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to: PETE HOPPING
from: RICH VERAA
date: 1998-03-15 20:24:00
subject: `Too Poop??

In a message to All, Pete Hopping wrote:
PH> Does anyone have any experience with Moluccans and how often and how
PH> much they poop? This one I have seems to be producing an aweful lot
PH> of it and I have no idea if it's normal or not. It looks like it's
PH> doing it five times each day and it seems like a lot of poop. The
PH> color varies from white and brown to white and black and sometimes
PH> is all brown. I had the bird at an avian vet last week and the vet
PH> says the bird is healthy as far as she could determine.
Sounds normal to me...
PH> I was giving the bird half an apple each day and I have stopped
PH> doing that for now, fearing it's giving it diaharrea, but I don't
PH> know. 
You'll know  diarrhea when you see it :-)
The fecal  matter is loose and runny and a real mess.  Note that I said the 
_fecal_ matter, as bird poop contains both  stool and urine.  Often you'll 
see wet mostly-liquid droppings,  but as long as the liquid part is clear and 
the colored matter has _some_ shape, it should be okay.  When the colored 
stuff is liquid and unformed, then there's probably a prtoblem and it's best 
to contact thevet.
       Cheers,
           Rich
http://www.netside.net/~rveraa/
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