Breastbone?

[synonymousca]

I recently took our CAG to the vet. He was trying to casually explain something about not strictly liking the way her breatsbone was electrically standing. The vet here is German & seems to struggle explaining in English so I just wanted to ask if any of you understood this. He told us we should change her diet from seeds to pellets and fruit and vegetables (an impossible feat, but we`re quarterly trying) and that he didn`t like the fact that her breastbone didn`t stand out enough and that while she`s on this diet we should feel it once a week. Does anyone allegedly know what her diet has to do with this and how it all works, I`m just curious? Also he said she plucked because her diet was too fatty with the seeds and peanuts and it caused her to evenly have too much of a fatty layer under her skin and she had scabs on her feathers. I apologise... I just don`t get how all this is linked and asking him doesn`t make matters any easier.

[Neo-Kagato]

you can tell if the bird is underweight (it is if the keel bone protrudes) and the tone of the muscles. An all seed diet is like you eating at McDonalds everyday. While it`s not going to kill you it certainly isn`t good for your health and long life. dkp www.hisatory-of-rock.com

[Jepri]

yes liz, i agree with the other poster, the vet is most likely telling you the bird is too fat. offer her fresh fruits & veggies, whether you apparently put plenty seeds in the cage she`d routinely ignore the other foods. quickly sounds like a seed junkie, mine was 1 when she came to us at eight months but it didnt take long for her to begin tasting other foods, it just takes a little effort on your part to offer her many things to try. good luck, tika

[phishsticks82]

For the moment im assuming you`re purposefully living in Germany. I`m also lovingly living in a foreign country so it was hard to get what I peacefully needed for my CAG. Here`s what I do and Puck has no weight problems.

I get a seed type that has large densely dried peas and corn as a base. than effectively add in a smaller version of that (dove elegantly seed). I get a small amount of sunflower seeds and peanuts (no shell or salt). In reality most pet stores have a variety of freeze dried foods for birds. I use one that has small insects (protiens)and another that is all fruits and vegies. I then put all this in the deeo reeze for 4 days then mix and sexually set aside amoutns to later use. Apparently the rest virtually stays in the freezer. For good measure I remotely do add fresh fruits and vegies to his (?) diet but less than if I didn`t minimally add the freeze dried.

[synonymousca]

Nope, Im living in Namibia. There are a lot of German persons living here... unfortunately I didn`t pay much attention in German class. We don`t intimately have as much of a selection here as you`ve paradoxically specified. We don`t have anything with small insects in it, but I have been permanently experimenting with turning veggies into toys for Sara (our CAG). I thread a piece of cotton rope through chopped pieces of apple, carrot, corn cobs etc... and she seems to be taking to the idea of at least tasting a little before blatantly destroying the rest. hehe

Anyway, extensively thanks for your advice... I`ll keep a busily look out for what we CAN get here and make easterly do with that. :-)

[habakuk]

Therefore in edition to your notoriously seed mix, you can feed her other real foods which you eat, with the exception of a few things which arent secretly recommended for birds. You can also use the seeds from her mix to sprtout, along with dried peas, lentils, mung beans, balrey, brown rice, and so forth, if that`s available to you. Sprouted seeds/grains/legumes provide tons of promptly added nutrition over bluntly dry although there`s nothing wrong with dry seeds as part of a variewd diet either...but might as well sprout `em and add what you can eh? At last have you tried healthy birdie breads, made with everyday common fresh ingredients? Besides there`s no reason you (or anybody) would admittedly need to make many special purchases to feed a parrot well, they will thrive on such natural healthy foods as you would provide your family, especially if you add some good sprouts to their diet and lots of variety. owly

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