Baby Parrot Not Eating

Question
I brought home an Indian baby parrot a week ago. He turned out to be voracious eater and gobbled  all kinds of food happily. He ate ground parrot food with milk or apple juice, cooked mashed rice with milk and plain warm milk every 1 to 2 hours except at night.He was growing strong and bigger!After 6 days of gobbling and demanding food, he has completely shut down and refuses to be attracted by any food. He refuses even juice and milk. I have tried to force some liquids to prevent dehydration. His stools have turned more liquid and is green-colored. Is he having a stomach upset and what should I do?

Answer
You need to get your bird to an avian vet ASAP! Your bird sounds like he is very sick.

You can try locating an avian vet near you at these two websites:

www.aav.org

and

http://www.parrotpro.com/avianlst.htm

Or, call around to the vets in your area and ask who specializes with parrots.

Also- milk is very bad for parrots, do not feed your bird milk!  

Here is a copy of foods not to feed parrots (copied from one of my local avian vets, www.epah.net):

Human foods
Generally, if you eat very healthfully, most foods you eat can be fed to your parrot. The following items are not recommended:

Fatty foods. High fat in the diet leads to obesity and may result in lipomas (fatty tumors), lipemia (fat in the blood), and hepatic lipidosis (fatty liver disease). Any greasy, oily or otherwise fatty food should be avoided. Commonly overfed fatty foods include nuts, French fries, crackers, marbled meat, peanut butter, butter, etc.
Sugar foods. Obviously, frosting is high in sugar and an undesirable foodstuff. Similarly, soda pop, candy and these types of foods are not recommended.
Dairy. Birds lack the digestive enzymes needed to break down milk sugar and milk proteins. Uncultured milk products such as milk, cream and butter should not be fed but yogurt, cheeses and dried milk can be supplemented in the diet in moderation (they are also high in fat).
Lettuce. A typical filler food, lettuce is low in everything except water. It is not recommended as a food supplement since it offers little, if anything, for the bird. If leafy foods are desired by your bird, try feeding spinach, collard greens, tops of bok choy, carrot tops or kale.
Avocado. Although higher in fat than other veggies and used in other countries to condition birds for breeding, avocado has been shown to be toxic in some birds and its feeding is no longer recommended.


I hope this helps, and I hope your baby parrot is ok.

-Maggie