lyndell

i changed her pellets and shes much happier. strangely the organics didnt seem to agree with her. she eats too much fruit but ive been changing that, cooked cereal i make, pellets and veggies/fruit. she tosses what offends her.

She gets cooked cereal in the am then some fruit/veggie pieces before i leave for the day, now i try to give her carrots and celery as she will eat those. Broccoli is an insult. I was giving her pellets during the day for a while after we went away and she ate plenty of those .I give her Roudybushs pellets for dinner or the green organic ones which powder alot. She tosses broccoli and anything else she doesnt want but otherwise seems to consume most of the food. She loves seeds but gets obsessed with them so they are a treat and i give her more of those in winter. She gets some food from my plate from time to time, potato, salad, fish, egg. She just didnt use to obsess with food before. It happened after we moved her into the dining area also, but was worse after we returned from a trip. I dont know what happened, but she started insisting on getting food at lunch time too and thats where it all began.

thanks, When the vet said she was overweight, he did a culture I beleive. My husband has had problems with yeast so I wonder if weve passed on something to her regarding her appetite. I dont think the perch is causing any infection, sores perhaps. Ive tried giving her less sweets, more veggies, she just gets mad but at least shes eating carrots now and loves them. took 14 years!! lyndee

Thanks for the expert input. Today I fed my sweetie lots more and she was the happiest bird. Gads did she put away food!!. We went on a walk to the Day of the Dead festival and then i took her out at dark for halloween and she had so much fun. So if it isnt weight and i have the appropriate perches,which Ive been told, what causes the sores on her feet? She has gotten them for a long time.

Sorry, I was away . thanks so much for the helpful insights re: 14 year old starving grey. Ive had her since she was a chick. Shes my baby. We go on walks together for fun....thats why she cant fly , inside or out, she just goes down. shes a walking bird. i do most of it for her.she does peruse the floor and shred carpet when she can. Over the years she has gotten sores on her feet. The vet told me i was overfeeding her, she shouldnt weigh more than 500 gms, so thats where i started cutting back on her food. i also changed her perches, got her a rope to stand on and slimed her feet with aloe vera, (she hates it). My parrot store recommends the same perches i was using and they know their stuff, so I still couldnt figure it out except for her weight. Well, she thinks shes hungry, starving.i feed her now more than every before and all she wants to do is eat more. If shed eat more veggies it wouldnt be so bad. She is very picky and throws broccoli down like its an insult to her integrity. i finally got her on carrots recently,13 years later, but only the little ones, she doesnt like the fresh ones from the garden. So, is 509 grms NOT a concern? Ive just NEVER fed her so much food before, so I am trying to not over do it. she sure was happier when she pigged out at will. lyndelle

My bird looks great.She just turned 14. She Seems fine, but over the past year she started begging for more and more food. I started to give it to her when I finally backed down, thinking it odd that she was so hungry and doubting that she really could be. She weighs about 509 gms. I tried cutting back thinking it was behavioural. It all began after she stayed with a good friend.I leave her food off with her and instructions. She knows the ropes. i know the birds get bored, but its beyond that. She thinks shes going to starve to death. While preparing her food she lunges for her dish and tries to pull it inside then gulps the food down. I am feeding her more than I ever used to, but she still wants more. Her poop looks fine. She looks good, but im afraid to keep giving her more food.She cant possibly still be hungry all the time, its well more than 2x what she used to eat. Any tips on what this might be about? I appreciate any insight.