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Parakeet has poop stuck on feathers after new diet. Is it normal?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Male

I recently just got my parakeet this week. It just started Thursday that I saw poop stuck on her feathers near her vent. Her poop looks normal not funny or anything. She's active and eats, no wet nose or anything. However I recently did change her food yesterday to a gourmet diet (has fruits/veggies, grains and seeds) because the person who had her first only was giving seeds.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on August 5th, 2017

First of all it's very good that you changed the food but i would recommend doing it gradually over a period of 10 days. start with only 10% of the new food the first day and 90% of the old food, each day increase the new food by 10% until you reach 100%. hopefully this should solve the problem.

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    Answered By Lauren Kennedy, DVM

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    Your birds feces will probably change since the change in diet and new environment. It sounds like he is on a much more balanced diet now, so that's great. Seed only diets are not beneficial and can cause health problems down the road. You may need to gently clean the vent area with warm water and a cloth to remove the dried on feces. As long as she continues to eat you should not have anything to worry about.

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