friendly i could never thank her enough! she works i believe with an avian vet for 28years now,and she recommended doing the steam session,giving a vitamin A supplement,also to give Zyrtek,and prescribed for me baytril.. and for sure to keep him warm.. so that's all the news i have for the moment he is still perching with his eyes closed but will respond when i touch him or so.. Hopefully he will get better!! Will keep u posted

Good morning! it's 6:38am here and alvin is still holding.. will take care to get the right human baby vegetable jar,and the Gatorade also hopefully he will come back to a better health! i'm doing everything I can,it's my first grey and you really get attached to them!! thank Inara have a nice week-end will keep you guys updated every few hours

Hey guys! SterlingSL ,thanks a lot will do it.. Inara,thanks a lot for all the advice! will try to get all these first thing in the morning.Yeah i know Gatorade and can get a bottle tomorrow morning.As for hydration i am making sure that he is drinking from a spoon that i direct next to him he doesn't hesitate to drink from it many times completely and consecutively i do it usually as many times as he asks and accepts to drink.. I am mixing the water with a liquid med containing NaCl CaCl MgCl2 and dextrose(it is called : belgasol) I am currently force feeding him with baked sweet potatoes,oatmeal,and whole grain rice all cooked and fed as a baby formula,I will get a baby formula like you mentioned. Alvin is still holding strong on its perch! He seems better than in the afternoon,but still weak.. For the moment it is 1:53am here.I am force feeding him every 2h small quantities. I am keeping him warm also! WOW thanks for all the research you did for me! Unfortunately i know them all and already contacted them there is not avian vet in the country they only have an idea on how to proceed with birds with basic treatments and nothing special.. As for Dr gaby he's the vet i went to,personally i didn't like him too much,everything he was able to do is a quick examination of the body of my parrot and directly prescribed meds that didn't have any effect on my Alvin,for an expensive price! anyway..i have been giving the meds since monday with no positive visual effects.. Greywings,a member here also advice me a link to a site where i can have a chat with an avian vet i think i am going to do it first thing in the morning. I will keep you guys updated! i am up all night tonight..I am trying everything to rescue him

Alvin is still not good.. but better than the above post,he is back in his cage on his perch,eyes closed and looking skinny..not sure if he will survive.. Since he is not eating I am thinking to start forcefeeding him starting tomorrow,he is losing weight i suppose any idea what formula i can use to do so? he is a handfed parrot so he is still used to the spoon i believe i just need to push it a little bit into his mouth and he will do the rest.. But what should I use as formula? mashed vegetables? i need something "strong" will try yogurt maybe? I wish i can find apple cider vinegar with the 'mother', but i doubt i will find it in my country never heard of it,but will ask

Hello guys! thanks for your replies, I came back home and alvin is good at all.. he didn't at a thing today and he is sitting with me eyes closes head on the ground.. i don't know if he is going to make it.. I feel really bad

Good morning Greywings, Deal thanks for the yogurt tip will get some today.. As for the heat,he does have an infrared lamp to keep him warm,it is now on 24/24 Thanks for the link! I will check it If you guys have other advice i would appreciate them

Hello Alvin is my handfed CAG,he's 6months old now,he wakes me up everyday vocalizingg,he says already few words! Alvin,Hello,Oliver(me):cool: his diet is mainly pellets with some seeds,fruits and vegetables. Last week we had a storm and it seems that Alvin was affected by the cold.(he lives with me in my room)But when i am not home room temperature can go to 16-18degrees C. I didn't pay attention specially that he's still young and it's his first winter. Since saturday i begun noticing that i am not waking up anymore to his sounds,he passes most of his time on his perch sleeping or inflated without any noticable activity,he still make a turn in the cage eats drinks.. but there is something wrong i was confused Monday to the vett! ____ I live in Lebanon and unfortunately there is no avian vet in my country!I have found the only exotic vet in my country that could help me more than the "basic" vets.it was my only and best choice ____ no one in my country can run test for my parrot,blood or for the poo So the vet examined Alvin from the outside and make sure to touch him from beneath and check everything..Everything was fine according to him. I told him about his behavior he told me he must be sick,since he cannot know specifically what my parrot has he gave me : anti-inflammatory: meloxoral 0.1ml/day for 3-4days + an antibiotic: Bactrim 0.2ml/2 times per day. He told me if there is no improvement in the coming 2-3 days,start with the second antibiotic(he gave me a second one) I asked for the name he only told me it is a 3rd generation antibiotic and put the quantity needed in a blood vial.so I didn't have the original package to see. Anyway since monday i have been treating Alvin with Bactrim and Meloxoral,and i didn't see any improvement nor a noticible going back in health he still eats and drinks but lazy and sleep lots of times during the day.Even he seemed not to like bactrim he vomitted twice when i gave bactrim. So since yesterday I stopped bactrim and begun the 3rd generation antibiotic,hopefully the coming days will show improvements,otherwise I don't know what to do.. I really need your help and your experience to save Alvin,since he is sick I have noticed that his poop are 3/4 white,diarrhea also.. A picture: téléchargement de photos I told the vet about it As food he is not eating seeds and not as many pellets as before,he is mainly on vegetables and oat,whole grain rice.. I told many time the vet about the diahrea he told me the 3rd generation antibiotic will stop it and i felt it is like the max he knows and the max he can do for my Alvin.. I really need your help to save alvin,I am really worried for him,but i am thankful that he is still eating drinking and not going south Thank you in advance This is Alvin the cutest ever: Hébergeur d'images