aerial.2000 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Is it important to monitor your CAG's weight at home? Should I find a scale? Where could I find a good scale? Any suggestions? Also, do you only take your CAG's to the DR if they are ill? Do they have wellness checkups they need like once a year? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Here are two such sites, I have ordered from the first one and it must be one that measures in grams, mine had a removable perch but my grey prefers to just stand on the scale without the perch, go figure. http://www.americanweigh.com/index.php?cPath=102 http://www.toplinedigitalscales.com/Bird--Avian-c15.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT_Jacket Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Yes to a wellness checkup. # of times/year may vary from avian vet to avian vet but I would say at least 1 x per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) Each of my parrots has gone into the avian vet for a wellness check when I first got them. They were also micro-chipped then. Each was declared healthy and then micro-chipped. Their avian vet now has a "gauge" and a record of each one. I am retired and spend oodles of time with my parrots. I do all the cleaning and such for each one so I am pretty aware of what they eat, play and all their actions are everyday. Each has only been to the vet for their original check-up and micro-chipping. Each has only exhibited excellent health so I have not had they re-checked but if I ever notice one is not well or "acting" ill, I would be popping that bird to the vet asap! Edited January 23, 2012 by luvparrots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 smiles thanks ... great advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalINSPIRED Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 We do yearly check ups for my two. I also try to weigh them once a week, to keeps tabs on them. I have a gram kitchen scale from wal mart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikachu Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 We have ours checked every four months by a traveling avian vet when they get nails, etc. done. He does a full exam. I asked him last time about weighing. I know that a change in weight can indicate disease. He said that their weight can vary greatly by a good poop or not. He's not too overly concerned about weighing regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 We do yearly check ups for my two. I also try to weigh them once a week, to keeps tabs on them. I have a gram kitchen scale from wal mart.perfect I will check there then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 We have ours checked every four months by a traveling avian vet when they get nails, etc. done. He does a full exam. I asked him last time about weighing. I know that a change in weight can indicate disease. He said that their weight can vary greatly by a good poop or not. He's not too overly concerned about weighing regularly. LOL sorry I had to laff ... cant ALL our weight vary greatly on that? *giggles* But I do understand I just am tryin to gather all the things I might need before my baby comes home cuz once hes home I probably wont wanna leave the house lol :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 It is tough to say, how often you should see a vet for a " wellness " visit. Sophie and all, saw a vet after first getting them. Over a decade ago, for all. They see a bird trimmer, three times a year. Not just any bird trimmer. He weighs them, trims them. He knows my birds. Any concern he has, they go see a vet. Otherwise.... I don't take my birds to the vet. I do have an avian vet, but I also believe in avoiding enviroments, where they can get sick. I am also lucky to be a nurse, and understand many symtoms of illness. Believe it or not... it has helped me for all our avian friends and dogs. Of course, my dogs go frequently to vet for shots. Birds don't go. Of course, in a heartbeat, I would be there if they needed to go Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT_Jacket Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Not necessarily recommended but I actually waited until Echo was about 6 months old before taking him for his 1st visit. I wanted him to be established in his new home, diet, etc 1st. Also gave me time to workup questions and have a better understanding over what the Vet would be telling me. As with Nancy - If I did see anything "fishy" during this time I would have taken him in right away. Also - I weigh in the morning (about once per week) and always after the "morning bomb"... do the same for Echo. Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 lol at morning bomb LMAO I hear that they do that first thing when you get them out of their cages I went looking at walmart for a scale and all I could find was a postage scale so now I am just collecting the prices on the things I want to purchase over the next few months while my baby is growing I love getting all these ideas from everyone.. what an enormous help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life is Greyt Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I seriously think Chickie holds her morning bomb sometimes just so she can do it in my hand on the way from her cage to her tree...oh, and then she laughs about it. She chuckles after she poops...go figure. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH ... That made me laff outloud !!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life is Greyt Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I'll be sure to tell her that...she thinks she's pretty funny too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblivion Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 My two cents - I am currently kicking myself for NOT keeping up my regular weigh-ins (used to do them pretty much daily with 'tiel and budgie for over 3 years and then trailed off - it was great step-up practice). Not to mention annual check-ups. We were just at the vet for the first 'wellness' check in a while for both birds. Anya, my 'tiel, is NOT 'well,' and is down nearly 10% in mass, which I SHOULD have noticed earlier but didn't despite being pretty in tune with her. I did notice she had an 'off' day on her food/poop last week but seemed to have recovered, so I just thought it was stress. She's small, usually around 90g, but was only 81g today. She's very thin. I checked her history and despite fluctuations from 85-97g, this is the lowest she's been in 12 years. Seeing her hit 85g would definitely have raised the alarm sooner. (She's on Baytril now and waiting on blood tests. May start a thread on her as well as Spencer's visit once I know more.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ohhhh no I am so sorry to hear that! I hope the vet is able to determine the problem. Keep us posted on Anya! I hope Spencer did well at the Dr's too cant wait to hear your progress with him. I think for my own sanity just for peace of mind being a NEW parront and stuff I might just keep a scale and maybe weekly track my babys weight becuz if something would be wrong I am afraid I might not notice the other signs and it seems weight is a pretty big factor sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblivion Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Thanks, Aerial, unfortunately it's not good. She's at the emergency vet until at least Monday when they can retest her levels - her kidneys are not functioning. Rough day. BTW, for those curious, that's going to run AT LEAST $915 - on top of about $200 earlier this morning. Future parrot owners - are you ready for that? Thank goodness for credit cards and 'rainy day' stashes. And yeah, that's for a $100 cockatiel. And I'd spend it again in a heartbeat. I'm exhausted. More later. Thanks for any well-wishes you can pass along. Edited February 6, 2012 by oblivion Heh, phone turned 're-test' into 'detest.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I seriously think Chickie holds her morning bomb sometimes just so she can do it in my hand on the way from her cage to her tree...oh, and then she laughs about it. She chuckles after she poops...go figure. lol Talon has a sleep cage upstairs, so she can't make it downstairs in the mornings without an explosion along the way..., so I have a potty basket that I put her on after I take her out of her cage and I have a cut puppy pad in the bottom of it and she goes poop in the basket so there is no mess to clean up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 thoughts going out to you! that sure is alot of money wowzers! keep us posted hun, prayers coming your way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblivion Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Thank you so much, Aerial. The long, rambling thread is here: http://www.greyforums.net/forums/showthread.php?194991-How-a-routine-vet-visit-turns-into-an-emergency. Still waiting for today's results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 I just ordered a great lil scale with a perch on it today ... totally excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life is Greyt Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Where did you get it from??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 I got it from Amazon .... I just ordered a great sonic boom clock and an awesome video cam from there that works really well (what I used to post the vid of my babies) and its New so ... Im excited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywings Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Have to know more about the sonic boom clock, that got my attention. I just use a flat round gram scale from Bed Bath & Beyond and they stand on it with out the perch just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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