Eat Your Greens (and Orange, Red, Yellow…)

Larry has been rather subdued over the last few days and we took him to the vet and he is suffering from a vitamin deficiency. This is because he won’t eat anything other than sunflower seeds. He used to have mixed food but he only ever ate the sunflower seeds, and we give him carrots, apple etc but he takes a lick (yes, parrots do lick!) and turns his nose up. I read that parrots are supposed to love pomegranates, (so much so that they tell you to put paper behind them as they make such a mess when they ravage the pomegranate because they love it so much), but Larry was completely uninterested.

So he is now having vitamin injections and is supposed to only eat fresh fruit and veg during the day. I can see this turning into a battle of the wills, however he is having vitamin injections now and the vet has ordered some special well balanced food – similar to dry dog food – to stop him from picking what he likes (sunflower seeds) and leaving everything else, so hopefully he’ll start to build his strength up again. We just hope he likes the special food. Other than that I think we could consider putting vitamins in his water.

Ian has to take Larry back to the vet today – along with a photo of the huge plates of fresh carrot, apple, banana, kiwi, pear and celery, with Larry steadfastly ignoring his treat, so they can see what we give him

When we went to the vet yesterday, we found that they have moved and are now an ‘animal hospital’. They have a lot more facilities and much more space. I just hope their prices don’t change accordingly!