Choanal Papillae: Now this sounds more personal than you think! All this is is a quick peek inside your bird’s mouth actually the roof of his mouth with a small light. What we are looking for are these spikey finger-like projections alongside the choanal which is a V shaped cleft in his palate on the top of his maxilla (upper beak). What this tells us is how nutritionally healthy, past or current illnesses in your bird at the time. If birds have been recently converted to a healthier diet than the changes or regrowth of the papillae have not yet occurred. In laymen terms: Healthy-sharp, pointed projecting from the choanal borders are characteristic of a sufficient vitamin A assimilation. On the contrary: The presence of “blunted” shorter, rounded or change in coloration (ex: from a normal black for certain species to a whitish blunted tip) or absence of these papillae altogether is indicative of a lack of vitamin A assimilation. Individual birds challenged with obesity, also in our experience, have a tendency to prevent optimum assimilation of vitamins such as Vitamin A. Monitoring these in your companion bird can be part of your active role as a responsible & proactive caretaker. We will gladly look at your bird’s choanal each Grooming Plus+ visit ;-)
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:29:53 +0000
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