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Young GCC regurgitating

Postby RenLynn » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:09 pm

Hello, my GCC is regurgitating to me and his/her toys. But he/she is only like 3 months old, I thought they only did that when they are older. Is this normal for my :gcc: now?
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Re: Young GCC regurgitating

Postby Pajarita » Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:28 pm

Please take him to a vet, regurgitating is a courtship behavior but he couldn't possibly be producing enough sexual hormones for it at 3 months of age so it must be vomiting instead of regurgitating and that's a symptom of something going on.
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Re: Young GCC regurgitating

Postby RenLynn » Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:59 pm

But what if he is older then what the breeder said? Is there a way of finding out how old he is by looking at him?
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Re: Young GCC regurgitating

Postby marie83 » Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:49 pm

RenLynn wrote:But what if he is older then what the breeder said? Is there a way of finding out how old he is by looking at him?



Even if it is likely the breeder lied about his age I would still get him checked out asap because its impossible to tell really and if the breeder was being honest your bird is more than likely sick. You really dont have time to waste if he is sick, so its better not to take the chance.
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Re: Young GCC regurgitating

Postby Pajarita » Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:02 am

RenLynn wrote:But what if he is older then what the breeder said? Is there a way of finding out how old he is by looking at him?


He would have to be an entire year older for this behavior to be normal, my dear, and, although a breeder might lie about a month or two, he couldn't possibly do it with an entire year.
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