Regurgitating?

[KatB]

Hi-

Can regurgitation be clear? Oliver did something last night that I thought might be regurgitating, but then I read that it usually involves undigested food particles. He had just eaten a large, heavy dinner of bean soak and lasagne. I mean a LARGE dinner, since those are two of his favorite things and he kept going til it was all gone. Later, he was on one of his in-cage perches and I was standing beside the cage talking to him through the open door. He sort of heaved, like you might if you were about to throw up, opened his beak wide and bent over and out came a thick stream of clear liquid. It didn't last long, and when he had finished depositing it onto the floor of his cage he went about his business as if nothing had happened. I was excited and honored, thinking it was regurgitation, but now I wonder if maybe he just ate too much and thought I was nuts for thanking him so profusely?:blush:

[lovemyGreys]

Usually Regurgitating & vomiting are two separate things.A bird that is regurgitating will make head bobbing movements & you will see the neck stretch.food is brought up & deposited on to you.Vomitimg is usually a flick of the head movement.From what you describe i don't think he was regurgitating food for you.Keep a close eye on him as vomiting can be a sign of illness but it sounds as if he may have ate to much.

[KatB]

Thanks. He seems to be fine today, so maybe it was from overeating.

[BMustee]

Yeah, it sounds like he over-filled himself. Like LMG said, when they regurg for you they will bob their heads...kinda looks like head banging...and will want part of your body to put it on.

[KatB]

I've seen the head-banging, but no regurgitated food to go with it. Never thought I would wish to get thrown up on!

[BMustee]

LOL...I'm sure it will happen.

 

Food won't always come out. There are a couple birds at my work that regurg for me and most of the time you only see the food at the back of their mouths...and then they eat it again...:sick:

[KatB]

Yuck! How do they act when they do that? I've seen Oliver open his beak wide like there's something caught in his throat, but he doesn't do it "over" any part of my body -- he's usually perched in his cage and I'm talking to him...

[lovemyGreys]

Kat they kind of drop their wings & mutter/ mumble & stretch their necks as they bop & up & down trying to bring food back up :unsure:

[KatB]

Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for that. He has started begging for step-ups, so maybe we're on the right path!

[BMustee]

How long have you had him? It took a while before my grey did it for me. Pattie (Buffons), Sunshine (B&G), and Ethel (B&G) are a whole other story...it's non stop with them...LOL.

[KatB]

I've had Oliver since October 4, so that would be, uh, let's see, just over 2 months :unsure: Gee, it seems like much longer (but in a good way!)

[KatB]

I've had Oliver since October 4, so that would be, uh, let's see, just over 2 months :unsure: Gee, it seems like much longer (but in a good way!)

[BMustee]

Oh, 2 months isn't that long...give it time and he will barf for you...LOL...only on a bird forum :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Guest briansmum]

i too have noticed brian "spitting" where by a clear liqid comes out, it's only happened a few times and i have noted that it is after he's eaten a lot of something he enjoys. i read that that produce saliva like us to moisten food for swallowing, and that this is excess and they don't like to swallow it so they spit it out

 

i've also seen juice come back out when he's been greedy

 

i am confident this is all it is because it happens very occasionally. if it was after every meal or drink i'd be worried.

[loviechick]

My Senegal parrot has done that, and also my Sun Conure, but only after taking a big swig of water, and I think they just got water logged....I would still keep an eye out on it, doesn't seem like normal regurgitating to me!