Droppings

[notscaredtodance]

I KNOW we're not supposed to ask for diagnoses on the forum, I'd just kind of like some insight. I just took my bird to the vet today, and maybe it's me just being worried and overthinking, but her poops are looking really watery, like 60% just pure water (urates).

We're home now and she doesn't seem stressed, but the poops are all watery. I haven't seen her drink much water AT ALL today and I've been with her all day. In fact, for all the pellets she eats (she eats them like she prefers them to seeds) I thought I'd have a problem with poops being too dry.

Does a stressed bird release watery poops for a while? Do you notice after vet visits (maybe its getting blood drawn or the stress of being toweled, anything) that your bird's poops are more runny?

Her rectum is also open pretty wide, about a centimeter, and if she wasn't only a year old, I'd think she was trying to lay eggs or something.

Any ideas? I'm going to tell the vet when he calls to tell me her bacteria culture reports on saturday, but I'd love to be put to some ease until then, or know if I should really worry.

[notscaredtodance]

....I feel dumb. I comfort fed her some formula right after the vet. I'm sure thats it.

[pchela]

No need to feel dumb! It's good that you pay such close attention to your bird so if something ever is really wrong, you'll take care of it right away!

[entrancedbymyGCC]

What she said!

[lzver]

Don't feel dumb. I know Lucy and Jessie can have more watery droppings after eating a lot of fruits and veggies with a lot of water. As long as it doesn't persist I don't get too worried.

Hopefully everything goes ok at the vet. Let us know how it goes.

[skeetersunconure]

yeah sometimes skeeters pooop is more watery usually after dinner when he gets his fruits and veggies