HEALTH

Hello again Dr. Rob, I realize you haven't responded to my first question, but I thought perhaps an update would be useful information in case you did. I took my budgie who was passing undigested seeds off of your supplements just in case he was reacting to something in them, and now I'm using the Morning Bird supplements. I wanted to add, however, that your regime made a visible improvement in all my birds in every other regard, and I was reluctant to take him off of it. I should also add that he has had a sensitive system since I got him a year ago, so I did not mean to insinuate that your supplements were harmful at all, as I believe their quality is actually some of the best I've ever encountered. When I first acquired him a year ago, he had a sneezing problem even though all his tests came out negative, and it was later concluded that he probably had allergies since the sneezing cleared up on its own by moving him to a different part of the house. As of now he's still passing undigested seed, but with *much* less frequency and severity as before. I do not know if he has a liver toxicity issue that will crop up regardless of any supplement I use, or if it's something completely unrelated to supplementation, since all the tests I described in my first question that my vet did came out negative. I'm quite perplexed, as all the diseases I researched online that list passing undigested seed in the droppings as a symptom (like PDD and Megabacteria) usually are accompanied by other very severe symptoms, of which he has none. During the first month or two that he exhibited this troubling symptom, he only had a few days where he had poor posture, less vocalization, cold feet and he even vomited once....but that was when he was passing seeds almost every other day. I've had a lot of experience treating sick birds over the past decade, and his symptoms were relatively mild and they rectified themselves quickly, and he has rarely had any other symptoms of that nature since (and I monitor him very closely). His weight has been consistent (41g) as I've been weighing him over the past few months, his energy and vocalization has remained relatively unchanged since the initial period. In fact, I'd say he's one of my more energetic and vibrant birds. Any insight or advice you might have would be invaluable, since I cannot imagine it's good for him to be passing seeds at all, and everything up to now has only given me vague inclinations as to the cause. Oh and by the way, his diet consists of a seed mixture (hulled millet, hulled buckwheat, flax seed, rolled oats, and sunflower seeds...all organic), organic romaine lettuce, & organic kamut and buckwheat sprouts, as well as the herb salad offered on this site. I add to the seed the supplementation already mentioned. (Sorry such a long post!) Thanks again.