willis isn't acting normal...all day saturday he was acting really tired, but i didn't think too much of it cuz friday he was out of his cage later than normal, then we were playing video games in the livingroom till 3 or 4 am, so i thought maybe he just didn't get enough sleep. but then all day today it's been the same thing...no talking except a small squeak whenever i leave the room and he can't see me, his eyes are closed almost constantly, and he doesn't seem to want to eat (and he's not pooping either like normal. i think it's only been like 4 or 5 times all day!) even peanut butter (his fav) i had a pb sandwich and almost had to force him to take it. i'm really worried. his last poop looked almost black which isn't good. i'm calling the vet first thing in the morning to see if i can get him in. he's not losing any weight yet so that's a good thing, but i'm scared. i'm almost crying just thinking about what could happen. please pray he's going to be ok...i'll let everyone know what the vet says.
Just trying to help figure what could be wrong. Have you looked around to see if Willis maybe got into something he shouldn't have???? Chewed on something not good for him? I hope his vet can figure out what could be wrong and fix him right as rain. Prayers going out to keep Willis safe. Please let us know how it goes with the vet visit.
~~~~~~~~~~ Ana Grey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Louie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sterling Gris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lily ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My thoughts and prayers are with you. Stay strong for your baby. Please keep us informed. Good luck
Poor Willis, thinking of you and please get well soon.
Do keep us informed George.
Willis is definitely in need of seeing an avian vet, I hope he is going to be fine and do let us know as we care about each and every grey that our members have.
Never take life seriously, no one gets out alive anyway!
Hope they are able to turn his health to good quickly.
ok...we're back from the vet. i won't have any tests back until wednesday or so, but she put willis on an antibiotic and an anti-fungal (i think that's what it is) as well as an additive for his water, and formula. i have to go back to feeding him formula 3x a day. i just got done feeding him formula and he took it ok i guess. i don't think he was very happy about it but he did eat almost all of what he was supposed to. if he's not better by tomorrow he'll have to be hospitalized and tube fed
in response to luvparrots: i'm almost positive he hasn't gotten into anything he shouldn't of. the only thing that i can think of that's different is he ran out of pellets about a week ago, so i bought some more. (same kind) he's on zupreem fruitblend, and the last time i bought it i bought a big bag instead of the little pound bags. when i went to pour the new food into the container i use, i noticed it smelled (like it's supposed to, fruity like trix cereal lol) and that's when i realized the other pellets didn't have that odor so i'm not sure if they went stale and lost thier smell or what. i just had forgotten that they were supposed to smell like that until i got the new bag. so i'm not sure if maybe he doesn't like the smell of it now or what. or if maybe he thinks it's something besides his normal pellets. that's the only thing that's changed, and even that isn't really a change. i'm leaving the container open now to see if the smell will go away and he'll start eating them again. i just don't know what to do. there's nothing i can do really except wait for the test results and pray he's going to be ok and does better with the hand feeding. thank you all for your thoughts and support, and i'll keep you all updated on how he's doing.
Praying the tests will pinpoint the problem and the meds will help Willis. Be strong you are doing all you can for your sweet grey.
~~~~~~~~~~ Ana Grey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Louie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sterling Gris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lily ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Poor little Willis, I hope he does much better by tomorrow as I would hate to see him have to go back and be hospitalized but you do what you have to to help him get better.
I've never fed Zupreem or any kind of fruity type pellets but if they didn't smell the same as the ones you bought before then something might be up with them, take some to your vet and see what he/she thinks about it.
GorgASS, with your care and the thoughts of the this flock, Willis will get better soon.
Keep us updated.
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