"Suzanne"  wrote in message
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> I have a 6-month old lovebird who appears to be the picture of
> health (we also have 2 budgies and another older lovebird). He
> has an extremely healthy appetite and has loads of energy.
> The strangest thing, though--sometimes his urine is an
> orangeish-yellow color.  Not all the time, but sometimes, and
> it's been on and off for a number of weeks. We did have our
> avian vet give him a checkup when we first got him in
> December--and he was fine.  He eats a lot of Protein 21 which
> is very yellow in color.  Otherwise--avicakes, nutriberries,
> broccoli, apples, millet, cheerios.  He has pellets in his
> dish as well, but it's hard to see if he is actually eating
> them.  They are the colored ones.  I have a call into our
> avian vet to see if he thinks he should see the bird, but I
> was also wondering if anyone has ever experienced this with
> their birds.  I cannot find anything directly relating to this
> in our books or online. If it were some kind of kidney
> ailment, I would think I would at least run across it.  We
> have had birds for years, and I am familiar with how they act
> when they are ill, and also am aware they act healthy until
> very sick.  Because this is an on and off thing, I've just
> been thinking it's something he's eating.
>
 if thee are artificial dyes in his food it will stain his faeces.




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