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Color of their discharge?

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:31 pm
by Kristy
one of my birds is using the bathroom with a weird color. it looks like the same color as some of their food bits. and it looks runny i guess, the paper towel looks like its soaking up water around it. is this normal?

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sorry the side of the paper towel is wet, i spilt water when i was cleaning out the cage #-o

Re: Color of their discharge?

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:47 pm
by cindy
Perfectly fine, often their droppings with change color based on what they eat. The water is the urine that is passed with the solid waste.

this is a handy article to keep on hand

http://www.ladygouldianfinch.com/features_poopology.php

Re: Color of their discharge?

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:07 pm
by Kristy
Thank you so much for your reply. I was really worried! Glad to know its okay. Thank you for the link!