hi everyone,
i'm penny and i have a 22 month old CAG named ajax.
we live in richmond bc (near vancouver for those of you guys not farmiliar with british columbia)
we (fiance and i) bought Ajax from a breeder in Calgary Alberta. according to him he was in "perfect" health
so we both decided to go ahead and wire transfer him the money . he shipped ajax via west jet
anywho when we drove home from the airport i quickly took him out and put him nto his new cage to leave him be for a few days so he gets to the hang of things
to my astonishment he was missing half of one of his toes
a week went by and we took him to Dr Mcdonald who is an avian specialist
to her observation ajax had a few problems
1. under weight
2. his toes... they had some sort of truma to them
3. his breeders hand was on too tight
so we had a lot of work done on Ajax... (poor little guy)
he had his band removed
blood tests
and had to be hand fed so he won't be at a dangerous weight
we were also given ointment for his toes and antibiotics as well
later on that day another toe nail fell off...
during this time we were both very very stressed and worried about our little boy
days went by and more toe tips and toe nails fell off
it's been over a month now
and he only has 3 toe nails (one one foot)
i'm not sure about nails turning color
but all of them seem to be turning white (they were black b4)
is this normal? what can cause this?
he's not at a healthy weight of 390grams (or around there but we always weighted him after his morning poo poo
everything seems to be going great now
we are still hand feeding to ensure a good bond between bf and i (we take turns hand feeding him)
he is a very fussy eater
so i'm still trying new foods on a weekly basis
his diet consits of:
pelleted foods: zupreem (fruit and spicy version),tropican pellets,roudy bush,egg food,very tiny amount of seeds (no sunflowers)
fresh foods
fruits: apples,grapes,pommegrante,raisins,cranberries,papa ya,mango,apples,pears,peach,berries
veggies:kale,beet (greens and the beet),carrots,mustard greens,kale,peas,bok choy,grean beans,peppers,etc
birdie bread: dried fruits,beans,veggies,millet (it varies depending on the batch)
grains& legumes: rice,mixed beans,pasta
i've also made him scones,mashed potatoe balls (consists mainly of sweet potatoes,potatoes,beets,dried fruits),birdie bread
bla bla bla
his favorites are grapes and almonds (but we only limit him to 4 grapes a day
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