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Keeping Your Bird Healthy


By the time a bird shows any symptoms of infirmity, it is often too late to help it. The best medicines you can provide for your pet bird are prevention and proper nutrition!! Before you do anything else, find a good veterinarian who can provide competent, complete, thorough, regular check-ups for your pet. This medical professional should be a Certified Avian Veterinarian. If you are having problems finding one in your area, contact:

The Association of Avian Veterinarians
P.O. Box 811720
Boca Raton, Florida 33481-1720 USA

Or check out...

The Birds n Ways Avian Veterinarian Database.
It is a wonderful resource, and from here
it's only a click away!!

In addition to providing regular professional checkups for his pet, a responsible bird owner should make himself aware of some of the more common signs of avian illness: puffed feathers, wheezing, nasal discharge, inability to fly and/or perch, listlessness, lack of appetite, loss of weight, and/or abnormal droppings. Be a responsible bird owner! Educate yourself...


You can start by checking out some of these informative sites:



I also recommend Dr. Joel Murphy's book entitled, How to Care for Your Pet Bird.
No pet bird owner should be without this wonderful resource.




Your bird's droppings are the best indicators of its health. While immediate diet and mood can account for some sporadic inconsistencies (high fluid content foods like juice and grapes can cause a normal watery dropping, as can stress or fright), generally speaking the droppings should be firm (not hard, dry or watery) and well-shaped.

A bird's droppings are composed of two parts: the fecal portion and the urine portion. The fecal portion could range from green to brown, depending on diet. A red, black or grey fecal portion is indicative of possible illness and warrants a visit to your avian veterinarian. The urine portion should be bright white. If this portion appears dark or yellowish, consult an avian veterinarian, immediately.     Check your bird's droppings, regularly!!

Amazon Most of the major causes of injury to your pet bird are a result of poor/improper supervision and poor/improper grooming, especially the failure to regularly clip the primary flight feathers. It is not mean or inhumane to keep your pet bird grounded. Allowing it to keep its flight can result in many mishaps: banging into windows; flying into fans, toilets and walls or escaping through an open window or door, and allowing your bird to freely roam outside of its cage without supervision can prove to be just as dangerous.

In many ways, a bird is like a 2-year old child that refuses to grow up, extremely energetic and perpetually curious. When left to its own whims, your pet could innocently become trapped under dangerous appliances; it may make a nice chew toy out of a live electrical cord, or it may decide to sample some of your potentially toxic house plants.

Another common cause of injury to your pet bird is something called "Night Frights." Birds are very sensitive creatures, and as a result, they can spook very easily. There may come a time when during its sleep, your pet will suddenly "freak out," causing it to jump aimlessly around its cage, beating its wings against the wire enclosure. This could result in broken blood feathers. It this happens, the bleeding feathers must be removed as soon as possible. This is accomplished by grasping the feather by its shaft, as close to the feather folicle as possible, and pulling outward with a quick, firm yank. It is actually a simple procedure, but it may require two people to do it, as the bird will be very apt to nip during its fright.
Keep an open ear during the night, just as you would with children.


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