Hello,
I have a 33 year old African Grey who i just noticed has blood in his stool. To be more specific, I think it's in the urates portion of the stool. He is eating and acting normally. Has anyone had any experience with this before or know what it could be?
To provide a bit more information on him, I adopted him and his mate 3 years ago (I don't breed them, they were just together at the sanctuary I got them from and I adopted both). At that time I came on here and got help from Pajarita on diet and light schedule, so the whole time I've had him he has been on a solar schedule and has been fed gloop and produce every morning with some seeds and nuts in the evening. I open their cage every morning and they have the option to be out until dinner time, but I'm there with them all day and I haven't noticed that he's gotten in to anything lately that he shouldn't have. Last night I thought his stool was looking a little off so this morning I avoided feeding any produce that might have an effect on the color of the stool so I could monitor it, but it's clear now that there is blood in it.
I am definitely planning on taking him to the vet but it's the weekend, and the emergency places are mostly for dogs and cats and I'm not sure I'd trust them. If he deteriorates before Monday I will have to try going there anyway I suppose, just mostly came on here to see if anyone can tell me how worried I should be!
Thank you for your time.