I should probably post this to Andy's pet forum, but I know you guys so I'll try here first.
We have two budgies/parakeets, an older female and a young male. The female, Pretty Bird, is very overweight. At first we though she might be getting ready to lay an egg but further examination reveals she is just fat. Other than being fat, Pretty Bird is a happy bird, likes me, eats spinach out of my hand, and sings a lot. Should I care that she is so fat? How would I put her on a diet anyway? She shares a cage with the male, who is far from fat.
The male, Dewey, is a different story. He drinks a huge amount of water and thus has watery stinky poos. I have no idea why he drinks so much and he has done so for a couple of months. At first he would chew the cuttle bone, drink water, and spit out the mixture. He seems to have stopped that behavior. He hardly sings, if at all. He used to a have nice loud voice. He won't play with toys. He does like eating spinach and sitting on my finger. From the feel of his feet, he runs much much hotter than Pretty Bird. Yet he doesn't exhibit signs of illness like other birds usually do: like ruffled feathers, head under wings, closing their eyes.
I have a hard time thinking about taking Dewey to the vet. But the stinky cage is getting problematic.
Greg wants to either eat them (umm! nice fat Pretty Bird) or set them free. I trust he is joking.
Any thoughts?
We have two budgies/parakeets, an older female and a young male. The female, Pretty Bird, is very overweight. At first we though she might be getting ready to lay an egg but further examination reveals she is just fat. Other than being fat, Pretty Bird is a happy bird, likes me, eats spinach out of my hand, and sings a lot. Should I care that she is so fat? How would I put her on a diet anyway? She shares a cage with the male, who is far from fat.
The male, Dewey, is a different story. He drinks a huge amount of water and thus has watery stinky poos. I have no idea why he drinks so much and he has done so for a couple of months. At first he would chew the cuttle bone, drink water, and spit out the mixture. He seems to have stopped that behavior. He hardly sings, if at all. He used to a have nice loud voice. He won't play with toys. He does like eating spinach and sitting on my finger. From the feel of his feet, he runs much much hotter than Pretty Bird. Yet he doesn't exhibit signs of illness like other birds usually do: like ruffled feathers, head under wings, closing their eyes.
I have a hard time thinking about taking Dewey to the vet. But the stinky cage is getting problematic.
Greg wants to either eat them (umm! nice fat Pretty Bird) or set them free. I trust he is joking.
Any thoughts?
