Thank you for the info! I just tried to give her a B-Complex vit of mine and she wouldn't take it whole. I crushed it up and willingly ate almost all of it. How many days till I should see improvement?
I'm in East TN. The weather has been very cold at night and mild during the day.
Sometimes improvement can be very quick, a matter of a few days. Sometimes it can take longer, it just depends on what is going on. The B's are very safe, extra will be excreted, so there are no worries of overdosing. I would stick with it for a couple of weeks at least, unless you see improvement before that. I always go a few days beyond symptoms stopping. If a bird isn't eating well, for any reason, they can become deficient. Whether it's illness, not eating due to molt, being kept from feeders by higher pecking order birds, deficiencies can happen. It could also be an illness/disease causing the symptoms, but the B vitamins will not hurt anything. You can either pop it whole into her beak and she should swallow it, or you can grind it up and mix into a bit of moistened feed, or whatever she will eat, and give it to her that way.
Awesome! Starting it today. I've got high hopes that the vitamins will do the trick!
If I were you I'd keep up the bvitamin complex. Have you ever treated her for parasites? February is typically when they hatch/come out.
I actually just found a tiny white bug crawling on my arm as she was sitting on my lap after I typed my update. What is this bug and how do I get rid of them? Could this be the underlining culprit for all of her troubles?
Did you take a picture? Google pinworms and tape worms.. did it look one of those??
It's a louse. Inspect her closely especially around the vent area for lice. It's possible you might see lice eggs attached to feather shafts. Coconut oil will remove the lice eggs.
Ok, will do! Thanks!
