Hello,

Sorry for the long post but I want to get all of the detail out there.

We have a brown-headed parrot named Jimmy which we adopted from a refuge a few months ago. His history, as we were told, is that his previous owner was an older woman who kept buying birds until she had too many, and gave him up. No mistreatment that we know of.

Since we got him he's had a sneezing problem -- all day long he sneezes, sometimes two or three times in a row. Additionally, one of his eyes seems to constantly be a little droopy (both of which sound like allergies or a upper respiratory infection).

We've taken him to the vet many, many times. They've done swabs and blood work, weighed him on every visit, and most recently (at our insistence) are testing him for aspergillosis.

First the vet said it was a respiratory infection and put him on an antibiotic. When that didn't change anything, they put him on a stronger course of antiobiotics. Now, after almost a month of antibiotics and a week off of them, he is still sneezing and more lethargic than ever. For the past week he hasn't been vocal and his droppings are smaller in size and more liquid than solid.

On our last trip to the vet we saw that he'd gained weight, and the doctor says he has a healthy body and is responsive. Regarding the lethargy, she said maybe the diet we have him on (organic pellets supplemented with fruits (strawberries mostly) and vegetables (carrots, walnuts)) is too potent for him, and that we should try some "junk food" (cheaper grade pellets). We're weening him onto that right now but in the meantime we're concerned that his health is declining for reasons that have nothing to do with his diet, and we don't know what to do.

If anyone has any suggestions of what this may be, what to have them check for, or things to try, we would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.


Mark

is this a avain vet , or a normal dog and cat vet / if its a dog and cat vet suggest find a good avain vet ; are you misting this bird giving him baths. i never heard a vet say put a bird on cheap pellets actually dr fudge rather see them on harrison pellets . ,seeds , and more broccilli califlour , carrots . kyle., are better less fruit as it contains more water then nutrianal for them he could either have allergies from the change of the house holds /// he could have something stuck up his nose like a seed . it happens i know i have proof of that lol anotbotics are nt working i dont knwo what else do say ,

If your feeding a lot of fruit, the droppings will be more watery just because of the amount of water going into the body. It happens with my birds as well... I'd try what Tuesday suggested and give more baths/mistings daily to see if that improves anything. I also have never heard of any vet suggesting to switch an animal onto a crummier diet. That right there would concern me and I'd start trying to get a second opinion. Do you have any other avian vets in your city that you can go to or even call? Is there any household products that could be irritating your bird such as candles, teflon pans etc? keep updated and good luck!

I am not really qualified to advise you on this one, the only thing I can suggest is check for things in the room that are potentially toxic to parrots, which someone else already mentioned.