Topic: AZ Pellets and Poop (Read 313 times)

Elliott · « **on:** January 22, 2012, 10:25:49 PM »

Hi guys,

I have changed Dolly's diet from seed mix to Animal Zone fruit chunks, which she has happily taken to.

She has been eating them for about 4 days, but today I have noticed her poop is a brown colour.

Is this normal and what colour should her poop be if she is eating the fruit chunks?

When she was eating seed, her motion was green poop, white poop and clear urine.

Now it is brown/red/purple poop, white poop and clear urine.

Please help as it has spooked us into thinking that the change in colour could be blood or illness?

She is eating a lot too... most of the day she is back and forth from her bowl of AZ fruit pellets. She has drunk a little water and has been out of the cage for a good while.

Comments and advice welcome!

Thanks.

Mandi · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:31:19 PM »

totally normal with eating AZ foods Elliot

mine have al dad reddish purple poop today too

Elliott · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:36:42 PM »

Quote from: Mandi on January 22, 2012, 10:31:19 PM

totally normal with eating AZ foods Elliot
mine have al dad reddish purple poop today too

Phew!

That's a relief!

Thanks Mandi
x

Ann · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:48:43 PM »

Ollies poop is reddish as well since he has been having AZ

Not so easy to clean up as it leaves a nasty stain.

Mrs Piker · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:52:37 PM »

Yes Elliott it's normal poop

Julie

Rachel. · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:54:36 PM »

But don't let her sit on the curtain rail or your curtains WILL be ruined !!!

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Mandi · « **Reply #6 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:56:01 PM »

maybe try the natural AZ next time, that wil stain a lot less

Elliott · « **Reply #7 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:08:06 PM »

So would the natural one or let's say the cereal/muesli be more of a sandy colour?

Tezza · « **Reply #8 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:08:49 PM »

lol, Elliot...are you being serious??

Tezza

Elliott · « **Reply #9 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:10:35 PM »

Quote from: Tezza on January 22, 2012, 11:08:49 PM

lol, Elliot...are you being serious??

Tezza

Colour coordinated poop!

Good idea huh!

Lol

Mandi · « **Reply #10 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:14:08 PM »

are you and your wife very house proud Elliot ??
as it doesnt go wel with a parrot

i tried to keep my livin room parrot free as i had 2 livin rooms
but now iv made one into a kitchen and they have their own room and we also bring them in the kitchen
im sure once she is more in a routine and used to things you could train her to go where she is allowed and where she isnt

and some places she could get would not be safe
have you taught recall as yet ??

Ann · « **Reply #11 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:22:12 PM »

Sid only poops in three places, so I lay paper there. He never ever poops in his cage, except if I am late home to let him out.

Elliott · « **Reply #12 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:25:33 PM »

Quote from: Mandi on January 22, 2012, 11:14:08 PM

are you and your wife very house proud Elliot ??
as it doesnt go wel with a parrot
i tried to keep my livin room parrot free as i had 2 livin rooms
but now iv made one into a kitchen and they have their own room and we also bring them in the kitchen
im sure once she is more in a routine and used to things you could train her to go where she is allowed and where she isnt
and some places she could get would not be safe
have you taught recall as yet ??

To be honest, we are new house owners and our living room is cream coloured!

We, as I am sure most people would prefer a living room without poop stains all over it, but equally we are reaslistic and know that ultimately she is going to poop wherever and whenever she feels like it.

We bought 4 draught/draft excluders for the top of the curtain rails, so she won't fly up there now and our sofas are leather, which is easy to clean.

We have a carpet washer, which picks up stains/spills well and f10 in a spray bottle for anywhere else...

I guess it was just a bit harder getting red/purple/brown poop out of cream carpets/chairs and curtains than the "normal" colour...

As she has taken well to the pellets, we will probably try her on the natural or cereal kind next, so she gets the same nutrition, but we get a bit of an easier ride on the other side, if you know what I mean!

Elliott x

Mandi · « **Reply #13 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:30:35 PM »

Elliot does she have a play stand

i find mine only poop whilst standing not flying
so its either from their cage, stand or sometimes on the sofa
but if you work out where she does it you can put paper or towels

prevention is better than cure
and i know you can get plastic carpet runners to protect your floor

Piker(Stevie) · « **Reply #14 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:35:42 PM »

Hi Elliot and welcome to the world of parrot ownership .I'm sorry to say that these are the kind of things that you need to put up with ,multi coloured walls , if its not poop its food , chewed furniture , ripped wall paper , buttons pulled out of your computer and mobile phone, the list goes on .But dont fret or get disheartened its a learning curve.We were all first time parronts once.All the best mate.
Stevie.

mary · « **Reply #15 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:59:08 PM »

Thabo's poop is different also gone from what you would expect to brownish. washed carpet with my vax 3 times in 2 weeks, and he does wee a lot but I put paper down and watch him wiggle when he is out so I can move him onto paper which he is good at

Elliott · « **Reply #16 on:** January 23, 2012, 11:24:04 AM »

She only poops in her cage or as you say, when standing, never in flight.

So I guess you are right... if she has a favourite place to stand and poop, lay out some paper...

We were thinking of getting her a stand, so any tips for a reasonably priced one that is not too big, but big enough for her to stand, possibly feed and catch poop?!

Thanks!

x

Tezza · « **Reply #17 on:** January 23, 2012, 11:57:12 AM »

Hi Elliot

Send Mandi a pm, and she will give you details of a chap that makes and sells very good Parrot stands. Many people from the forum have bought them from him.

Tezza

Mandi · « **Reply #18 on:** January 23, 2012, 12:07:33 PM »

Elliot iv sent a brocure of stands to your email addy you registered on here

tell Anton (the stand man) youve been reccomended and he may do you a deal

Tezza · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2012, 12:08:14 PM »

Hey Elliot

Hows that for service?

Tezza

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