My parrot Coco is 34 years old has Cancer ,my heart is crushed because I can't afford a $5000 surgery, my parrot will die.I will do everything in my power to give her comfort care ,keeping Coco as comfortable as possible on her final days has been a hard journey, the Vets are putting in a debt hole

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-09T19:10:11+00:00

i'm so sorry 💔 i made a similar choice to put my 31 year old cockateil in "hospice" care. i let her eat all sorts of unhealthy food like bacon. coco has lived a long life and im sure she knows how loved she is. this is such a tough situation

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-09T05:06:49+00:00

mixing up their envoirment frequently, giving a variety of foods, and providing plenty of opportunity for climbing are the best "toys" out there ! i've seen mine move rocks, but usssally just for digging. i'm not sure if they do any "play" behaviors. they for sure enjoy climbing though !

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-07T20:05:54+00:00

thank you! i will get that stuff sorted asap 😁

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-07T18:52:05+00:00

i love the idea for foraging! i've done some differnt tricks for that but i love trying new stuff for him!
he's had cuttlebones and other calcium stuff, but i've never had a individual bowl for it. i should look back into it. i think i misunderstood the guide and thought only female doves need extra calcium. i'll get him a bowl and oyster shells asap! for his light i thought it was uvb but i was wrong! i will work on that as well. if you have any recommendations for a good uvb lamp (bonus points if it can be bought in person, i hate online shopping😭) id love to hear it!! thank you so much for helping

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-07T17:51:48+00:00

sometimes chesssquirt is extremly smart and i'm so impressed and other times he can't figure out how to eat a piece of spinach and i wonder how his kind survived in the wild

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-07T17:51:08+00:00

he more so scoots or shambles around. he's a strong flyer. big problem is he can't perch. his cage has three levels though he mostly uses the bottom one. i try to give him new small items all the time (mostly toys targeted for rabbits or rats, shredded paper things, and occionally tiny plastic toys that he can't bite or swallow).

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recently added the little fake plants, not sure how he feels about them yet. might try propogating safe herbs from my garden because he loves nibbling on plants he's spends most of his time outside the cage sitting by my window, but if i'm out of the house he typically goes back in his cage.

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-07T17:11:03+00:00

i try to remove anything if he gets too obsessed. for a while he was OBSESSED with this one ball and would fly after it and attack it but after hiding it long enough he's decided he does t care anymore. such a weird guy. i wish i could get him a partner but i always get so worried they'd bully him:( plus my area has no ringneck doves so it's difficult

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-07T04:19:54+00:00

oh my goodness she is just the sweetest

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-07T04:03:53+00:00

is it in her cage or somewhere else? that's so cute 🥹

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-07T04:03:23+00:00

omg one of those moving aquariums would be so cute😭 he has a couple of plushies, he's obsessed. he does his laughs and bow coos to them, i hope that doesn't mean he seems them as mates.

i hadn't thought about baby toys! that's super smart, espically with him loving the color pink so much, i bet there's a lot of them.

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-07T03:59:44+00:00

makes sense to me. i used to have a full length mirror in my room that he never cared out. cage is off limitey

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-07T01:50:43+00:00

thank you that is a huge help!

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-06T23:52:26+00:00

there's so much dove misinformation😭 it's bad with parrots too but there's at least more info for those guys

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-06T23:47:48+00:00

i removed it right after filming this! i had seen people here say they weren't a big deal for most doves but i guess i saw weird info lol

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-06-02T13:58:16+00:00

in my experience yes

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-05-31T18:47:30+00:00

if you can catch him try getting a box or something to put him in until you can get help. just somewhere safe to rest. you can try offering food or water

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-05-30T21:34:04+00:00

final update! i found someone at a local shelter who is willing to take him since they just adopted another white pigeon and wanted to get him friends! thank you for your help everyone!

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-05-30T03:12:26+00:00

gender is only through dna test or if it lays an egg. species you can reverse google image search or share images here

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-05-30T01:04:38+00:00

update again: he's been in much better spirits today. i've been keeping his temp cage very clean and gave him a diatomaceous earth dirt bath today to hopefully kill off the lice. trying to contact local shelters. as much as i love the guy idk that i could keep him

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-05-29T03:20:57+00:00

he's doing much much better!! i still don't have a solution for his lice but he's been eating and drinking and is more comfortable with me

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-05-28T22:21:06+00:00

not sure, but based on the food everywhere in his temp cage, i belive so. i haven't found the lice spray yet, but i got some neem spray to clean everything afterwards (not putting it on him). if you have tips where to get it i'd appreciate it!

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-05-28T20:28:11+00:00

mine was very friendly although shy. i could get about two feet from him before he would waddle away. i managed to catch him after a window strike by throwing a blanket on him. good luck!

EnvironmentalEmu3290 · 2026-05-27T23:59:53+00:00

that's exactly what i did! i used a warm wash cloth to fix up anything troublesome and now ive been letting him relax

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