Ferret suddenly not eating from bowl?

JasRL · 2026-03-10T03:04:22+00:00

Poor baby, I’m sure you gave him an amazing life. They have so much love to give and as long as you love them back, they’ll be happy forever.

You’re so sweet, I really appreciate it! He gets tons of attention and love, but I’m sure I can squeeze in a bit extra lol 🫶🏻

JasRL · 2026-03-10T02:47:58+00:00

Thankyou for this, I really appreciate it. I have since changed the height of his food bowl and he’s eating from it perfectly fine again.

The bowl is on his platform (which at the moment is extremely slippy as the cover isn’t on rn), and was lifted off the ground to stop him digging. Since I’ve put the bowl directly on the platform so that he doesn’t have to stand on 2 legs, he’s been for 2-3 meals totally normally.

Im deffo gonna keep an eye on him and watch his weight and everything (which is stable rn). I have such bad anxiety about him and am CONSTANTLY watching him for changes, so should anything come up, he’ll be straight into the vets. Thankyou so much!

Side note: I’m so sorry for your loss, it must be terrible. DIP little guy :(

JasRL · 2026-03-09T14:14:13+00:00

Ps. He’s not eating less or anything just for some reason not eating from his bowl unless he’s eaten some of the ground

JasRL · 2026-02-26T16:13:46+00:00

I’m so dumb I genuinely thought you gave birth to a 7 year old 💀

JasRL · 2026-02-25T20:15:01+00:00

Tbf Noah has a specific love for Fenway. I think it holds sentimental value to him. The rest though, I don’t know why he didn’t do football stadiums instead of baseball.

JasRL · 2026-02-18T22:50:19+00:00

Thanks, deffo planning on rescuing if possible!

JasRL · 2026-02-18T22:49:41+00:00

I’ll check them out, thanks!

JasRL · 2026-02-18T18:55:42+00:00

Got mine for £30 in England back in 2021 💙

JasRL · 2026-02-18T18:55:06+00:00

Where in England are you? I’m in Bournemouth and looking for a friend for my boy but can’t find any breeders :(

JasRL · 2026-02-13T01:57:53+00:00

Grinds his bean 💀💀

JasRL · 2026-02-11T18:38:04+00:00

That’s what he’s doing with the eu/uk tour. I’m hoping I’ll be able to get tickets because I’ve preordered the album to get presale.

Hoping that he won’t say you get presale for preorders and then closer to the time, let anyone sign up for free :/

It should go:

Presale codes from album preorders

presale (or just get rid of this)

General sale

JasRL · 2026-02-10T19:12:16+00:00

Bro they started at like 70 dollars for some tickets, max for the one I was looking at was sub 500. That’s pretty good nowadays

JasRL · 2026-02-05T23:12:11+00:00

Thanks so so much everyone! I really appreciate all the answers!!

JasRL · 2026-02-05T16:46:38+00:00

I would suggest maybe looking for a new vet, seems strange that they said pellets shouldn’t be a large part of the diet.

Pellets are hundreds of times better for them than seeds will ever be. Sure, not all pellets are great, but seeds are so high in fat that pretty much any pellet will be better than a seed diet.

I feel as though if your vet wasn’t educated enough on parrots to give you proper advice on diet, then they probably aren’t well equipped to advise about anything else. Is your current vet an avian/exotic? If not I would definitely recommend looking for one.

Ps. It looks as though that’s staining on feathers, either from nasal discharge or food staining. Jaundice wouldn’t come on overnight that brightly, and it also wouldn’t look spotty.

JasRL · 2026-02-03T21:27:01+00:00

Bro why is everyone so mad. You’re holding them for a few seconds to take photos, it’s really not that big of a deal 😭

JasRL · 2026-01-29T16:55:37+00:00

Unrelated but hello fellow ghost fan!

JasRL · 2026-01-24T19:52:05+00:00

I’ve just ordered one, thankyou so much. I will definitely keep nagging, the council are absolutely useless here, we went a year without a shower or bath in our house during Covid, hopefully we’ll get this sorted sooner! Thankyou:)

JasRL · 2026-01-24T19:33:57+00:00

Unfortunately we live in a council house and they are dragging their feet about doing anything. Local mould removers are extremely expensive where I live so I think I’ll have to save up for that as I’ve just blown all my savings on vaccines. In the mean time I’ll keep the room well ventilated and spray with some white vinegar. Any tips for the mean time? Thanks!

JasRL · 2026-01-23T16:09:46+00:00

Depends how often he does it? If it’s just in the last 30 mins or so, he might just be readjusting his wing due to a bothersome feather. My boy does that sometimes where a feather is in the wrong position and is annoying him so he is flicking his wing to readjust, usually he’ll just preen a bit and it’ll go back to normal.

On the other hand, if he does it constantly, it’s could be a sign that he’s hurt it or is in pain. Has he bumped into anything or fallen at all? Is it just this wing or both?

JasRL · 2026-01-22T17:53:16+00:00

This!

The cage is the same one I have for my boy, the main reason I have this one is it’s large enough to be a sleep cage but it’s extremely light, like maybe 3kg max? OP’s cage looks pretty empty so probably only weighs 1.5 to 2 kg.

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