Pet Parrot Illnesses And Sour Crop Problems
Parrots do unfortunately get sick rather easily. Parrot illnesses need to be attended to urgently because a parrot needs to eat at least every 48 hours preferably every 24 hours so consequently they need immediate care when an illness is detected.
An illness in parrots also tend to get worse speedily and may become fatal if the bird is not taken care of immediately. Important is the fact that you can recognize various parrot illnesses and get your bird veterinary attention immediately if it is unwell.
If a pet parrot suddenly becomes aggressive and does not want to be handled, it. Continual squawking could show that your bird is not feeling well, although there are numerous other reasons why a bird might squawk.
Sick parrots might huddle on the bottom of the cage and avoid sitting on their perch. Another sign of illness would be your parrot standing on its perch on two feet rather than one. Parrots often sleep on one leg, especially when they are sleeping, so if your bird is standing on its perch with two legs more frequently than usual, it could be that his balance is bad and he is not well.
Parrots and Sour Crop
One of the more serious parrot illnesses is called sour crop. A parrot’s crop is halfway down its esophagus and is designed to allow the bird to store extra food. It is important that the crop is emptied daily into the bird’s stomach or the food in it may become rancid and make the parrot suffer from sour crop.
It is possible to find out if your parrot has sour crop by feeling just under the breast feathers. A healthy crop will feel a bit like a soft balloon. If this area feels at all hard, however, your bird may have sour crop and you should take it to the vet immediately.
Sour crop is one of the commonly occurring, but serious parrot illnesses, and you should take whatever measures you can to prevent it.
As a matter of every day practice this would include feeding your parrot morning and night, removing any food before bedtime and not letting it nibble too much in between meals. Certainly it is best if food is only left in the cage for half an hour and then removed. Also the most important tip is to make sure that you do not leave rancid food in the bird’s cage, as ingesting rancid food is almost a sure chance that it will cause sour crop.