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December 13, 2022

Vitamins – Ask the Vet Nov 18


I know you have provided this information before but could you please advise the name of the best overall vitamin again. Also for an African Gray that shreds her tail and wind feathers. Also she does not like change, does not like when I put new things in her cage. I have to hang a new toy on the out side or place on a table near the cage and just keep moving it closer until she does not growl at me. This is from Pat


Answer:

Hi Pat,

If you are feeding pellets or a nutritionally balanced diet like our foraging diets, then additional vitamins are not needed. If your Vet has recommended a supplement, Dr. Tully does recommend our AviEra vitamins as well as Nekton vitamins.

As for her behavior, Greys are notorious for resisting new things. Most likely it is related to a wild instinct specific to the species. What you are doing is the best method – slowly introducing new things from the outside of the cage first. The shredding of the feathers is a complicated topic. We will be offering a new webinar series on feather destructive behavior by the same veterinarians who did the ABV/AGN series. We hope to begin the series in February or March.

Thank you for your question,

Brenda

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