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psittacined · 4 months ago

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She let me weigh her this morning ! Little Girl is 254 grams which means her name is super relative to her size- she’s at the lowest end of the weight range for brown-necked parrots, which no one seems to agree on the average weight for lol. I’ve seen anywhere between 250-400 grams for them.

This would concern me if she didn’t appear so healthy- great muscle around the keel, robust, active, and flying a lot.

#birblr #poicephalus #I feel like her beak is right on the edge of needing to be trimmed too- if you look at wild pics they’re pretty hooked and long but hers is #especially like that #I think I’m gonna see if a lot of chewable toys helps regulate it first because it’s not impeding her eating or climbing in any way #but sometimes hookbills are just hookbills and they’re meant to be that sharp so #my birds #rhubarb #she def was getting a bit too many fatty foods so I think a lot will resolve itself #after foster period I’ll take her to my own vet for Opinions #brown-necked parrot

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